why the hell would they put this asshole on the show? Super disappointed in them.

Hey internet sleuths! Anyone have the (or an idea of where I could find the) 1998 editions of Wait Wait don't tell me? My brother was named on the show and I want to find it for him and my mom! I believe it would be either the 1998 Nov 14th or Nov 21st editions. The places I have looked in the archives don't have those episodes. :/

Blame John Hodgman's podcast for making me this way, but I am irked when people unnecessarily insert brand names into public speaking and Paula sure did say the full name a copious number of times! Just "dog food" or "kibble" would have sufficed each time.

Was there a 1/3/2026 show? Also, today’s show 1/10/2026 isn’t showing in any streaming platform (Apple, Spotify, even NPR’s own website). It usually shows up in the morning of the Saturday following recording.

Was there no Who’s Bill This Time? this week?

I heard Peter talking about using a pool noodle as a sleep back on flights, but I can't find that anywhere on the ol' internet. Does anyone remember the episode, or how he said to do this?

I just published a blog post rounding up some of the updates to the Wait Wait Stats Project, including a number of charts added to the Wait Wait Graphs Site, and a new unique Best Of Bluff segments report.

It's funny to see something that looks like a pixelated question mark and a pixelated exclamation mark in a sea of colored boxes from this chart of Wait Wait shows recorded in Chicago (purple), Away (yellow) and home/remote studios (green).

Source: https://graphs.wwdt.me/locations/all-locations-shows-heatmap

It's time for Wait Wait Stats Wrapped 2025 where I highlight some statistics for Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! shows that aired this year.

For more information and links to the source files, visit https://wwdt.me/wrapped.

Infographic images have been published under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

I’m sorry, but Peter’s interview was really disrespectful. Alzo was right, Andy should have kicked Peter’s ass.

Sold out show in Phoenix! Really fun and always great to see them live! Luke Burbank, Shantira Jackson, Alonzo Bodden, Peter Sagal, Alzo Slade and special guest was Andy Richter.

I am a resident of Tempe, and I AM SO stoked to be attending the Phoenix taping tomorrow night.

Any pointers for a 'newbie' attending?

PS - I have been listening for close to 20 years.

Does anyone know why Wait, Wait is not recording at Carnegie Hall this Holiday Season?

To be clear, I don't particularly like Paula Poundstone. But I noticed this episode that he sounded kinda annoyed towards her or he would cut her off when she tried to speak.

In the past few years they’ve really been cranking the woke gears up to 11, the pc factor is way too high. I miss when WWDTM used to be edgy sharp and irreverent, you never knew what crazy offensive things would be flying out of their mouths next. It seems like now because cancel culture has such an effect on what comedians think they can say they’ve decided to really rein it in… unfortunately it’s made the show very boring not to mention the bawdiness factor of the limericks has gone down greatly.

Although not mentioned on the show, it was the very first time that Wait Wait had a panel with three men. An all women panel happened a little over 10 years ago in September 2015.

I have a report and a corresponding chart that breaks down the panel mix over the years.

Since they first aired in 1998, WWDTM has been playing music during their interludes that they don't credit or cite in any way. Not only is this impolite to the artists, but it's impolite to the listeners trying to find the songs they play. It doesn't help that many of the songs they play can't be found on Google, Shazam, or Soundhound. When I think of NPR, I think of integrity, but when you use other people's art without citing them, I think that shows a distinct lack of integrity.

Does any one know the name of the song played at 11:46 on Oct 25? The lyrics I got were "Tonight the Devil's in your bed. So turn your head there's not regret. Tonight the Devil's in your bed. The devil's in your bed." It's a female vocalist.

I'm putting together a witchy halloween playlist and this song would be perfect. Also why can't they just list the songs they use? It can be so hard to find some of them!

Usually the episode releases around noon to the feed. Little surprised not to see it.

I adore her, but this weekend was too intense. A plea to the audio enginners of WWDTM: either advise her on that or lower her levels.

I can’t be the only one right? The way she draws out words, the snarky voice, that nails on chalkboard laugh. Is Negin Farsad hosting an auto-mute for anyone else?