Wry on Rye

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 18, 2016

Roy Blount Jr., regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!, member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel, member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the author of Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations (Sarah Crichton Books, 2016), offers his thoughtful humor on the subjects of pie, possums, and the time he ate at the Nathan's hot dog restaurant in Times Square.

Bonus: here's the New York Times article referenced in the interview about the Southern practice of eating dirt.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

Mamdani calls for crackdown on NYC's worst drivers after series of hit-and-run deaths

A troubling number of fatal hit-and-runs this summer had street safety advocates calling for the mayor to release his administration's plan to reduce traffic deaths. He released one on Tuesday that centered on a crackdown on reckless motorists.
Gothamist |

2026 Fall Schedule Change

Please Advise: A Pop Up Show from WNYC |

The U.K. Sanctions Israeli Settlements

The Brian Lehrer Show |

Data center spills 5K gallons of diesel into New Jersey Meadowlands

The spill affected a tributary of the Hackensack River. Authorities say cleanup is underway.
Gothamist |
YOU ARE ONLINE