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
Veterinarian Kevin Fitzgerald Plays Not My Job
The former bouncer for the Rolling Stones answers three questions about the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, which was involved in sports doping scandals. Originally broadcast Aug. 11, 2007.
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Plays Not My Job
The Executive Chairman of Google joins us and insists he doesn't already know everything about us. Originally broadcast May 11, 2013.
Not My Job: Mavis Staples Gets Quizzed On Office Supples
Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples plays our game called "Hello, I'm looking for a dozen highlighter pens in a fluorescent green." Originally broadcast Dec. 20, 2008.
Not My Job: Project Runway's Tim Gunn Gets Quizzed On Terrible Fashion
The fashion guru plays our game, and makes us feel a little better about our pleated pants. Originally broadcast June 6, 2014.
Not My Job: Three Headless Chicken Questions For Alice Cooper
We talk to the heavy metal superstar about sex, drugs and rock and roll. Or at least rock and roll. Originally broadcast May 18, 2013.
Professional Pickpocket Apollo Robbins Plays Not My Job
The professional pickpocket and sleight-of-hand artist steals our hearts. Not really, but he very likely steals our valuables. Originally broadcast March 22, 2013.
John Waters Plays Not My Job
The filmmaker behind Hairspray and other camp hits plays a quiz about something not campy at all. (This segment originally broadcast on April 22, 2011.)
Roseanne Cash Plays Not My Job
The singer songwriter tells us stories about her father, who it turns out was also a musician. (This segment originally broadcast on Nov. 23, 2011.)
Gillian Flynn Plays Not My Job
We talk to the author of the best-selling thriller Gone Girl and other books full of sadists and murderers, and it turns out she's perfectly nice. (This segment originally broadcast on July 12, 2013.)
Prediction
Our panelists predict what will be the next shocking piece of good news to get us through the week.
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks: Dork Duds; Icing on the Aerosol; Frequent Crier Miles.