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 March 23, 2024: With Not My Job guest Laurene Powell Jobs
As founder and president of Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs is one of the world's foremost philanthropists. She knows how to give, but can she answer our questions about famous misers?
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks...Cemetary Chardonney, Home of the Original Ding Dong, Thumblargement Syndrome
Panel Round Two
More questions for the panel...FitBit NitPicks; Metro Babies
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about someone trying to save print journalism in a unique way, only one of which it true.
Panel Round One
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news...Dr. Muffet's Behavioral Therapy
Who's Bill This Time
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news...First Lady: Candidate-in-Training, The Boy Who Grew Old
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.
Not My Job: E Street Drummer Max Weinberg Gets Quizzed On New Jersey
Peter Sagal has taken more than a few potshots at his home state over the years, so we'll quiz Weinberg — proud son of Newark — about some of the state's highlights. Originally broadcast Dec. 6, 2014.
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.