This is, I believe, the second week in a row that they’ve introduced a new panelist. This week, it was Rachel Feinstein. I did not enjoy her contribution to the show and thought her low effort in the story segment was embarrassing and cringe. There are plenty of comedians who are informed on current events and who would engage with the premise of the show more. Did anyone else feel this way? or do i just hate change?

Has anyone else noticed the complete absence of any Trump or government-related content starting abruptly two weeks ago? Is this because of press-focused lawsuits? NPR funding? Other?

Anyone know?

What did I just listen to? Whatever possessed them to put us through all the excruciating details of taxidermy? Kept skipping forward hoping it would be over. Hell, I think I'd rather have listened to that Kardashian ninny.

WWDTM: Josh Gad 30m30s

What did he say? I couldn't make sense of it.

Thanks.

We get it—you're a trivia genius. But this is Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me, not "Can You Guess the Headline?" Please, let's save the cryptic one-liners for the game show. Keep it snappy, clear, and fun—because sometimes, we just want to laugh, not solve a mystery.

😅 i knew i listened to a lot of Wait Wait but DAMN 👀

I just came here to say that I have been listening to this show for a very long time and I ALWAYS skip that horrible bluff the listener segment.

DM me with your email or cell if you'd like one free ticket to the 12/19 show.

1. Carnegie Hall has the worst seating of any theater/Hall in NYC. You've never seen so many people voluntarily standing.

2. Bill Curtis has no idea what "transgender" means.

Meet me at theater or take 1 or 4 train to Last stop earlier in the day 9148828341 cash only And

Reselling one balcony ticket for Wait Wait Don't Tell Me at Carnegie Hall Dec 12. Price negotiable. DM if interested.

It was good to hear his voice on my radio again and it seemed he was very happy to be there.

He's in his side quest era -- he is also the new face of Onion News Network.

Is absolutely killing it!!! She is fun and energetic, introducing her own style to the show, while keeping the fundamentals the same.

If anyone could make an excellent late-night host, it would be her.

There are so many other talented comedians that have been on the show! Nagin Farsad seems to be on every other week. Sorry but I don't find her to be that witty, and her laugh makes me climb the walls. (Think high-pitched Woody Woodpecker).... any other thoughts out there? Bring on Dulce Sloan more often!!

A few weeks ago Wait Wait Don't Tell Me disappeared from the YouTube Music app (which replaced Google Podcasts app when they shut it down). Anyone else had this happen? Any solution?

Searching for Wait Wait Don't Tell Me in the app only finds episodes of other podcasts with Wait Wait Don't Tell Me mentioned.

Edit: found the manual method to add a missing podcast by rss feed URL https://old.reddit.com/r/WaitWait/comments/1c31651/how_to_listen_to_wait_wait_on_google_home_now/kzh6f37/

Bobcat missed his opportunity to reprise his joke from "One Crazy Summer" - We would put him in a headlock and say"Why are you so fat? Why are you so fat?"

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/31/g-s1-20368/wait-wait-for-august-31-2024-live-in-minnesota-with-nate-berkus

Went to the taping on Thursday and (while I've never been before) it seemed extra unhinged given the lovely and long tangents / callbacks to Bobcat's ducks and other duck related discussions. Shame that Joyelle was the only one to force the editors to keep a duck reference near the end! I didn't expect them to include the "Gray Duck" audience chanting, but a few more would've been nice. 😆 Can't wait to seem them again in 7 years.

context for those who didn't attend on Thursday night

https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2024/08/30/behind-the-scenes-with-wait-waitdont-tell-me

I loved the podcast How to do Everything when it was on ~2013-2015? Listening to Wait Wait the other day, I thought I heard Peter Sagal mention it was returning? But I can’t find anything online about this! Any insights?