Thursday, December 22, 2022
Our series of favorite interviews from 2022 kicks off with Sheryl Lee Ralph. She won an Emmy for her role as the veteran teacher Barbara Howard on the hit ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary, about…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:23PMWednesday, December 21, 2022
Emma and Vice columnist Alzo Slade try to solve the improv coolness crisis with the help of comedy icon Colin Mochrie. Plus: Emma tries her best to annoy Peter Sagal.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:40PMSaturday, December 17, 2022
Singer-songwriter and world class whistler Andrew Bird plays our game called, "Put Your Lips Together and Blow" Three questions about referees. Joining him are panelists Adam Burke, Tom Papa…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:59AMSaturday, December 10, 2022
Host of CBS Mornings, Gayle King plays our game called, "Gayle King, meet the real Gale Kings" three questions about meteorologists. She is joined by panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:03PMWednesday, December 7, 2022
Have you ever wanted to become a listener contestant on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me? Host Peter Sagal and producers Miles Doornbos and Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis discuss how they select which…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:01AMSaturday, December 3, 2022
This week on "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me," we are back with a brand new show from the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago featuring panelists Josh Gondelman, Skyler Higley, and Paula Poundstone. Pl…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:51PMSaturday, November 26, 2022
Nathan Lane, Puja Patel, Darryl "Cornbread" McCray, and Jeremy O. Harris are featured in this Thanksgiving edition.Sign up for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.o…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:04PMWednesday, November 23, 2022
Brooks wrote countless edgy jokes over the years, but he doesn't regret any of them. In fact, his only regret is the jokes he didn't tell. Brooks calls comedy his "delicious refuge" from the…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:14PMComedian Maeve Higgins and Emma build the world's largest puzzle.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:59AMSaturday, November 19, 2022
This week we come to you from the Palace Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky with panelists Paula Poundstone, Adam Burke, and Alzo Slade. Our guest is Freddie Johnson of Buffalo Trace Distillery…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:03PMMisty Copeland was the first Black principal ballerina for the American Ballet Theatre. We talk about the pressure of being first, touring with Prince, and experiencing homelessness as a chi…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:10AMFriday, November 18, 2022
We'll talk about the Yiddish language production of Fiddler on the Roof that's just returned to off Broadway. Our guests will be Joel Grey, who directed it, and Steven Skybell who stars as …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:44PMTuesday, November 15, 2022
Imperioli plays a sex-addicted Hollywood producer on vacation in Sicily in HBO's The White Lotus. He's best known for his role as Tony Soprano's hot-headed protégé, Christopher Moltisanti.…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:33PMMonday, November 14, 2022
Copeland was the first Black principal ballerina for the American Ballet Theatre. We talk about the pressure of being first, the injury that nearly ended her career, and her mentor, pioneeri…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:43PMSaturday, November 12, 2022
Craig Robinson, star of the Office and host of Peacock's Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward, plays our game about Craigslist. Joining him are panelists Tom Papa; Negin Farsad and Brian Ba…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:15PMSteven Spielberg's latest project, The Fabelmans, is semi-autobiographical — focused on his childhood and teen years and his parents' divorce. He jokingly refers to the film as "$40 millio…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:10AMWednesday, November 9, 2022
Peter asks Producer and Editor Lillian King why some questions don't make the show. PLUS: Lillian plays those questions!
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:26PMSpielberg's latest project, The Fabelmans, is semi-autobiographical — focused on his childhood and teen years and his parents' divorce. He jokingly refers to the film as "$40 million of th…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:17PMSaturday, November 5, 2022
Amber Ruffin, host of The Amber Ruffin Show on Peacock and the purple M&M, plays our game called "Roughin' It" Three questions about camping. Joining in are panelists Karen Chee, Hari Ko…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:26PMFriday, November 4, 2022
Porter won an Emmy for Pose, and a Tony for the Broadway musical Kinky Boots. In addition to performing, he's also a star on the red carpet. His memoir, Unprotected, is now out in paperback.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:11PMSaturday, October 29, 2022
Hasan Minhaj, comedian with the new Netflix special "The King's Jester" and former host of Patriot Act, plays our game about former Patriot Rob Gronkowski. Joining him are panelists Helen Ho…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:47AMWednesday, October 26, 2022
Comedian Mo Rocca considers buying a lighthouse and Emma goes ghost hunting.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:37PMSaturday, October 22, 2022
Dr Ibram X Kendi, author and MacArthur Genius, plays our game about the Genius Bar at Apple Stores. Joining him are panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman and Amy Dickinson.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PMThe legend of stage and screen died Oct. 11 at age 96. She starred in the TV series Murder, She Wrote and won Tony Awards for her performances as Mama Rose in Gypsy and the pie shop owner Mr…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:10AMFriday, October 21, 2022
The legend of stage and screen died Oct. 11 at age 96. She starred in the TV series Murder, She Wrote, and in such films as The Manchurian Candidate and Disney's Beauty and the Beast. She wo…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:59PMSaturday, October 15, 2022
Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States, answers three questions about the mysterious and often huge fish, the sturgeon. Also featured are interviews with Jeremy Allen White and M…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:52AMWednesday, October 12, 2022
Peter and Emma sit down with Executive Producer Mike Danforth to answer some questions that you have about the making of Wait Wait.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:13AMSaturday, October 8, 2022
Ralph Macchio, star of Netflix's "Cobra Kai" plays our game called "Wax On, Wax Off, Yeowww!" Three questions about hair removal. He is joined by panelists Emmy Blotnick, Alzo Slade and Adam…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:22PMTuesday, October 4, 2022
Bloom talks about writing songs for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and losing her musical collaborator Adam Schlesinger, who died from COVID-19 complications in March 2020. She now stars in the Hulu se…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:31PMSaturday, October 1, 2022
Julio Torres, creator and star of HBO's Los Espookys, plays our game about The Addams Family called, "Los Ookys." Joining him are panelists Tom Papa, Dulcé Sloan, and Hari Kondabolu.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:07PMWednesday, September 28, 2022
Comedian Hoja Lopez and Emma get salty with the latest spoon technology and test out new talents nobody asked for.
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