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NPR’s weekly current events quiz. Have a laugh and test your news knowledge while figuring out what’s real and what we’ve made up.

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Test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what’s real news and what’s made up.

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Airs Saturdays at 10 a.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m. on WBEZ

Recent

  • Everyone & Cowboys

    Comedian Josh Gondelman and Emma learn how to parallel park a horse and wrangle up a varmint with help from a rootin’ tootin’ roster of guests.

    Listen — 26:49

  • Darryl “Cornbread” McCray,

    Darryl “Cornbread” McCray, called the creator of modern graffiti, plays a game about another kind of tagging. He is joined by panelists Alonzo Bodden, Faith Salie, and Josh Gondelman.

    Listen — 48:25

  • Everyone & Lost and Found

    Reporter Shane O’Neill and Emma learn at the Lost and Found not all is lost, then think deep thoughts with an old friend.

    Listen — 19:09

  • Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda

    Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, creators of the new comedy series about E-sports, Players, on Paramount+ play our game about a C-sport: croquet. Joining them are panelists Peter Grosz, Adam Burke and …

    Listen — 48:24

  • Everyone & Elvis

    Comedian Mic Nguyen and Emma search for someone to fill some very hard to fill shoes, and Mic gets lessons from the King.

    Listen — 15:21

  • Sean Hayes

    Actor and podcast host Sean Hayes plays our game called, “Sean Hayes, Meet Purple Haze” Three questions about odd strains of marijuana. He is joined by panelists Bobcat Goldthwait, Maeve Higgins, …

    Listen — 48:58

  • Everyone & Dolphins

    Comedian Maeve Higgins and Emma learn why you never want to be recognized by a dolphin and find out where the magic happens.

    Listen — 16:40

  • Kenan Thompson

    Kenan Thompson, the longest-tenured cast member of Saturday Night Live, plays our game about people who only lasted one day on the job. He is joined by panelists Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad and Hari …

    Listen — 49:47

  • Everyone & Peter Sagal

    Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! host Peter Sagal pops by to share his favorites from the podcast so far. Turns out Peter loves Mountain Dew, Emma’s Grandma’s Kimchi, and unsolved ham mysteries.

    Listen — 21:06

  • Best of NMJ June 2022

    This week as we (hopefully) say goodbye to Zoom shows, we feature Kacey Musgraves, Brian Cox, Audra McDonald, and Woody Hoburg.

    Listen — 47:04