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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher is doused with water after his team won the Super Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit.

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'Wait Wait' for April 13, 2024: Live from Pittsburgh with Bill Cowher!

8:20am April 13, 2024

Bill Cowher is one of the most recognizable faces in football, having led the Pittsburgh Steelers to a victory at Super Bowl XL. But, can Cowher answer our three questions about cowards?

Chris Pine attends Amazon Studios' "All The Old Knives" Los Angeles Special Screening at The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills

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'Wait Wait' for April 6, 2024: With Not My Job guest Chris Pine

10:05am April 06, 2024

Chris Pine has done it all, from Star Trek to Wonder Woman to The Princess Diaries. Now, he's written/directed his own movie, Poolman, but can he answer our questions about crisp pine air fresheners?

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'Wait Wait' for March 30, 2024: Spring Break Edition!

9:33am March 30, 2024

It's spring break, so we're playing beach blanket bingo with our favorite guests, including John Stamos, Malala Yousafzai, and more!

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Comedian Kevin Hart gets Mark Twain Prize

6:17pm March 25, 2024

by Elizabeth Blair

Comedian, writer and producer Kevin Hart received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a star-studded event last night at the Kennedy Center.

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Laurene Powell Jobs attends the 2022 Portrait Of A Nation Gala on November 12, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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'Wait Wait' for March 23, 2024: With Not My Job guest Laurene Powell Jobs

10:42am March 23, 2024

As founder and president of Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs is one of the world's foremost philanthropists. She knows how to give, but can she answer our questions about famous misers?

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David Alan Grier appears at Sundance 2024 on Jan. 21 in Park City, Utah.

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'Wait Wait' for March 16, 2024: With Not My Job guest David Alan Grier

8:57am March 16, 2024

David Alan Grier is a Tony-winning actor and comedian whose new movie is The American Society of Magical Negroes. He may be known as DAG, but what does he know about WAGs?

Economist Claudia Goldin, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics, talks to the press at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 9, 2023.

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'Wait Wait' for March 9, 2024: With Not My Job guest Claudia Goldin

8:48am March 09, 2024

Claudia Goldin is one of the world's leading economists, a winner of the Nobel Prize and a Time Person of the Year. She knows about economy, but can she answer our questions about first class?

Will Shortz at home in Pleasantville, N.Y.

NPR puzzlemaster Will Shortz says he is recovering from a stroke

4:45pm March 03, 2024

by Juliana Kim

Shortz, who has been absent from NPR's Sunday Puzzle in recent weeks, announced that his absence was due to a stroke in early February.

Danny Brown performs at the Growlers 6 festival at the LA Waterfront on Oct. 28, 2017, in San Pedro, Calif.

'Wait Wait' for March 2, 2024: Live in Austin with Danny Brown!

9:33am March 02, 2024

Danny Brown reshaped Detroit's rap scene with XXX, and in 2021, moved to Austin to do it all again. He may be the greatest Danny Brown, but what does he know about best-selling author Dan Brown?

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Ray Romano attends the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

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'Wait Wait' for February 24, 2024: Hail to the Chief Edition

11:59am February 24, 2024

This week, we celebrate Presidents' Day by revisiting interviews with guests who would ABSOLUTELY win the popular vote. So cue up the band, and be ready to hail to Ray Romano, Rosie Perez, and more!

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