Show Details: December 2025
2025-12-06
Hey there, Arizona. I'm Alzo Slade filling in for Bill Kurtis, who is somewhere in the desert on a vision questGuest: Alzo Slade
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First Tied:
Luke Burbank
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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First Tied:
Alonzo Bodden
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Third:
Shantira Jackson
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Andy Richter Score: 3
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about disorder in the court; Not My Job about Gene Kelly; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Questions: what will be the top song on next year's Spotify Wrapped?
2025-12-13
I'm Alzo Slade, the guy they bring in when it's too windy for Bill Kurtis to land his jet packGuest: Alzo Slade
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First Tied:
Adam Burke
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
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First Tied:
Helen Hong
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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First Tied:
Tom Bodett
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Lucy Dacus Score: 3
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a new TV show making headlines; Not My Job about child prodigies; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big merger in the news?
Another instance where all three panelists finished the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment in a three-way tie, marking the 14th occasion.
2025-12-20
I'm the voice Santa uses for the audiobook version of his naughty listBill Kurtis
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First:
Josh Gondelman
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 5
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Third:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 7
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 2
- Rhea Seehorn Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a new piece of smart tech in the news; Not My Job about Christmas carols; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the big Christmas present this year?
When Peter Sagal asked Bill Kurtis how Paula Poundstone did during Lightning Fill In The Blank, Bill said, "Six more, five right. She has a total of eleven". Paula had answered five questions correct for ten more points for a total of eleven.
2025-12-27
I'm the gift you get for the person who has everythingGuest: Alzo Slade
- Bob Costas Score: 3
- Carissa Moore Score: 3
- Jim Rice Score: 2
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with guests and segments from the past year
Che "Rhymefest" Smith was the guest scorekeeper for the 2025-09-13 show with Bob Costas as the Not My Job guest.
Both the Bluff the Listener segment and the Not My Job segment with Carissa Moore were from the second show recorded on 2025-10-10 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Since the Bluff the Listener segment is unique to this Best Of show, both the chosen panelist and the panelist with the correct story have been entered.
For Carissa Moore's second Not My Job question, she liked "A" and she also liked how Peter Sagal said "leather cardigan" for "B". Carissa asked Peter if both "A" and "B" are incorrect, leaving "C" to be the correct answer. Peter confirmed that "C" was the correct answer and that is what Carissa chose for her answer, which she got credit.
For the Panel Questions segment, the NPR.org transcripts lists the second panelist as Emmy Blotnick, even though the panelist sounds more like Amy Dickinson. Amy Dickinson, Alonzo Bodden and Shane O'Neill were the panelists for the 2025-09-06 show. Thus, I have included Amy into the list of panelists. The panel question for Alex Edelman was from the 2025-10-25 show with Hari Kondabolu and Faith Salie on the panel.