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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! For April 25, 2015

April 25, 2015 • Recorded in Chicago with Not My Job guest Bruce Eric Kaplan and panelists Amy Dickinson, Peter Grosz and Aparna Nancherla.

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Who's Bill This Time

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Panel Round One

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Bluff The Listener

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Not My Job: New Yorker Cartoonist 'BEK' Gets Quizzed On Burger King

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Panel Round Two

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Limericks

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Lightning Fill In The Blank

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! for April 18, 2015

April 18, 2015 • Hear the Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! program for April 18, 2015

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Who's Bill This Time

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Panel Round One

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Bluff The Listener

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Not My Job: Boston's Dick Flavin Is Quizzed On The 'Worst Poet Ever'

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Panel Round Two

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Limericks

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Lightning Fill In The Blank

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! for April 11, 2015

April 11, 2015 • This week we take a break from the news and enjoy some favorite guest segments from the past year.

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We Quiz Novelist Amy Tan On Tanning Techniques

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Ballerina Misty Copeland Gets Quizzed On Morris Dancing

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Brat Pack Member Rob Lowe Gets Quizzed On Bratwurst

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Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Gets Quizzed On Downhill Cheese Races

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We Ask Australian Baz Luhrmann About Austria

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! For April 4, 2015

April 4, 2015 • Recorded in Chicago with Not My Job guest Jeremy Piven and panelists P.J. O'Rourke, Paula Poundstone and Adam Felber.

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Who's Bill This Time

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Panel Round One

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Bluff The Listener

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Not My Job: Jeremy Piven Gets Quizzed On Customers Behaving Badly

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Panel Round Two

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Limericks

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Lightning Fill In The Blank

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! For March 28, 2015

March 28, 2015 • Recorded in Chicago with Not My Job guest Matt Weiner and panelists Brian Babylon, Roxanne Roberts and Moshe Kasher.

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Who's Bill This Time

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Panel Round One

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Bluff The Listener

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Not My Job: 'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner Gets Quizzed On Glad Men

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Panel Round Two

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Limericks

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Lightning Fill In The Blank

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Past Shows

Previous Shows

Who's Bill This Time

Panel Round One

Bluff The Listener

Not My Job: New Yorker Cartoonist 'BEK' Gets Quizzed On Burger King

Panel Round Two

Limericks

Lightning Fill In The Blank

Prediction

Who's Bill This Time

Panel Round One

Bluff The Listener

Not My Job: Boston's Dick Flavin Is Quizzed On The 'Worst Poet Ever'

Panel Round Two

Limericks

Lightning Fill In The Blank

Prediction

We Quiz Novelist Amy Tan On Tanning Techniques

Ballerina Misty Copeland Gets Quizzed On Morris Dancing

Brat Pack Member Rob Lowe Gets Quizzed On Bratwurst

Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Gets Quizzed On Downhill Cheese Races

We Ask Australian Baz Luhrmann About Austria

Who's Bill This Time

Panel Round One

Bluff The Listener

Not My Job: Jeremy Piven Gets Quizzed On Customers Behaving Badly

Panel Round Two

Limericks

Lightning Fill In The Blank

Prediction

Who's Bill This Time

Panel Round One

Bluff The Listener

Not My Job: 'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner Gets Quizzed On Glad Men

Panel Round Two

Limericks

Lightning Fill In The Blank

Prediction