Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! - HTDE: Study Break with Jason Isaacs of "The White Lotus"

Episode Date: April 10, 2025

The White Lotus season finale dropped this weekend, and we have questions. And trauma. Maybe you do too? This week, How To Do Everything's "study break" is hosting acclaimed actor Jason Isaacs AKA acclaimed Lorazepam addict Timothy Ratliff.How to join: save this Google document. At 12:30 PM ET tomorrow April 11th, we'll drop a Zoom link. The first 10 people to click on it will be in a Zoom call with Mike, Ian, Heena and Timothy Ratliff/Lucius Malfoy/Jason Isaacs.That gives you tonight to catch up on the show. We WILL discuss spoilers. So come studied and with questions!In the meantime, please send us your "how to" questions! From "how do you parallel park?" to "how do you escape quicksand?" no question is too boring, outlandish or unusual. We can't make the show without you, so don't be shy! Email us at [e-mail] more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

This is out of her glass. In Lily's family, there's a story everybody knows by heart. If this story had never happened. All of us wouldn't be here right now. Sammy wouldn't be here. Hina wouldn't be here. Wally wouldn't be here. Anyone that we know wouldn't be here.

So what happens when Lily's mom tells her the story is not true? This American Life, surprising stories every week. Hey, wait, wait, listeners. It's Peter, and I am here with Hina from the How to Do Everything team. Hello, Hina. Hi, Peter. The last time we were together, I believe we were both sausages at the Milwaukee Brewers

ballpark. Yeah, we were, and you beat me. Well, yes. I beat you, Ian beat me, and we were all beaten by that damned hot dog. Oh my god. Who still haunts my dreams. But today that's not what we're doing. I am here to tell you about a new experiment from How To Tomorrow. They're gonna be having another study break, and that is when they host a Zoom call with ten, just ten, lucky

listeners. And this week they have a very special guest for their study break. Hina, do you wanna sort of tell everybody who it'll be? Yeah, so this week, I'm really excited for this one, we're gonna be joined by Jason Isaacs, the star of The White Lotus, AKA Timothy Ratliff. The season finally just dropped this past weekend and I know that I have a lot of questions, so make sure you come to the study break

with the full season watch, because we're definitely gonna talk about spoilers, and then we can all hang out together. Can I tell you what I would ask him about if I were there? I would absolutely ask him about Lucius Malfoy because as I'm sure you all know, he plays Lucius Malfoy, dad of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies. You want to know something so embarrassing, Peter? What? I didn't figure that out until the season finale.

Really? I was watching it with my friends and they referred to him as Lucius. I had no idea. Because that's how good Jason Isaacs is at playing multiple characters. He's a very good actor. People can ask him about Lucius Malfoy. They can ask him about anything they want

if they're on the Zoom call. So can you tell people how to do that? Definitely. So check the show notes of this very episode in your feed. You'll see a link to a Google document. Click that Google document, save it, bookmark it, keep it in your stash. And then tomorrow at 1130 Central 1230 Eastern the Zoom link will appear.

And if you are one of the first 10 people to click on it you can join Jason, Mike, Ian and I and we can all hang out. Wow! Join us. This will be fun. The How-To Guys and Jason Isaacs. Wildcard are just some of the podcasts you can enjoy sponsor free with NPR+. Get all sorts of perks across more than 20 podcasts with the bundle option. Learn more at plus dot NPR dot org. Hey, it's Amartinez. Even as the host of a news show, it can be hard to keep up with the headlines. That is why we make the Up First podcast.

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