2026-08-01

Show Details

NPR DB ID: 1494

Location Green Music Center (Rohnert Park, California)

Host Peter Sagal

Scorekeeper Want a full-bodied vintage with notes of oak? Try me Alzo Slade

Panelists

Rank: First: Shane Torres Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
Rank: Second: Tom Papa Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
Rank: Third: Joyelle Nicole Johnson Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3

Not My Job Guest(s)

Mary Roach Score: 2

Bluff

Chosen Tom Papa

Correct Tom Papa

Description

Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about cheapskates in the news; Not My Job about crazy sounds; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that wrinkles are back, what's the next fashion trend in the news?

Notes

At the end of the Lightning Fill In The Blank round, Alzo Slade said that "Shane (Torres) has one of the greatest comebacks in Wait Wait history". There have been several other instances where panelists have started the Lighting Fill In The Blank segment in third place and correctly answered seven questions to come out the winnner.

On the 2015-05-09 show, Jessie Klein started the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment in third place with zero points, answered seven questions correct, and won with 14 points.