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 27, 2024: With Not My Job guest Renée Elise Goldsberry
Renée Elise Goldsberry won a Tony and Grammy for her role in Hamilton, and currently stars in Netflix's Girls5Eva. She may Goldsberry, but what does she know about buried gold?
Prediction
Our panelists predict now that we have an Ebola czar, who will be the next czar?
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks: Thumb Therapy; Crying Lies; At Least They Won't Have To Stop For Directions.
Not My Job: Brady Bunch's Florence Henderson Gets Quizzed On Weird Science
For decades, Florence Henderson, who presided over the Brady Bunch, was America's perfect Mom. We'll ask Henderson three questions about the Ig Nobels — awarded for real, if ridiculous, research.
Prediction
Our panelists predict after Charlie Crist's fan, what will be the next big controversy at a political debate.
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks: Bullheaded Fish; Patent Name Fail; I Feel Qwerty.
We Ask Australian Baz Luhrmann About Austria
We ask the director, writer and producer three questions about a country that he isn't from. Originally broadcast Sept. 6, 2013.
Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Gets Quizzed On Downhill Cheese Races
We invite the Olympic medal-wedding skier to play a game called "It's the cheese! After it!" — three questions on the Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Races. Originally broadcast July 11, 2014.
Brat Pack Member Rob Lowe Gets Quizzed On Bratwurst
Back in the '80s Lowe was part of Hollywood's Brat Pack, so we've invited him to answer three questions about some of the lesser known facts of bratwurst. Originally broadcast May 9, 2014.