Audio portions for this week’s Wonking Week podcast were drawn from:
The outro from Where’s Your Head At? was taken from a Stuart Smalley sketch from “Saturday Night Live” and features the talents of Phil Hartman and Al Franken. The outro from our interview with Emily Badger was taken from a commercial for the Tea Party.
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