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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'Wait Wait' for July 13, 2024: With Not My Job guests Sam Sanders and Zach Stafford

12:52pm July 13, 2024

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

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Who's Bill This Time?

Demon doctor, the four dorksmen of technology and the seventh inning scratch.

Ramy Youssef attends the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Annual Grants Banquet in Beverly Hills on July 31, 2019.

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Not My Job: We Quiz Ramy Youssef (From New Jersey) About Sports Jerseys

Predictions

Our panelists predict who Joe Biden will pick to be his running mate next week.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Drink No Sanitizer Before It's Time, Mailbox Mystery and Big Money Big Wheel.

Panel Questions

Matrimonial bliss list and lotto promises.

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about essential workers, only one of which is true.

Panel Questions

That's the pits!

Padma Lakshmi pictured in New York City on April 16, 2014.

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Not My Job: We Quiz Longtime 'Top Chef' Judge Padma Lakshmi On Top Refs

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Panel Questions

Smart and lovely speaker.

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Who's Bill This Time?

The best tester, tiger moms on patrol and the magical fruit.

Predictions

Our panelists predict what five words will appear on their cognitive assessment.