Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Saturdays at 11:00am and Sundays at 2:00pm
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 April 20, 2024: With Not My Job guest Judith Butler
Judith Butler is one of the world's foremost philosophers. Their new book is Who's Afraid of Gender, but can they answer our questions about horror movies?
Not My Job: Singer-Songwriter Jewel Gets Quizzed On Jewel Thieves
Before she hit it big with her first album, Pieces of You in 1995, Jewel was living out of her car. She tells her story in her memoir Never Broken. Originally broadcast Sept. 26, 2015.
Not My Job: Multiplatinum Recording Artist Josh Groban Gets Quizzed On Elevators
Groban had a big hit with "You Raise Me Up" so we've invited him to play a game called "You Bring Me Down" — three questions about elevators and escalators. Originally broadcast March 12, 2016.
Not My Job: Drummer Marky Ramone Gets Quizzed On Marky Mark
Ramone, who has recently written a memoir, will see if he can correctly answer three questions about Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. Originally broadcast Feb. 28, 2015.
Not My Job: Jazz Bassist Esperanza Spalding Gets Quizzed On Bases
We've invited Spalding to answer questions about BASE jumping, second base and Ace of Base. Originally broadcast March 26, 2016.
Prediction
Our panelists predict what we will do with our mornings now that we don't have to eat breakfast.
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks... What's Ursine, Brush With Fame, The Theory of Relativity
Panel Round Two
More questions for the panel...Foul Play, Veteransland
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about someone who had unique car trouble this week, only one of which is true.
Panel Round One
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news.... Where's the Beet?
Who's Bill This Time
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news...Running From The Frontrunner, Cereal Liars, Junk Mail