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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.

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Predictions

Our panelists predict what the Brood X cicadas will find when they return in 17 years.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: I Vant to Get You Vaccinated; Feline Team 6; and What Every Yacht Needs.

Panel Questions

Why You Should Never Stand Behind A Horse; Treadmill with a Chaser; This Place Is the Pits!

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about people going to jail for strange crimes, only one of which is true.

Bluff The Listener

In honor of NPR's 50th anniversary, our panelists read three stories about a profile featured on NPR sometime in the last 50 years, only one of which is true.