"I don't think people are going to be substituting one for the other.
"The podcast is not going to be a substitute for what I do on NPR," says Vedantam.
"This is not going to be a substitute for any legal or criminal penalties but will be an additional guarantee, an acknowledgment of the seriousness of the problem".
Such action was not "in any way" going to be a substitute for Nato because it was not "about territorial defence but about peacekeeping and crisis management".
And there's probably never going to be a substitute for getting that two minutes from another person across a cup of coffee," he adds.
"Everybody and their brother has it, and people will say, 'oh yeah, I have it, and I exercise, and that's all you need.' I think in the true cases, exercise is not going to be a substitute".
One morning, while listening the the Beatles and free drawing in an art class, one of my kids blindsided me with one of the most depressing questions I've ever been asked: "Miss Barker, are you going to be a substitute teacher forever?" The worst part was that she was smiling.
Alright, if using the word gay is going to be a criminal offense, then substitute my name, Takei, which rhymes with gay, and march in the Takei pride parade!" Takei sees his humor as a way to bring people into the LGBT rights movement who might not have previously supported it.
And in all conscience, there is no way -- the substitute is going to be offered -- that I could even vote for that legislation.
"Substitutes are not going to be cheap".
