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Andrew Hudgins is a prominent poet, but what he'd really rather be doing is telling jokes — the more daring, the better. His new memoir, The Joker, explores the way uncomfortable and taboo jokes create learning and communication, and the important role they've played in his life.
Bill reads three news-related limericks: Sole Mate, The British Crowns, Phonic Forte.
In this week's Not My Job segment, we ask Nik Wallenda, a man who crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope, three questions about examples of extreme clumsiness on the job.
Our panelists predict who will be the most surprising image the government will find while snooping on our computers.
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
More questions for the panel: The Customer is Always an Infidel; Book Guilt.