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Below is a list of shows that have recently aired shows.
2026-02-07
I'm the reason everybody's throwing Super Bill parties this weekendBill Kurtis
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First:
Josh Gondelman
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Second:
Tig Notaro
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
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Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Mychal Threets Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a secret revealed in the news; Not My Job about Skittles; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In the Blank; Panelist Predictions: what Super Bowl commercial we'll all be talking about next week?
Another instance where all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.
2026-01-31
It's cold out there. But, don't worry, I'm still hotBill Kurtis
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First:
Negin Farsad
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Second Tied:
Peter Grosz
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Second Tied:
Annie Rauwerda
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Jon M. Chu Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a surprising new international tourist attraction; Not My Job about Boston, Massachusetts; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that we know trees can explode, what will trees do next?
2026-01-24
My voice is the only set of pipes in America that's not freezing this weekendBill Kurtis
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First:
Adam Burke
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Third:
Shantira Jackson
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Kevin O'Leary Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about innovation in stadiums; Not My Job about the biggest parties ever; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that they can use tools, what'll be the next surprising thing cows do?
2026-01-17
I'm the voice so smooth, lullabies listen to me to fall asleepBill Kurtis
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First:
Luke Burbank
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Second:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Third:
Rachel Coster
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Kali Reis Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a celebrity encounter; Not My Job about the Consumer Electronics Show; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what we'll find when we travel back to the Moon
2026-01-10
I'm the voice so rich, it makes you sign a pre-nupBill Kurtis
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First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Third:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 2
- Delroy Lindo Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about an unlikely hero saving lives; Not My Job about the New Orleans Saints; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that we have a new food pyramid, what will be the next new food to go on sale?
Delroy Lindo asked the audience for help on the second Not My Job question. The audience yelled out "B", which Delroy chose as his answer and it was the correct answer.
While explaining the story behind the second limerick for Listener Limerick Challenge, Peter Sagal had a verbal slip by saying "Dick and Chain" instead of "Dick and Jane".