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Public Radio Enters Its Apple-Picking Era
· New York time
The October 17 edition of Wait Wait celebrated autumn with an apple-picking theme and guests including Sally Field, Caro Claire Burke, Jason Narducy and Robert Smigel. Seasonal framing gives a familiar program another reason to gather familiar voices. For recurring entertainment, the calendar is useful creative infrastructure. Fall supplies a mood without requiring a new universe of characters. It also remains one of America's most reliable content engines: a few apples appear, and suddenly every activity has acquired a sweater and a publishing schedule.
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