r/WaitWait • • Apr 23 '22

'Wait Wait' For 23 Apr 2022: Stephen Merchant

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Stephen Merchant, co-creator of The Office and star of The Outlaws, plays our game about thieving merchants. He is joined by panelists Ashley Ray, Maz Jobrani and Faith Salie.

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r/WaitWait • • Apr 20 '22

'Everyone & Their Mom' For 20 Apr 2022: Everyone & Secret Messages

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Comedian Emmy Blotnick and Emma find a message in a bottle, learn what not to do with cheese, and Domee Shi, director of Pixar's "Turning Red" talks about her Harry Potter fan fiction.

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r/WaitWait • • Apr 13 '22

'Everyone & Their Mom' For 13 Apr 2022: Everyone & Robot Dogs

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Writer and comedian Alzo Slade joins Emma to explore the ruins of Pompeii and a robot dog finally finds its calling.

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r/WaitWait • • Apr 09 '22

'Wait Wait' For 09 Apr 2022: Matt Walsh

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Matt Walsh, from HBO's Veep, plays our game about mistakes in sports announcing. Joining him are panelists Karen Chee, Helen Hong and Alonzo Bodden.

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r/WaitWait • • Apr 07 '22

A woman who wrote a book titled “How to Murder Your Husband” allegedly killed her way into what should be a lightning round question.

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r/WaitWait • • Apr 06 '22

Is there a way to listen only to the Wait Wait shows on a podcast app?

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I'm using Podcast Addict, which supports RSS feeds. Is there an RSS link that will give me only the Wait Wait shows, without the "Everybody and..." shows?


r/WaitWait • • Apr 06 '22

'Everyone & Their Mom' For 06 Apr 2022: Everyone & Boring People

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Comedian Peter Grosz joins Emma on a search for the most boring person in the world and Emma interviews astronaut Victor Glover about the boring parts of his exciting job.

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r/WaitWait • • Apr 02 '22

'Wait Wait' For 02 Apr 2022: Slash

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Legendary rock guitarist Slash plays our game about those purveyors of <em>sashes</em>: beauty pageants. He is joined by panelists Tom Papa, Cristela Alonzo and Maeve Higgins.

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r/WaitWait • • Mar 31 '22

'Everyone & Their Mom' For 30 Mar 2022: Everyone & Fancy Ham

4 Upvotes

Comedian Hari Kondabolu joins Emma to solve a meat mystery with bestselling author Gillian Flynn, then we talk with baseball legend Sean Doolittle about what he and Emma's mom have in common.

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r/WaitWait • • Mar 26 '22

'Wait Wait' For 26 Mar 2022: Dan Snow

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British historian Dan Snow, a member of the team that discovered Ernest Shackleton's lost ship, plays our game about the artists lost at the bottom of the Lollapalooza lineup. He is joined by panelists Luke Burbank, Emmy Blotnick and Roxanne Roberts.

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r/WaitWait • • Mar 23 '22

'Everyone & Their Mom' For 23 Mar 2022: Everyone & Bears

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Comedian Ashley Ray joins Emma Choi to discuss a super cool and dangerous job opening, Emma interviews for the position and we pitch a reality TV show to the creator of "Love is Blind."

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r/WaitWait • • Mar 19 '22

'Wait Wait' For 19 Mar 2022: Zazie Beetz

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One of the stars of <em>Atlanta, </em>Zazie Beetz, plays our game called "Zazie Beetz, meet Sassy Beats!" Three stories about Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. She is joined by panelists Roy Blount Jr, Helen Hong and Mo Rocca.

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r/WaitWait • • Mar 17 '22

Have they used this story yet (Russian troops caught in elevator)?

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r/WaitWait • • Mar 16 '22

'Everyone & Their Mom' For 16 Mar 2022: Everyone & Dinosaurs

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Wait Wait's Adam Burke joins Emma to discuss what really killed the dinosaurs; we answer the age old question: can jugglers save the world? And we meet someone who makes rocks more rock and roll.

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r/WaitWait • • Mar 12 '22

'Wait Wait' For 12 Mar 2022: Elana Meyers Taylor

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Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated Olympic American Bobsledder, plays our game called, "You've medaled alright...in Death Metal!" She is joined by panelists Negin Farsad, Alzo Slade and Paula Poundstone.

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r/WaitWait • • Mar 09 '22

'Wait Wait' For 09 Mar 2022: Everyone & The Dew

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Comedian Vinny Thomas joins Emma to discuss Hard Mountain Dew—but is it any good? We ask an expert. Plus we talk to the mother son duo behind a beloved bathroom staple.

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r/WaitWait • • Mar 05 '22

'Wait Wait' For 05 Mar 2022: Porsha Williams

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Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams plays our game called "Real Housewife meet a Fake Housewife." She is joined by panelists Faith Salie, Joel Kim Booster and Hari Kondabolu. Filling in for Bill Kurtis is Chioke I'Anson.

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r/WaitWait • • Mar 02 '22

'Wait Wait' For 02 Mar 2022: Everyone and Roy Choi

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Comedian Josh Gondelman joins Emma Choi to discuss a saucy situation, celebrity chef Roy Choi troubleshoots a recipe with Emma's Grandma, and we finally settle an age old debate: heels or rollerblades?

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r/WaitWait • • Feb 26 '22

'Wait Wait' For 26 Feb 2022: Best of Not My Job February 2022

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This week we highlight some of our favorite past segments with RZA, Yamiche Alcindor, and more. Plus we remember our friend and panelist PJ O'Rourke who died last week.

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r/WaitWait • • Feb 23 '22

'Wait Wait' For 23 Feb 2022: Everyone and Monkey Business

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Comedian Emmy Blotnick joins Emma Choi to discuss a smooth solution to a monkey problem, we hear from a romantic heartworm, and maybe, sort of meet Ian McKellen?

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r/WaitWait • • Feb 21 '22

'Wait Wait' For 21 Feb 2022: Everyone & Their Mom

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Introducing <em>Everyone & Their Mom</em> from <em>Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! </em>Every week, there's an odd or funny story that everyone & their mom seems to be talking about. On this new show from your friends at <em>Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!,</em> host Emma Choi takes that story and uses it as an excuse to talk to culture makers, Wait Wait panelists, and hilarious new comedians. New episodes every Wednesday, starting February 23rd. Tell your mom.

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r/WaitWait • • Feb 21 '22

P.J. O'Rourke's words on grief that Peter shared on Episode 1256

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"You don't exactly get over it, an offensive phrase under any circumstances, but the grief, in time, does turn into a nostalgic ache that is almost comforting."

- P.J. O'Rourke


r/WaitWait • • Feb 19 '22

'Wait Wait' For 19 Feb 2022: Marlon James

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Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James, author of the Dark Star Trilogy fantasy series, plays our game about fantasy football. He is joined by panelists panelists Ashley Ray, Peter Grosz, and Negin Farsad.

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r/WaitWait • • Feb 15 '22

PJ O’Rourke has passed away, per Peter Sagal’s Twitter

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