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HTDE: The Breakfast Rule
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This week: How the Wait, Wait team decides what jokes are too inappropriate for the airwaves. Plus Mike and Ian help a caller with a personal grammar problem.
Featuring author Keith Houston.
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How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Schuyler Swenson. Technical direction from Lorna White.
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00:23:13•March 4, 2026
We tackle the SOTU and Olympian Lilly King talks trash
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This week, we're live in Bloomington, Indiana with Olympic champion Lilly King and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith Salie
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00:47:24•February 28, 2026
We hold our own Olympic Games with our favorite guests
This week, we give out our own Olympic gold medals to some of our favorite guests and segments of the past year, with Roy Choi, Cynthia Nixon, Ally the Piper, and more!
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00:47:48•February 21, 2026
HTDE: Curling Stones and Halfpipe Lines
More behind the scenes at the Milan Cortina Olympics with unsung heroes of the Winter Games. Mike and Ian talk with a curling legend, find out where those big stones come from and meet a guy snowboarders couldn't land without.
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00:19:22•February 18, 2026
Our panel heads to Milan and Arden Cho hunts demons
This week, KPop Demon Hunters' Arden Cho joins us to talk about Rumi, the World Series of Poker, and how NOT to behave when you're about to propose. Plus, the Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone, and Beth Stelling shut down El Paso's airport and confess to cheating at the Olympics.
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00:47:37•February 14, 2026
HTDE: Forks and Ice Masters
This week: Mike and Ian talk with an Olympic Ice Master, help a listener who keeps meeting people with their same name, and get to the bottom of a mysterious survey glitch.
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00:18:37•February 11, 2026
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo
This week, we're joined by Mychal Threets, the world's most popular librarian, who talks about Library Joy and rebooting Reading Rainbow. Plus, panelists Tom Bodett, Josh Gondelman, and Tig Notaro prepare for the big game by eating goo
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00:47:42•February 7, 2026
HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps
Mike and Ian are back, just in time for the opening ceremony at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan/Cortina. Olympians and Starfleet Captains share how to carry the torch, fly through the air, and mentally prepare for the big games.
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00:23:23•February 4, 2026
"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and we preview "Melania"
"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and Annie Rauwerda preview "Melania: A Documentary"
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00:46:59•January 31, 2026
WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary
This week, special guest Kevin O'Leary joins panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson, and Mo Rocca
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00:46:58•January 24, 2026
WWDTM: Kali Reis
This week, special guest Kali Reis joins panelists Rachel Coster, Hari Kondabolu, and Luke Burbank
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00:47:18•January 17, 2026
WWDTM: Pedro Pascal, Chris Perfetti, Heather Gay, and more!
This week, we anticipate good things from 2026 by remembering the moments that made 2025 so fun
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00:47:35•January 12, 2026
WWDTM: Delroy Lindo
This week, special guest Delroy Lindo joins Paula Poundstone, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Roy Blount, Jr.
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00:47:57•January 10, 2026
WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice
This week, we celebrate the holidays with some of our favorite guests and a trip back to Hawaii!
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00:48:50•December 27, 2025
WWDTM: Rhea Seehorn
This week, special guest Rhea Seehorn joins panelists Josh Gondelman, Hari Kondabolu, and Paula Poundstone
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00:48:06•December 20, 2025