On today’s Fresh Air: knuckleballer RA Dickey of the New York Mets.
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Happy Weekend everyone! Catch you Monday!
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With the day mostly quiet on the campaign trail and 30,000 kids and family members at the White House rolling Easter eggs on the South Lawn, it...
We have some very sad news to share with you.
The cast and crew of Whad’Ya Know? are devastated by the loss of our dear friend, Jim Packard.
“Jim was my only successful long-term relationship,” Feldman said. “He was simply the best and irreplaceable,” he concluded.
For 27 years, Jim kept Whad’Ya Know? on time and Michael on track. He stood by Michael’s side, taking the jabs and barbs of the host with grace. Jim kept score and awarded prizes for the quiz and took listeners to the “Town of the Week.”
His final performance was a live Whad’Ya Know? broadcast from New York City on June 9, 2012.
Photographic evidence of one (of the two) sets of Encyclopedia Britannica we’ll be giving away to this week’s first hour quiz winners.
Yeah, you know you want it. Even if you didn’t know you wanted it just a few minutes ago.
Hey, and if you have and old set sitting around at home right now, reply to this thread with a photo! Do it! Right now! Or later. That’s fine. Or tomorrow.
Whatever’Ya Know?
Hail to thee our Alma Mater.
Strong through every year,
carry high the Blue and Gold!
U – Rah – Rah
Aim for excellence.
Give the best that you have in you.
Go Blugolds, fight to win, for fame and victory!
B – L – U – G – O – L – D – S, BLU…….GOLDS!
A new study finds that young male fruit flies that have been rejected by females apparently self-medicate just like humans do.
We’ll have co-author of the paper, Ulrike Heberlein on the show to talk about these poor fellas.
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That Foursquare entry could be a check-in at a Whad’Ya Know? live broadcast in Madison. Free donuts and coffee every show! (Tweet that!)
Join us for a live broadcast of the show from the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville, FL tomorrow morning. Call 904-335-2787 for tickets. See you there!
Florida Theatre 2 #instagram #jacksonville #notmuchyou #vintage #theater #Elvis (taken with Instagram at The Florida Theatre)
Grandpa’s Cough Medicine is joining us in Jacksonville, Florida for a live broadcast of Whad’Ya Know? Seriously, miss this and you’ll not be allowed in the Palace Saloon on Amelia Island for at least a week. I’ll be sure of it.
~todd
Six Perfect Weekends in Florida | Everglades National Park, FL
Wait, Jacksonville didn’t make the list?! We’ll change all of that on Feb. 4 at the Florida Theatre. Just you wait!
(via npr)
Let’s Stay Together theme for President Obama’s State of the Union.
South Carolina shows the nation what it’s made of by writing in Marianne Gingrich in the primary.
Now it’s on to Florida for Marianne where there are a huge number of ex-wives–and they vote.
Newt finessed any talk of his personal life by offering to have his tubes tied.
Newt did ask Callista about Heidi Klum.
Mitt once asked Ann for an open box of Ritz crackers.
Romney pays 15% for taxes, and tips 12% if the service is good. A smiley face on the check will not do it for Mitt Romney. Mitt has a 2 for 1 coupon, he tips on the one.
Join us this week for All the News that Isn’t… a chat with world-renowned expert on the psychology of smell, Rachel Herz… a check in from the newly-crowned Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler who hails from nearby Kenosha, Wisconsin… and the Whad’Ya Know? Quiz!
Can’t turn your nose up at a good ol’ time on Whad’Ya Know?… Ya know?