Oct 3, 2026 · 52 min · 30 segments
This week, music legend David Byrne joins us to talk “Theater of the Mind,” hairy arms, and why he’s so good at drawing toes. Plus, Alonzo Bodden and Rachel Coster welcome new panelist Rob Anderson to…
Peter SagalHost
Alzo SladeHost
Alonzo BoddenPanelist
Rachel CosterPanelist
David ByrneGuestRob AndersonPanelist
Right now, panel, it is time for you to answer some questions about this week's news.
Alonzo, more parents these days want their kids to have the same kind of experiences they had growing up, so they're taking their kids to playgrounds that are what?
[laughs]
The, this, this, this, this culture of overprotectiveness and obsessions about safety, it's making our kids too soft.
Do you realize there are playgrounds nowadays without one single piece of metal to burn your leg on when it's sunny out?
[laughs]
So, so parents are taking kids to playgrounds that are designed to be dangerous, like a real one called The Yard in New York City, which has features strewn about it like hammers, a big old empty water tank, and this is true, used wheelchairs for the kids to play with.
[laughs]
They, they get the wheelchairs from the people who used the playground last year and have healed up.
[laughs]
[laughs]
... and then they shut it down the next day, like, that is pretty safe compared to what things used to be.
Right now, panel, it is time for you to answer some questions about this week's news.
Alonzo, more parents these days want their kids to have the same kind of experiences they had growing up, so they're taking their kids to playgrounds that are what?
[laughs]
The, this, this, this, this culture of overprotectiveness and obsessions about safety, it's making our kids too soft.
Do you realize there are playgrounds nowadays without one single piece of metal to burn your leg on when it's sunny out?
[laughs]
So, so parents are taking kids to playgrounds that are designed to be dangerous, like a real one called The Yard in New York City, which has features strewn about it like hammers, a big old empty water tank, and this is true, used wheelchairs for the kids to play with.
[laughs]
They, they get the wheelchairs from the people who used the playground last year and have healed up.
[laughs]
[laughs]
... and then they shut it down the next day, like, that is pretty safe compared to what things used to be.
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