About this episode

Magician Carisa Hendrix joins the panel to discuss trade wars, fire-eating, drag, and Cheetos.

This week, magician Carisa Hendrix joins panelists Peter Grosz, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Tig Notaro to talk fire-eating, drag, and cheetos. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes, the chance to be a contestant in those bonus episodes(!), and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

Topics covered

• trade wars
• comedy
• magician
• fire-eating
• drag
• Cheetos

Keywords

• trade wars
• Carisa Hendrix
• fire-eating
• drag
• Cheetos

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