John Hockenberry: When Parenting and April Fools Don’t Mix

The Takeaway

Here’s what one Takeaway listener from New Jersey said he once did for April Fools Day: “I put anchovies in my dad’s Cheerios box.” But last week, Takeaway host John Hockenberry got something a lot worse than anchovies. He shares a personal tale from April 1st, when his twin 12-year-old daughters came up with jokes to make a dad’s heart stop.

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