WWDTM: Jay Pharoah
14 Sep 2024
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This week, comedian and impressionist Jay Pharoah joins panelists Adam Burke, Negin Farsad, and Roxa...
WWDTM: John Leguizamo
07 Sep 2024
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This week, John Leguizamo joins panelists Tom Bodett, Helen Hong, and Hari Kondabolu to talk about s...
HTDE: Haircuts in Space, Tutus, and the Nasal Ranger
04 Sep 2024
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Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! producers Mike and Ian are back with their podcast How To Do Everything....
WWDTM: Nate Berkus
31 Aug 2024
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We're live in Minnesota with hometown hero Nate Berkus, who joins Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Bobcat Gol...
How To Do Everything is BACK!
27 Aug 2024
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Peter Sagal's wife's favorite podcast is back. On each episode of How To Do Everything, underqualifi...
WWDTM: Diane Lane
24 Aug 2024
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This week, Emmy-nominee Diane Lane joins Dulcé Sloan, Adam Burke, and Adam Felber to talk therapy, ...
Wait Wait DNC Dispatch #3
23 Aug 2024
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Peter Sagal and producers Emma Choi and Ian Chillag take one more trip behind the scenes at the Demo...
Wait Wait DNC Dispatch #2
22 Aug 2024
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Your friends at Wait Wait head back to the Democratic National Convention to talk to the dignitaries...
BONUS: Wait Wait DNC Dispatch #1
20 Aug 2024
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Your friends at Wait Wait head over to the Democratic National Convention here in Chicago to cover w...
WWDTM: The Calm Before the Storm
17 Aug 2024
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This week, Wait Wait starts training for the coming political season with some of our favorite guest...
WWDTM: Summer Break Edition!
10 Aug 2024
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This week, we celebrate the dog days of summer with Jason Isbell, Rachel Maddow, and more!Learn more...
WWDTM: Dr. Anthony Fauci
03 Aug 2024
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Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Karen Chee, Negin Farsad, and Tom Papa at Wolf Trap National Park for the Pe...
WWDTM: Kathleen Hanna
27 Jul 2024
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This week, punk icon and author Kathleen Hanna joins panelists Peter Grosz, Meredith Scardino, and M...
WWDTM: Allyson Felix
20 Jul 2024
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This week's show was recorded in Chicago, with guest host Karen Chee, Not My Job guest Allyson Felix...
WWDTM: Sam Sanders & Zach Stafford
13 Jul 2024
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This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guests Sam Sanders and Zach Stafford and paneli...
WWDTM: Happy Independence Day!
06 Jul 2024
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This week, we celebrate the 4th of July with some of our favorite guests!Learn more about sponsor me...
WWDTM: Christian McBride
29 Jun 2024
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This week, we're live in Philly with jazz legend Christian McBride. He talks about the secret power ...
WWDTM: Erik Weihenmayer
22 Jun 2024
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Erik Weihenmayer was the first blind person to summit Mt. Everest, but may be best known for a viral...
WWDTM: Michelle Williams
15 Jun 2024
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On this week's episode, actor and singer Michelle Williams talks growing up in the church, auditioni...
WWDTM: Charlamagne tha God
08 Jun 2024
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This week, Charlamagne the God talks his new book, growing up a nerd, and loving Judy Blume. Plus pa...
WWDTM: Summer Is (Almost) Here Edition!
01 Jun 2024
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This week, we celebrate the return of summer with some of our favorite guests, including Bob Seger, ...
WWDTM: J. Kenji López-Alt
25 May 2024
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This week, we're live in Seattle with food genius J. Kenji López-Alt to talk about food, science, f...
WWDTM: Maya Hawke
18 May 2024
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Actor and singer Maya Hawke joins us to talk Stranger Things, childhood songs, and folk music beefs ...
WWDTM: Chappell Roan
11 May 2024
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Queer pop icon Chappell Roan joins panelists Tom Papa, Brian Babylon, and Meredith Scardino to talk ...
WWDTM: Lyndon Barrois, Sr.
04 May 2024
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This week, artist Lyndon Barrois Sr. joins us to talk about his beautifully detailed gum wrapper scu...
WWDTM: Renée Elise Goldsberry
27 Apr 2024
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Renée Elise Goldsberry won a Tony and Grammy for her role in Hamilton, and currently stars in Netfl...
WWDTM: Judith Butler
20 Apr 2024
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This week, Judith Butler joins panelists Roy Blount, Jr., Maz Jobrani, and Faith Salie to talk about...
WWDTM: Bill Cowher
13 Apr 2024
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We're live in Pittsburgh this week, where Steelers legend Bill Cowher joins panelists Negin Farsad, ...
WWDTM: Chris Pine
06 Apr 2024
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This week, Chris Pine joins us to talk his new movie Poolman, imitating William Shatner, and where h...
WWDTM: Spring Break Edition!
31 Mar 2024
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To celebrate Spring Break, we hit the beach with some of our favorite guests, including John Stamos,...
WWDTM: Laurene Powell Jobs
23 Mar 2024
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Philanthropist and Founder and President of Emerson Collective Laurene Powell Jobs joins Helen Hong,...
WWDTM: David Alan Grier
16 Mar 2024
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David Alan Grier joins Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca, and Adam Burke to talk his new movie, announcing ...
WWDTM: Claudia Goldin
09 Mar 2024
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Claudia Goldin is one of the world's leading economists, a Nobel Prize winner, and a time Person of ...
WWDTM: Danny Brown
02 Mar 2024
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Danny Brown helped redefine Detroit's rap scene with XXX, then moved to Austin in 2021 to do it all ...
WWDTM: Hail to the Chief Editon
24 Feb 2024
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To celebrate Presidents' Day, we're revisiting interviews that would EASILY win the popular vote, in...
WWDTM: Sleater-Kinney
17 Feb 2024
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Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, of the legendary rock band Sleater-Kinney, join guest host Tom P...
WWDTM: Lena Waithe
10 Feb 2024
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This week, A Thousand and One producer and Emmy winner Lena Waithe joins panelists Adam Burke, Negin...
WWDTM: Kristen Kish
03 Feb 2024
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This week, Top Chef's Kristen Kish joins Josh Gondelman, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Brian Babylon t...
WWDTM: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
27 Jan 2024
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This week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen joins Dulcé Sloan, Tom Papa, and Shane O'Neill to talk t...
WWDTM: David Oyelowo
20 Jan 2024
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Actor David Oyelowo joins panelists Faith Salie, Helen Hong, and Tom Bodett to talk being mistaken f...
WWDTM: Jason Isbell
13 Jan 2024
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Jason Isbell joins panelists Maeve Higgins, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Peter Grosz to talk backhand...
WWDTM: Now With Real Journalists!
06 Jan 2024
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It's the new year, and we're bringing you new interviews with Rachel Maddow and Bob Woodruff, plus a...
WWDTM: 25th Anniversary Spectacular Part IX - Best of 2023
30 Dec 2023
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To celebrate the holidays, we hand out the greatest gift of all: interviews with Geena Davis, Weird ...
WWDTM: Molly Seidel
23 Dec 2023
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Olympic marathoner Molly Seidel joins panelists Shantira Jackson, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Roxanne Rob...
Wait Wait Wayback Machine: December 2003
19 Dec 2023
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Host Peter Sagal and producer Miles Doornbos challenge a Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me listener with qu...
WWDTM: Bethenny Frankel
16 Dec 2023
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We're back at Carnegie Hall, and joined by business mogul, philanthropist, and reality TV royalty Be...
Extended cut: Dakota Johnson on her new doc, childhood, and curating a sex museum
11 Dec 2023
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Today we're giving you a chance to hear an episode that we'd usually share with our Wait Wait... Don...
WWDTM: Fred Schneider
09 Dec 2023
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The B-52's Fred Schneider joins panelists Eugene Cordero, Luke Burbank, and Paula Poundstone to talk...
WWDTM: Dakota Johnson
02 Dec 2023
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Dakota Johnson, whose new documentary is The Disappearance of Shere Hite, joins panelists Adam Felbe...
WWDTM: 25th Year Spectacular Part VIII!
25 Nov 2023
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Our deep dive into our 25-year history continues with appearances from Jane Curtin, Adam Savage, Han...
WWDTM: Stephen Smith
18 Nov 2023
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L.L. Bean CEO Stephen Smith joins Hari Kondabolu, Maeve Higgins, and Roy Blount, Jr. on stage in Mai...
WWDTM: John Stamos
11 Nov 2023
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John Stamos joins panelists Emmy Blotnick, Skyler Higley, and Tom Bodett to talk about his new memoi...
WWDTM: Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
04 Nov 2023
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Dr. Rae-Wynn Grant is a bear expert and one of the new hosts of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. She ...
WWDTM: Bernie Taupin
28 Oct 2023
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This week, Bernie Taupin joins guest host Peter Grosz and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Zainab Johnson, a...
WWDTM: James Patterson
21 Oct 2023
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James Patterson, the best selling author in the world, joins panelists Alzo Slade, Faith Salie, and ...
WWDTM: 25th Year Spectacular Part VII!
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating 25 years on the air with another dive into our archive. Enjoy interviews with John...
WWDTM: Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar
07 Oct 2023
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Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar joins panelists Shantira Jackson, Maz Jobrani, and Roy Blount, ...
WWDTM: Bob and Erin Odenkirk
30 Sep 2023
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This week, we're live in LA with comedy legend Bob Odenkirk, and his daughter Erin. They talk their ...
WWDTM: John Wilson
23 Sep 2023
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John Wilson is the creator of the Emmy-nominated How To With John Wilson, and joins us to talk about...
WWDTM: Secretary Clinton
16 Sep 2023
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Secretary Clinton joins us this week to talk about the Clinton Global Initiative's wild afterparties...
WWDTM: Martinus Evans
09 Sep 2023
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Martinus Evans is a fitness influencer and the founder of the radically inclusive Slow AF Run Club. ...
WWDTM: Bob Seger
02 Sep 2023
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Bob Seger is an Ann Arbor legend, a Rock-and-Roll Hall of Famer who also happens to be one of the be...
WWDTM: Mark Ronson
26 Aug 2023
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Mark Ronson is the Grammy and Oscar-winning producer behind the score and soundtrack for Barbie. He ...
WWDTM: 25th Year Spectacular Part VI!
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our deep dive into our 25 year history continues with appearances from Brian May, Esperanza Spalding...
WWDTM: 25th Year Spectacular Part V!
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we continue our 25 year retrospective with appearances from Donny Osmond, Kristen Bell + ...
WWDTM: Maggie Smith
05 Aug 2023
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Maggie Smith is one of the world's most beloved poets. She joins us to talk about her new memoir, ho...
WWDTM: Randall Park
29 Jul 2023
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For some, being a triple-threat actor/writer/comedian is enough, but not for Randall Park, who decid...
WWDTM: Damian Lillard
22 Jul 2023
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Damian Lillard joins us in Portland to talk about his storied career, from Dame Time, to rap battles...
WWDTM: Patti LuPone
15 Jul 2023
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Patti LuPone joins panelists Emmy Blotnick, Adam Felber, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson to talk birds, B...
WWDTM: 25th Year Spectacular Part IV!
08 Jul 2023
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This week, we're diving back into the archives for Part IV of our 25th Year Spectacular! We've got i...
WWDTM: Aleeza Ben Shalom
01 Jul 2023
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Aleeza Ben Shalom is the star of Netflix's Jewish Matchmaking, and she joins panelists Adam Burke, B...
WWDTM: Karen Allen
24 Jun 2023
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We're back in Tanglewood and joined by the amazing Karen Allen, who plays the iconic Marion Ravenwoo...
WWDTM: James Marsden
17 Jun 2023
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James Marsden joins panelists Adam Felber, Karen Chee, and Faith Salie to talk Jury Duty, playing yo...
WWDTM: Radhika Jones
10 Jun 2023
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On this week's episode, Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones joins us to talk about Rupert Murd...
WWDTM: The First Quarter Century, pt. III
03 Jun 2023
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We continue our look back at 25 years of shows with Keegan Michael-Key, Regina King, and Susan Orlea...
WWDTM: John Goodman
27 May 2023
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We're back in New Orleans with the legendary John Goodman! He talks leaving L.A., The Big Lebowski, ...
WWDTM: Golda Rosheuvel
20 May 2023
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Golda Rosheuvel was so captivating as Bridgerton's Queen Charlotte that Netflix made a show all abou...
WWDTM: Gabrielle Dennis
13 May 2023
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On this week's show, The Big Door Prize's Gabrielle Dennis joins panelists Paula Poundstone, Alonzo ...
WWDTM: Ray Romano
06 May 2023
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Ray Romano joins panelists Tom Papa, Matt Rogers, and Helen Hong to talk about the secret to marriag...
WWDTM: Brad Paisley
29 Apr 2023
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Brad Paisley joins us live in Nashville to talk about getting recognized for insurance commercials, ...
WWDTM: Weird Al Yankovic
22 Apr 2023
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Weird Al joins panelists Josh Gondelman, Robby Hoffman, and Tom Bodett to talk about his new (mostly...
WWDTM: Kaila Mullady
15 Apr 2023
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Kaila Mullady started beatboxing in 5th grade to impress a boy, and since then has become a two-time...
WWDTM: Everyone & Goodbyes
12 Apr 2023
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Emma and some of her co-hosts say goodbye to the greatest podcast the world has ever seen.Learn more...
WWDTM: The First Quarter Century
08 Apr 2023
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We celebrate our 25th anniversary with Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Ed Helms, Bonnie Raitt, and more!Learn ...
WWDTM: Michelle Rodriguez
01 Apr 2023
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On this week's episode, action star Michelle Rodriguez joins us to talk about The Fast & The Furious...
WWDTM: David Axelrod
25 Mar 2023
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On this week's episode, we head to Tucson to talk politics with David Axelrod, the former consultant...
WWDTM: Sam Waterston
18 Mar 2023
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On this week's episode, guest host Karen Chee talks with legendary actor Sam Waterston about Law & O...
Nick Kroll
11 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Kroll is a brilliant comedian and one of the minds behind Big Mouth and History of the World, P...
The Wait Wait Anthology: Reality TV Edition
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Wait Wait Anthology, we bring the drama and dive deep into the world of reali...
Malala Yousafzai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize while in chemistry class
04 Mar 2023
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At the age of 17, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and now ...
Best of the First 25 Years
25 Feb 2023
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We celebrate our 25th anniversary with Mikeael Shiffrin, Leonard Nimoy, Mae Jemison, Stephen Colbert...
Everyone & Spotify Stalking
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Dulcé Sloan and Emma give your playlists the side eye. Plus we ask Pitchfork Editor-in-Chi...
Rosie Perez
18 Feb 2023
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Rosie Perez is a cultural icon, from Do The Right Thing to White Men Can't Jump to her new role on S...
Geena Davis
11 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Geena Davis went from being an Oscar-winning actor to a skilled archer to an activist to an author, ...
The Wait Wait Anthology: Cats Edition
08 Feb 2023
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Introducing The Wait Wait Anthology, a deep dive into the Wait Wait archives hosted by Bill KurtisLe...
Billy Porter
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Porter is an absolute legend. With a career that started in his teens, he's now 3/4ths of the ...
Natasha Lyonne
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha Lyonne is an actor, writer, and director with one of the most recognizable voices in the wor...
Everyone & Mistaken Identity
25 Jan 2023
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Guest hosts Karen Chee and Josh Gondelman dive head first into alternate universes. Plus we get to t...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken
21 Jan 2023
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken takes some time out from his busy schedule to tell panelists Dulcé...
George Saunders
14 Jan 2023
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Celebrated short story author George Saunders joins us to answer three questions about court stories...