We admire dimes and Aasif Mandvi gives breakup advice

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Other Games, Leisure

4.6 • 37.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, we talk new dimes and where to spend them, and special guest Aasif Mandvi tells us the best way to get over an ex.

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz.
0:11.8	I'm the voice so hot, the mic drops itself.
0:18.1	I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois.
0:24.4	Peter Sago.
0:25.4	Thank you, Bill.
0:26.7	Oh, thank you, everybody.
0:28.3	Great to see you.
0:29.9	Thank you so much.
0:31.4	Later on, today, we're going to be talking to former Daily Show correspondent Asif Manvi,
0:36.3	who left that show in 2017 to star in TV
0:41.1	shows and movies and plays in which he didn't have to talk at all about the news.
0:45.4	The man has timing.
0:47.9	So give us a call before we figure out a way out.
0:51.4	The number to call is one triple eight, wait, wait, that's one 888-924-8-924.
0:55.6	It's time to welcome our first listener contestant. Hi, you're on. Wait, wait, wait, don't tell me.
1:00.1	Hi, Peter. This is Grace, and I'm calling from Peachham, Vermont.
1:04.9	Peacham, Vermont. I'm going to say that if I wrote like a TV show set in a fictional but charming Vermont town, I'd probably call it Peacham.
1:16.3	Is it what I imagine? Is it beautiful and verdant and filled with interesting people, Grace?
1:21.4	You bet it is. It's a beautiful place. It's a hill town about an hour south of Quebec and 20 miles from the nearest Starbucks.
1:31.6	Whoa.
1:33.6	Whoa.
1:34.7	Well, Grace, let me introduce you to our panel this week.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.