The World Cup, Trad Wives, and the Wedding of the Century

6/20/202647 min

This week, Caro Claire Burke, the author of book of the summer "Yesteryear", joins panelists Karen Chee, Peter Grosz, and Shane O'Neill

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First 90 seconds

Speaker 10:00
[upbeat music] 48 teams We want to be one of the soccer powerhouses that people talk about. 16 cities The joy of the World Cup is that it holds up a mirror to the society that surrounds it. One beautiful game.
Speaker 40:12
I think everyone knows that nothing is like a, a World Cup game.
Speaker 10:15
The World Cup is here, and we have you covered. Follow along on and off the pitch with the NPR app.
Alzo Slade· Host0:21
[upbeat music] From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, the NPR news quiz. I'm the guy so new here, I'm still looking for the bathroom code. [laughs] [laughs] I'm Alzo Slade, and here's your host at the Studebaker Theatre at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Peter Sagal.
Peter Sagal· Host0:46
Thank you, Alzo. [audience applauding] Thank you, everybody. We've got a great show for you today. Later on, we're gonna be talking to Caro Claire Burke, author of Yesteryear, the book of the summer. That's the one about the trad wife influencer who's mysteriously transported back into the real olden days of 1855, where, okay, spoiler alert, everything kind of sucks. [laughs] But you can take advantage of our modern era by picking up your phone and giving us a call. The number is 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. Now, let's welcome our first listener contestant. Hi, you're on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.
Speaker 21:26
Hi, this is Alicia Booker. I'm calling from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Peter Sagal· Host1:29
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