Transcript: Write a 'Pi-ku' for Pi Day

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March 14, 2008
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RACHEL MARTIN
NPR The Bryant Park Project
03-14-2008
Write a 'Pi-ku' for Pi Day

Host: RACHEL MARTIN
Time 7:00-8:00 AM

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RACHEL MARTIN, host:

Laura Conaway, BPP web guru.

LAURA CONAWAY: Good morning. It's Pi day.

MARTIN: It's Pi day. Happy Pi day! You got any pi news on the block?

CONAWAY: I got all kinds of pi. First of all, we have a really gorgeous picture of the pie that was made by Ian's girlfriend Nora.

MARTIN: Shout out to Nora. Thank you.

CONAWAY: Ian Chillag has a segment coming up about Pi Day, which was March 14, 3.14, and he has been hosting a challenge to right what he calls "pi ku," that's three syllable, one syllable, and four syllables. I thought we might ...

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