Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Saturdays at 11:00am and Sundays at 2:00pm

Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up.

Lose the lightning fill-in-the-blank round on Saturday? No worries! There's a second chance to hear Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! every weekend -- Sundays at 2 p.m.

'Wait Wait' for November 23, 2024: With Not My Job guests Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller

12:18pm November 23, 2024

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guests Jeff Hiller and Bridget Everett and panelists Tom Papa, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Maz Jobrani

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Who's Bill This Time

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "James and The Giant Orange," " Fox Fixer" and "Not So Hot Sauce."

Prediction

Our panelists predict what Paul Ryan will do once he leaves Congress.

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Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Jurassic Park Avenue, Hand Unsanitizer and Shopping For Baby Names.

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about someone getting revenge in a surprising way, only one of which is true.

Panel Questions

A rumor that's hard to swallow.

Who's Bill This Time

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "Facebook Face-Off," "The Fixer Gets Fixed" and "Royal Gawkers."

Panelist Questions

Speaker Of the Weed, Calculating Friendship, Gastralia.

Arts

Not My Job: Actor Laurie Metcalf Gets Quizzed On Three Short Men

Metcalf co-stars in the Broadway production of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. So we've invited her to play a game about Tom Cruise, Charlie Chaplin and a short man named Pete Conrad.

Ohio Gov. and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich speaks at a town hall meeting in Ohio in 2016.

Arts