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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Behind the scenes with Peter Sagal and Emma Choi

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Peter and Emma sit down with Executive Producer Mike Danforth to answer some questions that you have about the making of Wait Wait.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Peter.

0:01.6

We have something a little bit special for you this week.

0:04.0

In this midweek podcast, we're going to be taking you behind

0:07.3

the scenes of our show, Emma Choi, host of everyone

0:10.2

on their mom and I are answering listener questions.

0:13.7

Now, this episode was actually made available first

0:16.2

to our weight weight, don't tell me, plus subscribers.

0:18.8

Those subscribers get fun bonus episodes like this one,

0:22.0

every other Monday or so, where we do a bit more chatting

0:24.6

with our panelists and producers and air extended cuts

0:27.6

of our celebrity interviews.

0:29.0

So if you want to join in on all of that glorious good times,

0:32.5

go to plus.npr.org slash weight weight.

0:35.8

That's plus.npr.org slash weight weight.

0:39.7

And you can sign up there.

0:40.6

But for today, here's Emma and I answering your questions.

0:44.0

And to make sure we don't answer too honestly,

0:46.5

our executive producer, Mike Danforth,

0:48.3

has joined the podcast.

0:49.4

He seems to be, let me just see here, yes,

0:51.6

that is a, Mike, is that a taser?

0:54.3

It is a taser, Peter.

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