'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
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.
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.
Predictions
Our panelists predict how they'll finally get that cargo ship out of the Suez Canal.
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.