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Spotlight Award honoree, Ellie Kemper attends SCAD aTVfest 2019 at SCADshow on February 7, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for SCAD aTVfest 2019 )

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'Wait Wait' for July 6, 2024: Happy Independence Day!

July 6, 2024 • This week, Wait Wait celebrates the 4th of July with some of our favorite guests!

'Wait Wait' for July 6, 2024: Happy Independence Day!

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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt attends the 2023 James Beard Media Awards at Columbia College Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.

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'Wait Wait' for May 25, 2024: With Not My Job guest J. Kenji López-Alt

May 25, 2024 • This week, Wait Wait is live in Seattle with special guest J. Kenji Lopez-Alt and panelists Luke Burbank, Shantira Jackson, and Jessi Klein.

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'Wait Wait' Trips Down The Red Carpet

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February 24, 2013 • Style commentary from people who have none!

We're Moving Out!

by Ian Chillag

October 22, 2012 • Farewell, old blog. "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me" is moving over to tumblr, where we promise great videos of people falling down and animals falling down. It's basically a place to put all the things the "Wait, Wait" staff emails to each other when they should be working on the show. Here's some info on how to find us.

Sandwich Monday: We've Moved!

by Ian Chillag

October 15, 2012 • Sandwich Monday has moved. We're fattening up other NPR blogs now.

Sandwich Monday: The MRE

by Ian Chillag

October 1, 2012 • For this week's Sandwich Monday, we eat a pepperoni sandwich that can last forever.

Sandwich Monday: Loose Meat Sandwich

by Ian Chillag

September 24, 2012 • This week, we eat a sandwich that's like a burger, if the burger had exploded. Mmm. Meat pebbles.

Sandwich Monday: Sagal Sandwich

September 10, 2012 • This week, Peter remembers a sandwich of his youth: Hebrew National salami on white bread with sweet pickle relish. It tastes strongly of nostalgia. Tell us about the Sandwiches Of Your Youth.

Sandwich Monday: Out Of The Office

by Ian Chillag

August 27, 2012 • Sandwich Monday is on vacation.

Sandwich Monday: The Energy Bar Sandwich

by Ian Chillag

August 20, 2012 • Some members of the Sandwich Monday crew are doing a 5K tonight. To get ready, we made a sandwich comprised entirely of energy bars and gels. It adds up to 1,200 calories, more than twice that of a Big Mac.

Sandwich Monday: Bacon S'Mores

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Sandwich Monday: Bacon S'Mores

by Ian Chillag

August 13, 2012 • A recipe for bacon s'mores has been making its way around the Internet today, prompting many people to wonder how they hadn't thought of it before. It was probably like this when a caveman first figured out the wheel and put something about it on his blog.

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Sandwich Monday: The Van Engelenfrozen

by Ian Chillag

August 6, 2012 • This week, our intern shares her family's recipe for Extreme Ice Cream Sandwiches: Make cookies, bake them for only four minutes, freeze them, and then put ice cream in between. It's like cookie dough ice cream, reversed. Genius.

Intern Net: The "Wait, Wait" Olympics!

by MacKenzie VanEngelenhoven

August 2, 2012 • We achieve our Olympic dreams - public radio style.

Sandwich Monday: The Crunchwrap Supreme

by Ian Chillag

July 30, 2012 • The Crunchwrap Supreme is, in the words of Taco Bell, engineered "for maximum portability." We gave the octagonal taco a try.

Starfleet Captains Have Problems Too

by Ian Chillag

July 27, 2012 • Sir Patrick Stewart, aka Captain Jean-Luc Picard, talks to our "How To Do Everything" podcast.

Sandwich Monday: The All-American Burger

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Sandwich Monday: The All-American Burger

by Ian Chillag

July 23, 2012 • Forget everything you ever knew about buns: This week, we eat a burger in between two grilled cheese sandwiches.

Sandwich Monday: The Asian Carp Slider

by Ian Chillag

July 16, 2012 • For this week's Sandwich Monday, we let an invasive pest invade our mouths.

Intern Net #2: You Can't Spell "Machiavellian" Without "Ian"

by MacKenzie VanEngelenhoven

July 13, 2012 • Intern MacKenzie documents another week at "Wait, Wait."

Sandwich Monday: The Streetwise Cheesetop Burger

by Ian Chillag

July 9, 2012 • For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a sandwich found at KFC Philippines.

Sandwich Monday: Out Of The Office

by Ian Chillag

July 2, 2012 • Sandwich Monday is out of the office.

Nora Ephron Plays Not My Job

by Eva Wolchover

June 27, 2012 • When Nora Ephron played "Not My Job."

Mindless Arcade Friday: The Grading Game

by MacKenzie VanEngelenhoven

June 22, 2012 • Get through the Friday doldrums with this diversion into the exciting world of the essay-correcting graduate student.

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