Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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🗓️ 23 May 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. |
| 0:11.4 | I'm legendary anchorman Bill Curtis. Well, where are we? |
| 0:27.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:28.2 | And here's your host at the Studio Maker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 0:35.6 | Peter Seigal. |
| 0:38.6 | Thank you, Bill. |
| 0:40.7 | Thank you, everybody. |
| 0:44.0 | We got a great show for you today. |
| 0:47.4 | Later on, we're going to be talking to the fabulous singer-songwriter Brandy Carlisle. |
| 0:53.3 | But first, back in 2014, when our original judge and scorekeeper, Carl Castle, retired, |
| 0:57.7 | someone suggested that we should ask Bill Curtis to succeed him. |
| 1:00.3 | And I said, are you nuts? |
| 1:06.8 | Why would Bill Curtis, groundbreaking journalist and giant of broadcasting squander his hard-earned reputation doing our silly little show every week. |
| 1:11.6 | Well, today, either Bill is stepping down |
| 1:16.6 | after being the hilarious Bezo Profundo soul of our show |
| 1:21.6 | for 12 wonderful years, |
| 1:24.6 | or he finally came to his senses. So if you want to be one of the last people to benefit |
| 1:32.0 | from his wisdom and or his mistake, give us a call. The number is 1-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-2-4. Now it's time to |
| 1:41.1 | welcome our first listener contestant. Hi, you're on Wait-Wait-Wait, don't tell me. |
| 2:00.9 | Hi, this is Tiffany Washburn. I'm calling from Dayton, Ohio. Hey, Dayton is a beautiful place. I think we're going there later on. What do you do there? I am a mom of two, and in my free time, I'm a can-can dancer with Madame Gigi's. Hold on, wait a minute. Oh, another one. There's so many. I really, I got to talk to our screeners. Too many can-can. Wait a minute. You're a can-can dancer, like the Moulin Rouge can-Can-Can. You come a da-da-na-na-na-na-na-knack. Exactly like that. Wow. That's amazing. Is there a lot of call for can-can dancers these days in today's economy? |
| 2:35.8 | As a surprise. kicking you like that. Wow. That's amazing. Is there a lot of call for can-can dancers these days in today's economy? A surprising amount of demand. Yeah. When you're in town, you should stop by practice with us. Oh, yes. I'm making a note here. Absolutely. Tiffany, welcome to the show. Let me introduce you to our panel this week. First up, a comedian who you can see in Chattanooga, Tennessee on June 24th at the comedy catch with the show The Muslims are coming with equally threatening friends. |
| 2:41.1 | It's Nagine Farsad. |
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