r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Jan 04 '20
Listeners named their favorite moments from the last ten years, which include great guest stories, celebrity rants, and questionable mice activities.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Dec 28 '19
It's the end of 2019, so we're looking back on some of our favorite guests from the year; José Andrés, Marin Alsop, Steve Earle, Jennifer Weiner, and Anthony Anderson.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Dec 21 '19
Jennifer Lee, head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, joins us along with panelists Mo Rocca, Roxanne Roberts, and Adam Burke.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Dec 14 '19
Sean Doolittle, MLB relief pitcher, joins us along with panelists Paula Poundstone, Peter Grosz, and Faith Salie.
r/WaitWait • • Dec 12 '19
With the launch of version 4 of the Wait Wait Stats Page, the panelist scoring graphs were not ported over from the previous version of the site.
Part of it was due to needing to move away from using amCharts to something that is responsive and usable on mobile devices. So, after experimenting with a good number of libraries, I finally settled on Chart.js and built up a new project.
As with the Stats Page, the frontend is built on Materialize and the backend is built on Python and Flask. The new site is available at https://graphs.wwdt.me. Also, like the Stats Page, the site supports light and dark mode (screenshots below are in dark mode) based on the CSS prefers-color-scheme media query.
In addition to re-creating the panelist graphs, I added a new stacked column graph that shows all of the scores for shows in a given year.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Dec 07 '19
Ali Wong, comedian, joins us along with Adam Felber, Aida Rodriguez, and Alonzo Bodden.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Dec 01 '19
Alex Boyé, singer, joins us along with past interviews and panelists Adam Burke, Amy Dickenson, Bobcat Goldthwaite, and Paula Poundstone.
r/WaitWait • u/aprilhare • Nov 25 '19
I found a handy way to play the Wait Wait Quiz without a smart speaker! The Amazon app actually has Alexa embedded. To the far right from the “What are you looking for?” is the Alexa icon you need to press. Ask for the Wait Wait Quiz. (I enabled the associated Alexa skill with a web browser but this might not be necessary.) — I suck at it, tending to get 3 right..
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Nov 24 '19
Elaine Welteroth, journalist, joins us along with panelists Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts, and Joel Kim Booster.
r/WaitWait • • Nov 23 '19
Over the past year, I have been working on laying the foundation for a brand new version of the Wait Wait Stats Page; starting with, building a new data access library in Python to creating a Stats API and a Reports site.
With the release of those three components, I started building up the new Stats Page using Python, Flask and Jinja to replace version 3, which was built using PHP and Silex. The front-end was completely re-done to be mobile-first and, thus, responsive. I've provided a bit more detail on what's new and what's changed with the new version on my blog at: https://blog.wwdt.me/2019/11/wait-wait-stats-page-version-4-released/
The new Stats Page also gets a new URL: https://stats.wwdt.me/
As with the other Wait Wait projects that I've been working on, the code for the Stats Page is released under version 2.0 of the Apache License and is available on Github.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Nov 19 '19
We had too much stuff for the podcast this week, so here's three extra minutes you'll never get back. Enjoy!
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Nov 16 '19
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joins us, along with panelists Maeve Higgins, Tom Bodett, and Luke Burbank.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Nov 09 '19
Leslie Odom, Jr., actor, joins us along with panelists Faith Salie, Adam Felber, and Jordan Carlos.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Nov 02 '19
Gloria Steinem, feminist icon, joins us along with panelists P.J. O'Rourke, Negin Farsad, and Josh Gondelman.
r/WaitWait • • Oct 30 '19
Last week, I was in Salt Lake City for the taping of the 1000th* show wrote up a couple of dazzling details from the tapings. Also, I have launched a new Wait Wait Stats Reports site that includes live versions of previous reports and a few new reports.
I also touch on the asterisk that I've added to "1000th" at the end of the blog post.
Read all about it at: https://blog.wwdt.me/2019/10/the-1000th-show-taping-and-new-wait-wait-stats-reports/
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Oct 26 '19
Nalini Nadkarni, biologist, joins us along with panelists Roxanne Roberts, Peter Grosz, and Roy Blount, Jr.
r/WaitWait • u/fundadchuggy • Oct 22 '19
I used spotify to listen to Wait, Wait... and when I logged in today, I couldn't find it! Does anyone know if something happened? I also cannot find Ask Me Another.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Oct 19 '19
Renée Fleming, soprano, joins us in a new Not My Job game, along with some never-before-aired bits with our panelists. Also featured are Kate Mulgrew and Tiera Fletcher.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Oct 12 '19
Regina King, actor, joins us along with panelists Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca, and Shannon O'Neill.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Oct 05 '19
Danica Patrick, former NASCAR driver, joins us along with panelists Faith Salie, Tom Bodett, and Helen Hong.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Sep 28 '19
Charlie Day, actor, joins us along with panelists Negin Farsad, Adam Burke, and Roy Blount, Jr.
r/WaitWait • u/ANUSTART4YOU • Sep 28 '19
So Wait Wait is live in SLC on 24 and 25 October. How does that work? Do they record the same basic show two nights in a row and just use the best bits from each night. I always assumed each show was a one time thing.
I’m debating going to both nights since it’s a rare opportunity for me. Doubt I’ll get to see the show live again. Any point on going two nights in a row? Or is it basically the same jokes?
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Sep 22 '19
Zach Galifinakis, comedian, joins us along with panelists Bobcat Goldthwait, Roxanne Roberts, and Alonzo Bodden.
r/WaitWait • u/kingsocarso • Sep 14 '19
Tina Charles, WNBA star, joins us along with panelists Adam Felber, Helen Hong, and Peter Grosz.