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Below is a list of shows that have recently aired shows.
2026-10-17
The man who sounds like if a cozy sweater could talkAlzo Slade
- Sally Field Score: 2
- Robert Smigel Score: 2
- Caro Claire Burke Score: 2
- Jason Narducy Score: 3
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! where we celebrate the arrival of autumn by going apple picking with some of our favorite guests
The Bluff the Listener segment included in this Best Of was from the 2026-06-20 show.
2026-10-10
The winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize for judge and scorekeeperingAlzo Slade
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Katie Nolan
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Second Tied:
Mo Rocca
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Second Tied:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Margo Price Score: 3
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a billionaire getting busted for bad behavior; Not My Job about sleepwalking; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; after "Digger", what will be the next Hollywood flop?
Katie Nolan makes her second appearance on the show and both shows have had guest hosts.
After Margo Price chose "C" as the answer for the first Not My Job question, Negin Farsad gave Margo a chance to reconsider her choice and Alzo Slade provided a strong hint that the correct answer ia "A". Margo changed from "C" to "A" and got a point. For the second Not My Job question, Margo chose "B". Alzo provided a strong hint that "A" was the correct answer and Margo switched to "A".
2026-10-03
I'm so judgy, teenage girls ask me for adviceAlzo Slade
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Alonzo Bodden
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Second Tied:
Rob Anderson
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
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Second Tied:
Rachel Coster
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- David Byrne Score: 2
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about international parking garages in the news; Not My Job about zombies; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will the lonely tech bros rehabilitate their romantic image?
Another instance where all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.
Even though Rachel Coster did not get a ding of a bell for correctly answering her fourth Lightning Fill In The Blank question, she still received credit for it.
2026-09-26
If it helps, you can picture me in a little referee uniformAlzo Slade
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First:
Josh Gondelman
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Second Tied:
Dulcé Sloan
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Second Tied:
Faith Salie
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- John Cook Score: 3
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a 20 year plan; Not My Job about some bumps, a set and some spikes; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what's the next museum opening that's going to make the news?