Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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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 July 13, 2024: With Not My Job guests Sam Sanders and Zach Stafford
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guests Sam Sanders and Zach Stafford and panelists Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone, and Emmy Blotnick
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists read three stories about improving workplace morale, only one of which is true. Originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2017.
Panel Round One
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news ... The Allure of Politics. Originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2017.
Who's Bill This Time?
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: Yellow Journalism, The Goodbye Guy, Soft Core Ceremony. Originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2017.
Not My Job: Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper Gets Quizzed On 2020
We'll ask the governor three questions about exciting things scheduled for the year 2020, that definitely aren't the next U.S. presidential election. Originally broadcast April 8, 2017.
Panel Question
World's Dumbest Profession, Potty Mouth School Kids, Poober.
Not My Job: Actor Daniel Radcliffe Gets Quizzed On Chia Pets
We've invited Radcliffe to play a game called "Sure, you're Harry Potter, but what do you know about hairy pottery?" Originally broadcast Nov. 1, 2014.
Not My Job: 'Good Wife' Star Alan Cumming Gets Quizzed On Bad Wives
Cumming plays Eli Gold on the TV series The Good Wife, so we'll see how much he knows about bad wives. Originally broadcast Dec. 3, 2016.
Not My Job: We Ask Stephen Colbert 3 Questions Meant For Lena Dunham
A February snowstorm prevented Dunham from joining us, so Colbert, the host of Late Night jumped in at the last minute to answer questions we had prepared for her. Originally broadcast Feb. 11, 2017.
Who's Bill This Time
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news...Donald Duck and Cover, Google Goof, Solar Power
Prediction
Our panelists predict what crazy thing will happen during the solar eclipse.
Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks...High Wheels, Mama's Secret Recipe, Hell's Kitchen Candle