Our panel goes on shore leave with Maggie Smith
Summary
Hosted in Huber Heights, Ohio, this episode features poet Maggie Smith, who discusses her viral work and new book while playing a wrestling trivia game. The panel, including Annie Roward-Dupia, Shane Torrance, and Morak, debates news stories about the USS Abraham Lincoln’s return to port, the trend of "pheromone maxing," and a controversial Titanic-themed ride at a UK fruit farm. Listener contestants Ames and Alex compete in the "Bluff the Listener" game, while Megan and Alex Urbanic tackle limerick challenges. The show concludes with a lightning round of fill-in-the-blank news questions, w…
Topics discussed
Intro and arrival in Dayton, Ohio
Panelist introductions and banter
USS Abraham Lincoln returns to port
Thailand prostitution laws and The King and I
Celebrity wellness injections and veins
Barbie novel: Failure to Launch Barbie
Childhood icons as adults
Pheromone maxing trend
Commercial break and Rinse ad
Bluff game introduction
Fruit farm produce war reenactment
Unintentionally r-rated corn maze
Titanic-themed amusement ride
Maggie Smith: Good Bones and divorce
Poet voice and teaching writing
Ohio poetry and Taylor Swift
Maggie Smith plays the quiz
BetterHelp ad and limerick challenge
George Santos and Cameo story
Dyson AI toothbrush review
Listener limerick challenge
Lightning fill-in-the-blank game
More fill-in-the-blank questions
Credits and closing banter
Alan Gratz book promotion
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