Friday, January 12, 2024
The Grammy-Award winning baritone first auditioned to play the Demon Barber of Fleet Street back in high school. He didn't get the part then; but he starred in in the latest Broadway revival…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:00AMSaturday, January 6, 2024
It's the new year, and we're bringing you new interviews with Rachel Maddow and Bob Woodruff, plus a never-before-heard Bluff the Listener game!
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AMMonday, January 1, 2024
We start the new year with Barbra Streisand, and listen back to the interview we recorded in November. Throughout her career, her mother would send her bad reviews of her performances. The i…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:27AMSaturday, December 30, 2023
To celebrate the holidays, we hand out the greatest gift of all: interviews with Geena Davis, Weird Al, Karen Allen, and 5th generation lobsterman Jacob Knowles!
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AMThursday, December 28, 2023
We continue our series of some of our favorite interviews of the year with co-founder and lead MC of the Roots, Tariq Trotter, a.k.a. Black Thought. When Trotter was a teen, he experienced o…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:14PMWednesday, December 27, 2023
When Shields was 11 months old, she was in soap commercials and print ads. At the age of 12, she starred as a child prostitute in the film Pretty Baby. In her teens, she modeled jeans for Ca…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:35PMSaturday, December 23, 2023
Olympic marathoner Molly Seidel joins panelists Shantira Jackson, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Roxanne Roberts to talk joints, Instacart, and working out like Taylor Swift
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AMWednesday, December 20, 2023
The singer-songwriter and Talking Heads frontman presents some of his favorite holiday music — including songs by The Pogues, James Brown, LCD Soundsystem and Paul Simon. The playlist on …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:43PMTuesday, December 19, 2023
Braugher died of lung cancer last week at age 61. He's best known for his portrayals of police in two opposite genres: in the comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which lampooned cop shows, a…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:43PMMonday, December 18, 2023
Host Peter Sagal and producer Miles Doornbos challenge a Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me listener with questions about news events from our actual show — but the catch is they're shows that air…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:08PMSunday, December 17, 2023
Humorist and author David Sedaris is a public radio regular – his 'Santaland Diaries' first aired on NPR's Morning Edition in 1992 and has gone on to become a holiday staple. He also is a …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AMSaturday, December 16, 2023
We're back at Carnegie Hall, and joined by business mogul, philanthropist, and reality TV royalty Bethenny Frankel! She talks with Peter and panelists Josh Gondelman, Helen Hong, and Alzo Sl…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:48AMColman Domingo stars in the biopic Rustin as Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader responsible for organizing the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin was forced into the background because he…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AMMonday, December 11, 2023
Today we're giving you a chance to hear an episode that we'd usually share with our Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me+ supporters! It's an extended cut of our interview with actor, producer, and ac…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:19PMSaturday, December 9, 2023
The B-52's Fred Schneider joins panelists Eugene Cordero, Luke Burbank, and Paula Poundstone to talk Christmas albums, thrown ham, and singing "Love Shack" at karaoke.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:37AMFriday, December 8, 2023
Barry Manilow recently broke Elvis' record for performances in Las Vegas, and he has a new Broadway musical called Harmony. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2002 about his hits of the '70s and '…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AMSaturday, December 2, 2023
Dakota Johnson, whose new documentary is The Disappearance of Shere Hite, joins panelists Adam Felber, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Alonzo Bodden to talk famous families, Fifty Shades of Gray…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:13AMSaturday, November 25, 2023
Our deep dive into our 25-year history continues with appearances from Jane Curtin, Adam Savage, Hannah Kearney, Muffet McGraw, and more!
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AMWe hear some live music and conversation from two of the best traditional jazz musicians around, trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso and guitarist Matt Munisteri. In 2007, they founded the band The Ea…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AMTuesday, November 21, 2023
Larissa FastHorse's satire, The Thanksgiving Play, focuses on four well-meaning white people trying to put on a politically correct school production for Native American history month. She s…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:08PMSaturday, November 18, 2023
L.L. Bean CEO Stephen Smith joins Hari Kondabolu, Maeve Higgins, and Roy Blount, Jr. on stage in Maine to talk about jelly beans.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PMSaturday, November 11, 2023
Throughout her career, Barbra Streisand's mother would send her bad reviews of her performances. The intention was to prevent her daughter from getting a "swelled head," but they also served…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:33AMJohn Stamos joins panelists Emmy Blotnick, Skyler Higley, and Tom Bodett to talk about his new memoir, his feud with Tony Danza, and more!
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AMWednesday, November 8, 2023
Throughout her career, Barbra Streisand's mother would send her bad reviews of her performances. The intention was to prevent her daughter from getting a "swelled head," but they also served…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:18PMSaturday, November 4, 2023
Dr. Rae-Wynn Grant is a bear expert and one of the new hosts of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. She joins panelists Adam Burke, Maeve Higgins, and Tom Papa to talk bear attacks, gummy bears,…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:47AMWednesday, November 1, 2023
It's the 40th anniversary of Talking Heads' masterpiece concert film, Stop Making Sense. A24 remastered and rereleased the movie, bringing it to new audiences and longtime fans. Talking Head…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:03PMSaturday, October 28, 2023
This week, Bernie Taupin joins guest host Peter Grosz and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Zainab Johnson, and Paula Poundstone to talk about his new memoir Scattershot
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:31AMSaturday, October 21, 2023
James Patterson, the best selling author in the world, joins panelists Alzo Slade, Faith Salie, and Matt Rogers to talk about feuds, fights, outlines, and airports.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:23PMSaturday, October 14, 2023
We're celebrating 25 years on the air with another dive into our archive. Enjoy interviews with John Goodman, Sam Waterston, Jenny Slate, and a never-before-heard Bluff game!
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:02AMSaturday, October 7, 2023
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar joins panelists Shantira Jackson, Maz Jobrani, and Roy Blount, Jr, to talk about how being named Miss Idaho prepared her for the Supreme Court
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:45AMSaturday, September 30, 2023
This week, we're live in LA with comedy legend Bob Odenkirk, and his daughter Erin. They talk their new book of poems, growing up with a dad on TV, and more.
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