PETER SAGAL, HOST:
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SAGAL: Now, panel, what will heal this divided nation? Maz Jobrani.
MAZ JOBRANI: Peter, that's an easy one - NPR's hit show WAIT WAIT... DON'T TELL ME...
AMY DICKINSON: Aw.
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JOBRANI: ...For as long as it remains on air.
SAGAL: Yeah.
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SAGAL: Amy Dickinson.
DICKINSON: Wasn't marijuana legalized in a bunch of places?
SAGAL: It was.
LUKE BURBANK: (Laughter).
DICKINSON: I'm going with that.
DICKINSON: OK - and Luke Burbank.
BURBANK: We'll all bond over how frickin' hard it is to memorize the Russian national anthem.
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BILL KURTIS: Well, if that happens, Luke, we're going to ask you to recite it on WAIT WAIT... DON'T TELL ME.
SAGAL: Thank you, Bill Kurtis. Thanks also to Maz Jobrani, Amy Dickinson and Luke Burbank. Thanks to our wonderful audience here at the Chase Bank Theater. It is a great day to spend with you, and thanks to all of you for listening out there. I'm Peter Sagal, and we will be back with you next week.
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