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.
'Wait Wait' for June 28, 2025: Live in Maine with Not My Job guest Anna Kendrick!
This week, Wait Wait is live in Portland, Maine with host Peter Sagal, special guest Anna Kendrick and panelists Paula Poundstone, Karen Chee, and Josh Gondelman
Not My Job: Best-Selling Author Lee Child Gets Quizzed On Worst Sellers
Child is the author behind Jack Reacher, America's favorite tough guy. We quiz him on books that sold really, really badly. Originally broadcast Dec. 19, 2015.
Not My Job: We Quiz Lena Headey On Games Worse Than 'Game Of Thrones'
We've invited Headey, who plays scheming Queen Cersei, to play a game called "You win and you die." Originally broadcast Feb. 6, 2016.
Not My Job: Travel Guru Rick Steves Gets Quizzed On Steve Ricks
Steves has single-handedly ruined some of Europe's most treasured cities with hordes of Americans following his advice. Originally broadcast Sept. 20, 2014.
Not My Job: 'Eat, Pray, Love' Author Gets Quizzed On Dieting, Blasphemy, Hate
We've invited Elizabeth Gilbert to play a game called "I refuse to eat, pray, or love." Originally broadcast Sept. 27, 2014.
Not My Job: Project Runway's Tim Gunn Gets Quizzed On Terrible Fashion
Since he's always urging designers to "make it work," we've invited him to play a game called "You're never going to make that work." Originally broadcast June 6, 2014.
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks...Sickerdoodles, The Perry Mason 5000, Up, Uber and Away
Panel Round Two
More questions for the panel...Bawdy Art; E=Meow Squared, Gorgeous George W.
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about a world leader finally accomplishing something, only one of which it true.
Who's Bill This Time
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news...Step-Downing Street, Impersonating a Candidate, Fraud-fegnugen
Panel Round One
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news.... Nyet-flix, Snooty-Os
Not My Job: How Much Does Producer Norman Lear Know About Learjets?
There was a time in the 1970s when the most-watched TV shows all had one thing in common: They were produced by Norman Lear. We've invited him to play a game that has nothing to do with any of that.