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.

Arts

'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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Panel Question

The worst way to wash your hands.

The Viral Load

ENTER TEASER

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about surprising sources of inspiration or muses, only one of which is true.

Panel Questions

Supreme Flush.

Who's Bill This Time

May the Task Force Be With You; Mask Marketing; What's the Buzz?

Samantha Bee arrives at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 16, 2018.

Arts

Not My Job: We Quiz 'Full Frontal' Host Samantha Bee On Backsides

Predictions

Our panelists predict, after murder hornets, what will be the next menace to plague us.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Arts

Not My Job: 'Good Fight' Star Christine Baranski Gets Quizzed On 'Good Sprite'

The Tony and Emmy-winning actor, who starred in both Mamma Mia! movies, will answer three questions about the soft drink 7 Up.

Predictions

Our panelists reveal what message those aliens were trying to deliver.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Jowl Alarm; Airplane or Salad Bar? and Grand Theft Vatican.