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Commentator Peter Sagal mourns the loss of science fiction author Philip Jose Farmer. He says Farmer provided him with an important commodity when he was growing up: imaginary people. You can spend your whole life talking and playing with and beating up imaginary people. And from all accounts, many do. But Sagal also wonders if, like him, when they grow up and have to say farewell to childish things, they'll have nothing real to let go of.
over 17 years ago
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Peter Sagal of <em>Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!</em> kicks off our series asking NPR staff for their favorite books of 2010. Sagal’s pick, <em>Sex At Dawn</em>, showed him that everything he thought he knew about sex and prehistory might be wrong.
almost 16 years ago
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Have you ever wanted to become a listener contestant on Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me? Host Peter Sagal and producers Miles Doornbos and Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis discuss how they select which callers make it to the air.
almost 4 years ago