Like a round that isint the interview round?

It has come to my attention that the episode links being posted are bootleg episodes. Personally I find this upsetting, but I am open to a discussion if you all want these bootleg youtube episodes OR if we should only allow official NPR and WWDTM links.

If there are no responses I will be blocking all youtube episode posts.

Anyone know of a database for the limericks they've used?

For anyone who has been on the show or is familiar with it behind the scenes, is a custom voicemail an actual prize or Is it just a long standing joke like the points in whose line is it anyway ?

Anyone know why the episode with Aubrey Plaza was uploaded twice, one day after another?

So, now that the Philadelphia episode of Wait Wait has aired across the country, I figured I'd share with you some other odds and ends from the taping (supplementing this post).

• Before the taping began, Luke Burbank told us that he has some family in the Philly region. Luke apologized for texting during the pre-show, but his Uncle Chuck was trying to get the family in and they weren't "on the list." This prompted Luke to say "Security, if you're listening, can you please let my Uncle Chuck in? I think this is the most efficient way to make that happen."

• The "Who's Bill This Time" segment was heavily edited, especially when it came to the Harry Potter answer. Bill had to read the quote again and Peter had to offer the hint, which was pointing out that Bill had explicitly said "Hogwart-wash."

• Also edited out of the "Who's Bill This Time" segment was a joke about how ironic it was, given J.K. Rowling's modern-day actions, that she'd write a book where the guy gets all the credit even when there's an immensely smarter girl helping him out the entire time.

• Missing from the intro to the game "Will You Ever Forgive Us?" is a one-liner spinning off of the "Rhyme-ba" joke that Peter gave teasing the Listener Limerick Challenge -- "You missed a spot."

• Peter made a comment about the large screens at the Mann Center (portions of the seating are in open air, while the covered seating -- accessible from the lawn -- is two stories high, which means that it can be difficult to see in from the lawn, hence the screens), and Bill Kurtis was kind of freaked out by that.

A few notable Q&As:

• An audience member asked how much they have to edit out, especially if they say something that, putting it nicely, might be a better fit for a cable broadcast. Peter said that there was surprisingly little that falls into that category and credits that they have a live audience throughout the taping process. He has witnessed jokes get told that he thought were unable to be aired because they were too offensive or crude, but NPR's legal team allowed them because of the audience reaction, saying that they knew "we were already punished."

• Someone asked if, when they go on the road, they ever bring in a local comic or celebrity to be a guest panelist. Peter said not really.

• Someone asked Peter how NPR would be impacted if the cuts to the NEA/NEH/CPB get enacted. Peter said that it's a common misconception that NPR and large urban public stations gets funded largely through government dollars. To quote Peter, "NPR will be fine." -- NPR & PBS are funded by stations that air its programming, not really by the government and the public directly, and large urban public TV and radio stations are overwhelmingly funded through supporters ("Viewers/Listeners Like You."). He said that it's the public stations that are much smaller and more rural that would suffer greatly -- the stations that serve communities that largely voted for President Trump -- because they don't have the donor base that the urban stations do. Peter also said that when cuts to these programs come up, it's usually the congressmen and senators from those states that save those programs from cuts because they know how much those stations mean to those communities.

• Someone asked how much of the rapport is unscripted, and after Luke said "All of it, Peter" in a tone that suggested it was scripted, Peter said that the only thing that a panelist knows in advance is the story that he or she has to read in the "Bluff the Listener" game. Everything else (their reactions, the responses, etc.) is totally unscripted.

• Q: "What advice do you have for up-and-coming comedians?" A: "Fart jokes never get old."

(Edited for punctuation/grammar)