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'Wait Wait' for Jan. 14, 2023: With Not My Job guest George Saunders
View Date:2024-12-23 22:18:56
This week's show was recorded at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, with host Peter Sagal, official judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest George Saunders and panelists Paula Poundstone, Peter Grosz and Emmy Blotnick. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.
Who's Bill This Time
The Long Island Liar; Biden Confidential; The Prince of Grievances
Panel Questions
A Board Game Gets A Lot Less Boring
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists read three stories about butt dials gone wrong, only one of which is true.
Not My Job: Author George Saunders answers three questions about court stories
George Saunders is one of the world's most celebrated authors, who just published a new collection of short stories. We ask him three questions about court stories — real-life lawsuits.
Panel Questions
A New Dating Nuisance; The Apex Predator with an A Plus Mind; The Express Yourself Lane
Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks: A Glamourous Shortage; Our Pantries Are Trying to Kill Us; Don't Leave Fido on Read
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Predictions
Our panelists predict, after finding those classified documents, what's the next thing they'll find in President Biden's garage.
veryGood! (55994)
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