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 8, 2024: With Not My Job guest Charlamagne tha God
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guest Charlamagne tha God and panelists Karen Chee, Shane O'Neill, Alzo Slade
Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks: In Salad No One Can Hear You Scream, In the Red (Velvet), and Never A Bride.
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists share three stories of someone standing up for what they believe in, only one of which is true. Originally broadcast March 22, 2014.
Actor Tony Shalhoub Takes A Quiz About Nuns
Because Shalhoub has played a Monk, (the obsessive compulsive detective on the TV series Monk), we're going to ask him three questions about nuns. Originally broadcast March 6, 2010.
Not My Job: Poet Billy Collins Takes A Quiz About Phil Collins
We've invited Billy Collins — who served as U.S. poet laureate from 2001 to 2003 — to play a game called, "I can feel it coming in the air tonight." Originally broadcast Nov. 1, 2013.
Prediction
Now that biting is out, what will be the next way players gain an advantage at the World Cup?
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Carl reads three news-related limericks: Camp Popsicle, Still Life, Criminally Hot.
Prediction
Our panelists predict if the Washington Redskins get a new name, what that new name will be.
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks: Cheddar Is the New Black; Cyber Ficus; Hat Hair.
Prediction
Now that Hillary Clinton's new book is out, our panel predicts who will be the next person to write a huge book nobody wants to read.