Jacques Ze Whipper Cracks His Way To The Guinness Book

By day, mild-mannered Jack Lepiarz is a news anchor for WBUR in Boston, and the voice of Here & Now‘s headline news.

But like Clark Kent, Jack has a secret alter ego. On weekends, he takes up a whip, paints on a mustache and appears at Renaissance fairs around the country as “Jacques Ze Whipper.”

It’s an act that requires a fair amount of skill and fitness, and one he takes seriously – despite the fake French accent. To prove that skill, Jack, or Jacques, set out this fall to set the Guinness World Record for the most whip-cracks in a minute. And he succeeded.

Here & Now hosts Jeremy Hobson and Robin Young talk to Jack about his skills and try their own hand at cracking his world-record whip.

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Guest

• Jack Lepiarz, midday anchor at WBUR in Boston. As a performer he is known as Jacques Ze Whipper. His whipping show can be seen at King Richards Faire in Carver, Massachusetts. He tweets @JLepiarz.

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