'Wait Wait' for April 26, 2025: With Not My Job guest Brian Tyree Henry
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with guest host Karen Chee, special guest Brian Tyree Henry and panelists Negin Farsad, Luke Burbank, and Brian Babylon
Panel Round Two
More questions for the panel...Beauty Seeks Beast, Poetry Slam.
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about someone finding something surprising in a retail chain store, only one of which is true.
Panel Round One
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news....Petri Dip.
Who's Bill This Time
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news...Be The Donald; Heated Discussion; Charitable Misgivings.
Not My Job: Richard Price (AKA Harry Brandt) Gets Quizzed On Pseudonyms
For his latest book, The Whites, novelist Richard Price decided to use a pen name. In retrospect, he wishes he hadn't. Originally broadcast March 30, 2015.
Not My Job: We Quiz The Owner Of The Chicago Cubs On Victory Parades
This is the game where we quiz well-known people about things that they wouldn't have any reason to know anything about. We'll see how Tom Ricketts fares. Originally broadcast Sept. 19, 2015.
Not My Job: Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Gets Quizzed On 'General Hospital'
Sure, he knows hospitals, but does he know General Hospital? We ask Murthy three questions about the long-running soap opera. Originally broadcast July 25, 2015.
Not My Job: Mindy Kaling Gets Quizzed On Do-It-Yourself Projects
Since Kaling was the star of The Mindy Project, we're going to ask her to play a game called "The Home Improvement Project." Originally broadcast June 20, 2015.
Not My Job: Singer-Songwriter Jewel Gets Quizzed On Jewel Thieves
Before she hit it big with her first album, Pieces of You in 1995, Jewel was living out of her car. She tells her story in a new memoir, Never Broken. Originally broadcast Sept. 26, 2015.
Prediction
Our panelists predict, now that we know that being fat is good for you, what will be the next surprising bit of health news.