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.

Lyndon Barrois Sr. poses with some of his gum wrapper sculptures.

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'Wait Wait' for May 4, 2024: With Not My Job guest Lyndon Barrois

9:23am May 04, 2024

Lyndon Barrois is artist and animator who's found fame making beautifully detailed sculptures out of gum wrappers. He sculpts in miniature, but what does he know about GIANT sculptures?

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about something Disney doesn't really want us to know about, only one of which is true.

Panel Questions

Sled damage.

Who's Bill This Time

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "Hangry For Glory," "Unbalanced Books," and "Artificial Intelligence But Real Fear."

South Bend Mayor Peter Buttigieg in 2013

Arts

Not My Job: We Quiz The Mayor Of South Bend, Ind. About North Bend, Wash.

Prediction

Our panelists predict what will be the next thing we blast into space.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Interest Free CDs, Birdbrain and Platform Shoes.

Panelist Questions

Spell Check, Philadelphia Free-dumb.

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about something positive coming from McDonald's, only one of which is true.

Panel Questions

Eggs-traordinary Error.

Who's Bill This Time

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "Parade Master," "Rocket Roadster" and "Doritas."

Nobel laureate Michael Rosbash receives his award in 2017.

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