'Wait Wait' for November 16, 2024: Live in Detroit with Governor Whitmer!
This week, Wait Wait is live in Detroit with special guest Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and panelists Josh Gondelman, Hari Kondabolu, and Roxanne Roberts
Not My Job: We Quiz Comic Chelsea Peretti On The Chelsea Football Club
We've invited Peretti — you may know her as self-involved administrator Gina Linetti from Brooklyn 99 — to answer three questions about an English soccer team. Originally broadcast Nov. 14, 2020.
Limericks
In December 2017 while performing in Seattle, our phone lines failed, so we gave our audience members a chance to play Limericks.
Not My Job: Ali Wong, Comic And Author Of 'Dear Girls,' Gets Quizzed On Girl Deer
Wong's memoir is called Dear Girls, so we've invited her to answer three questions about deer girls, as in female deer. Originally broadcast Dec. 7, 2019.
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists read three stories about a wedding announcement that went viral, only one of which is true. From May 2018.
Not My Job: 'Stay Human' Bandleader Jon Batiste Gets Quizzed On Robots
Batiste comes from a family of musicians; he played percussion with the Batiste Brothers Band as a kid, and his debut album came out before he could vote. Originally broadcast July 28, 2018.
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Seeking Professional Wino, Skinny Jeans Go Big and Green Thumbs and Green Tongues.
Panel Questions
My dinner with candle, the prince of motivation and robo-creep.
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists read three stories about going back to the office, only one of which is true.
Panel Questions
Climate change comes for men.
Who's Bill This Time?
Canal-onoscopy, we don't deliver for you and the grape nuts of wrath.
