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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

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  • Dana Carvey

    This week on “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me,” we are back with a brand new show from the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago featuring panelists Josh Gondelman, Skyler Higley, and Paula Poundstone. Plus, we …

    Listen — 48:52

  • WWDTM Best of NMJ Thanksgiving

    Nathan Lane, Puja Patel, Darryl “Cornbread” McCray, and Jeremy O. Harris are featured in this Thanksgiving edition.Sign up for Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

    Listen — 47:22

  • Freddie Johnson

    This week we come to you from the Palace Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky with panelists Paula Poundstone, Adam Burke, and Alzo Slade. Our guest is Freddie Johnson of Buffalo Trace Distillery.Sign up …

    Listen — 47:45

  • Craig Robinson

    Craig Robinson, star of the Office and host of Peacock’s Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward, plays our game about Craigslist. Joining him are panelists Tom Papa; Negin Farsad and Brian Babylon.

    Listen — 49:08

  • Amber Ruffin

    Amber Ruffin, host of The Amber Ruffin Show on Peacock and the purple M&M, plays our game called “Roughin’ It” Three questions about camping. Joining in are panelists Karen Chee, Hari Kondabolu and …

    Listen — 49:09

  • Hasan Minhaj

    Hasan Minhaj, comedian with the new Netflix special “The King’s Jester” and former host of Patriot Act, plays our game about former Patriot Rob Gronkowski. Joining him are panelists Helen Hong, Mo …

    Listen — 48:25

  • Dr Ibram X Kendi, a real genius

    Dr Ibram X Kendi, author and MacArthur Genius, plays our game about the Genius Bar at Apple Stores. Joining him are panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman and Amy Dickinson.

    Listen — 50:07