Matt Wilson spent years doing rounds at children's hospitals in New York City.

I had a clip on tie. I wore helies, size 11.

Matt was a medical clown.

The role of a medical clown is to reintroduce the sense of play and joy and hope and light into a space that doesn't normally inhabit.

Ideas about navigating uncertainty.

That's on the TED Radio Hour podcast from NPR.

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this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz.

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We got a fabulous show for you today.

Later on, we are going to be talking to Amber Maycott, known as the taxidermist to the stars.

Now, among the many things we have already learned from her, stuffed animals are not actually stuffed.

No, they're just trained to stand there very still.

We are always eager to hear your tricks of the trade, so give us a call.

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