Our panel heads to Milan and Arden Cho hunts demons

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

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🗓️ 14 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This week, KPop Demon Hunters' Arden Cho joins us to talk about Rumi, the World Series of Poker, and how NOT to behave when you're about to propose. Plus, the Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone, and Beth Stelling shut down El Paso's airport and confess to cheating at the Olympics.

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0:00.0	This message comes from How to Be a Better Human, a podcast from Ted for the Self-Help Skeptic.
0:06.0	Hear how you can laugh more in your everyday life, explained with science, insights, and hilarious stories.
0:11.8	Listen to How to Be a Better Human, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:20.1	From NPR and WBEs, Chicago this is, wait, wait, don't tell me, the NPR News Quiz.
0:27.7	Hey there, Cupid, put down that arrow and let my voice pierce some hearts.
0:44.2	I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois.
0:46.0	Naguine Farsad.
0:49.8	Thank you, Bill.
0:57.4	I'm filling in for Peter Sagle, who has taken the week off so he can correct all the grammar on his kids' Valentine's.
1:06.2	But don't worry, we have a great show for you today. We're going to be joined by Arden Cho, who plays Roomy in K-pop Demon Hunters.
1:12.1	A pop culture phenomenon so big, even NPR listeners will know what I'm talking about.
1:16.5	But first, it's your turn to show us some moves.
1:18.4	Give us a call to play our games.
1:21.0	The number is 1-888-wait-wait-wait-wait.
1:24.3	That's 1-88-9-24-8-9-24.
1:27.3	Now let's welcome our first listener contestant. Hi, you're on Wait, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell
1:29.4	me. Hi, this is Lindsay McCauley from Granville, Ohio. Hi, Lindsay. What do you do in Granville, Ohio?
1:37.1	I am a wildlife biologist. Oh, what's your favorite wildlife?
1:47.0	All the unhuggables, the snakes, the bats, the, I study freshwater mussels, all the creepy crawlies.
1:55.0	You're such a proper weirdo. Okay.
2:00.0	Well, Lindsay, let's introduce you to our panel.
2:03.9	First up, a comedian who will be in Barry, Vermont at the Barry Opera House on Saturday,
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