Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

For a wacky and whip-smart approach to the week's news and newsmakers, listen no further than Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the oddly informative news quiz from NPR. During each fast-paced, irreverent show, host Peter Sagal leads what might be characterized as the news Olympics. Callers, panelists, and guests compete by answering questions about the week's events, identifying impersonations, filling in the blanks at lightening speed, sniffing out fake news items, and deciphering limericks.

Wait Wait...don't tell me!

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat February 4, 2012

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat February 4, 2012

Prediction

Our panelists predict what will be the big story out of Super Bowl XLVI.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

Panel Round Two

More questions for the panel: Mr. or Mrs. Meat, A Cereal Killer, Brides-to-be ... to-be, and Lord Grantham is Not Amused.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

Limericks

Carl reads three news-related limericks: Udder Ways of Sleeping, Get Ready for Hipster Mickey, and a Way to Make Root Canals Even Worse.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

Prediction

Our panelists predict what the bad joke will be at next year's State of the Union.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists tell us three stories of an innovation in laziness, only one of which is true.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

Who's Carl This Time?

Carl reads three quotes from the weeks news: The State of the Comedy Is Weak, A Positive Spin, and Privacy Invaded.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

Opening Panel Round

Our panelists answer questions about the week's news... Getting To The Point.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat January 21, 2012

Who's Carl This Time?

Transcript

CARL KASELL: From NPR and WBEZ-Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME, the NPR News quiz. I'm Carl Kasell, and here's your host, at the Fox Theater in Detroit, Michigan, Peter Sagal.

(SOUNDBITE OF APPLAUSE)

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, all. Thank you so much. It is so great to be here in Detroit, at the fantastic Fox Theater. We have got for you, today; we have got Duke Fakir, one of the original Four Tops. He's going to come by and talk Motown.

(SOUNDBITE OF APPLAUSE)

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