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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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Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Birds of Prey, A New Old Use For Your Phone and What A Novel Smell.

Panel Questions

Meetings take a beating and the Wait Wait Gift Gift Guide Guide.

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about people solving a mystery from the past that should have stayed a mystery, only one of which is true.

Who's Bill This Time?

Battle of the vaccine stars, the audacity of autobiography and home for the holidays.

Predictions

Our panelists predict what will be the big surprise in book two of President Obama's memoir.

Predictions

Our panelists predict, once it's available, what will people be doing in the commercials for the Covid-19 vaccine.