Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
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NPR's weekly news quiz hosted by Peter Sagal. Have a laugh and test your knowledge with today's funniest comedians and a celebrity guest.Hate free content? Try a subscription to Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!+. Your subscription supports public radio and unlocks fun bonus episodes along with sponsor-free listening. Learn more at https://plus.npr.org/waitwait

  1. 6D AGO

    WWDTM: Austan Goolsbee

    This week, special guest Austan Goolsbee joins panelists Peter Grosz, Rachel Coster, and Shane O'Neill Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min

  2. APR 10

    HTDE: Study Break with Jason Isaacs of "The White Lotus"

    The White Lotus season finale dropped this weekend, and we have questions. And trauma. Maybe you do too? This week, How To Do Everything's "study break" is hosting acclaimed actor Jason Isaacs AKA acclaimed Lorazepam addict Timothy Ratliff. How to join: save this Google document. At 12:30 PM ET tomorrow April 11th, we'll drop a Zoom link. The first 10 people to click on it will be in a Zoom call with Mike, Ian, Heena and Timothy Ratliff/Lucius Malfoy/Jason Isaacs. That gives you tonight to catch up on the show. We WILL discuss spoilers. So come studied and with questions! In the meantime, please send us your "how to" questions! From "how do you parallel park?" to "how do you escape quicksand?" no question is too boring, outlandish or unusual. We can't make the show without you, so don't be shy! Email us at howto@npr.org. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    2 min
  3. Outtakes: More doctors are prescribing THIS for depression... (Wait Wait+)

    APR 7 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Outtakes: More doctors are prescribing THIS for depression... (Wait Wait+)

    Find out the answer to this and more in today's Wait Wait bonus episode! We're giving you outtakes from our most recent show in Chicago. Peter puts questions about the week's news to our panel: Negin Farsad, Josh Gondelman, and making her panel debut ... Tig Notaro! It's more questions, more guessing, and plenty of silliness! Scorekeeper Bill Kurtis also gets in on the fun with a very memorable one-word moment.To unlock bonus access and support NPR, sign up for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

    11 min
  4. WWDTM: Sterling K. Brown

    APR 5

    WWDTM: Sterling K. Brown

    This week, special guest Sterling K. Brown joins panelists Tig Notaro, Negin Farsad, and Josh Gondelman Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min
  5. WWDTM: Eric Idle, Bridget Everett + Jeff Hiller, and more!

    MAR 29

    WWDTM: Eric Idle, Bridget Everett + Jeff Hiller, and more!

    This week, we invite everyone to take a much needed break and listen to interviews with Eric Idle, Bridget Everett + Jeff Hiller, Diane Lane, and more! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min
  6. THIS government program faced a failed attempt at partial privatization in 2005 (WW+)

    MAR 24 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    THIS government program faced a failed attempt at partial privatization in 2005 (WW+)

    Think you know the answer? In this bonus episode, it's another installment of the Wait Wait Wayback Machine! Executive producer Mike Danforth and Peter Sagal put Jacob, our contestant and a Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me+ supporter, to the test — questions from the show that aired 20 years ago in March 2005. Jacob was 5 years old at the time, so don't you want to find out how he does?!? (You also get to hear Peter squirm a little bit. "I'm genuinely poleaxed with horror to hear myself from 20 years ago," he says at one point.) To listen to this bonus episode and/or if YOU want a chance to play the Wayback Machine with Peter, sign up for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/waitwait. We give instructions on how to enter at the top of show!

    13 min
  7. WWDTM: Moe Wagner

    MAR 22

    WWDTM: Moe Wagner

    This week, we're live in Orlando with special guest Moe Wagner and panelists Eugene Cordero, Alonzo Bodden, and Paula Poundstone Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min
  8. WWDTM: Amanda Seyfried

    MAR 15

    WWDTM: Amanda Seyfried

    This week, special guest Amanda Seyfried joins panelists Fortune Feimster, Peter Grosz, and Emmy Blotnick Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min
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  • Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public bathroom to how to get close to a panda. When we don't know the answer, which is roughly 92% of the time (again, not numbers people), we bring in overqualified experts to help out. So you'll eventually walk away knowing how to do everything. That's what happens when you're one & a half shows. From the team at Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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