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Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
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NPR's weekly news quiz hosted by Peter Sagal. Have a laugh and test your knowledge with today's funniest comedians and a celebrity guest.Hate free content? Try a subscription to Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!+. Your subscription supports public radio and unlocks fun bonus episodes along with sponsor-free listening. Learn more at https://plus.npr.org/waitwait

  1. HTDE: AI, War, and Exercise, with Arnold Schwarzenegger

    7 HR AGO

    HTDE: AI, War, and Exercise, with Arnold Schwarzenegger

    On today’s episode, how to get rid of Google’s AI summaries, and we help a listener who wants to exercise in her car during a long commute–with an assist from a very overqualified exerciser and a very overqualified driver. Plus we talk about a possible connection between pizza and war with The Washington Post’s Tim Carman. You can check out Tim’s piece here and Juan's training routine here. And you can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow. How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! featuring show outtakes, extended guest interviews, and a chance to play an exclusive WW+ quiz game with Peter! Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org. How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White. ****** (Once again) after listening: “I am OOO from (INSERT DATES HERE). For any urgent concerns, please email Mike and Ian at howto@npr.org. Please bear in mind that Mike and Ian don’t know anything about anything and their help may in fact make your urgent concern worse, but they did promise to answer any email they get from this out of office message.” Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    27 min
  2. WWDTM: Cynthia Nixon

    4 DAYS AGO

    WWDTM: Cynthia Nixon

    This week, special guest Cynthia Nixon joins panelists Negin Farsad, KC Shornima, and Adam Burke Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min

  3. 22 SEPT · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Paul Giamatti gives us his best Lincoln and other presidential impressions (WW+)

    Actor Paul Giamatti played John Adams, the second U.S. president, in an award-winning miniseries. So, of course, Wait Wait vibe curator Emma Choi had to ask for some of Giamatti's best presidential impressions when she sat down with him before last month's live show at Tanglewood. To unlock this bonus episode, get sponsor-free listening, and show your love for the show, sign up for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

    8 min
  4. WWDTM: Chip Caray

    20 SEPT

    WWDTM: Chip Caray

    This week, we're live in St. Louis with Cardinals' play-by-play announcer Chip Caray and panelists Rachel Coster, Dulcé Sloan, and Adam Felber Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    48 min
  5. HTDE: How To Make Lasagna Without An Oven, with Peter Sagal

    17 SEPT

    HTDE: How To Make Lasagna Without An Oven, with Peter Sagal

    Today, Mike and Ian recruit the help of legendary Taste-Tester-Turned-Public-Radio-Host Peter Sagal to rate a new, unorthodox approach to making lasagna. Plus, a listener calls in claiming he’s physically incapable of burping, so the guys ask a medical professional to help him out. You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow. How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! featuring show outtakes, extended guest interviews, and a chance to play an exclusive WW+ quiz game with Peter! Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org. How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White. ****** (Once again) after listening: “I am OOO from (INSERT DATES HERE). For any urgent concerns, please email Mike and Ian at howto@npr.org. Please bear in mind that Mike and Ian don’t know anything about anything and their help may in fact make your urgent concern worse, but they did promise to answer any email they get from this out of office message.” Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    25 min
  6. WWDTM: Bob Costas

    13 SEPT

    WWDTM: Bob Costas

    This week, special guest Bob Costas joins panelists Emmy Blotnick, Brian Babylon, and Peter Grosz. Plus, Oscar-and-Grammy-winner Rhymefest steps in for Bill! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    48 min

  7. 9 SEPT · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    In 2005, it was proposed the US spend $104 billion to go to THIS place (Wait Wait+)

    Think you know the answer? In this bonus episode, it's another installment of the Wait Wait Wayback Machine! Executive producer Mike Danforth and host Peter Sagal quiz Colleen, a Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me+ supporter from Wasilla, Alaska. The catch? The questions aired on the show 20 years ago in September 2005. Peter and Mike also share the subtle (and not so subtle) ways the show helps out its celebrity contestants during the Not My Job quiz.  If you want a chance to play the Wayback Machine with Peter in a future bonus episode, sign up for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Listen to the top of this episode for instructions on how to enter!

    15 min
  8. WWDTM: Reneé Rapp

    6 SEPT

    WWDTM: Reneé Rapp

    This week, special guest Reneé Rapp joins panelists Alonzo Bodden, Shane O'Neill, and Amy Dickinson in Chicago Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min
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NPR's weekly news quiz hosted by Peter Sagal. Have a laugh and test your knowledge with today's funniest comedians and a celebrity guest.Hate free content? Try a subscription to Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!+. Your subscription supports public radio and unlocks fun bonus episodes along with sponsor-free listening. Learn more at https://plus.npr.org/waitwait

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  • Channel
    Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
  • Creator
    NPR
  • Years Active
    2006 - 2025
  • Episodes
    384
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