We beef with the pontiff and admire the Stanley Cup

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Comedy, Other Games, Leisure

4.6 • 37.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This week, Phil Pritchard, NHL's Keeper of the Stanley Cup, joins us to about taking the cup jet-skiing and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Adam Burke, and Dulcé Sloan beef with the Pope and get misdiagnosed.

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0:00.0	From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz.
0:10.8	I'm the man they bring in when Bill Curtis gets busted for claiming Peter as a dependent.
0:18.2	I'm Alzo Slade, and here's your host at the Studer Baker Theater
0:21.2	at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Peter Sago.
0:25.3	Thank you, Algo.
0:27.3	Thanks, everyone.
0:28.2	Thanks to all of you.
0:29.5	Great to see you.
0:30.7	We do have a fine show for you today.
0:33.2	Later on, we're going to be talking for the first time ever on our show to a professional escort.
0:55.9	That's right, the man who was paid to escort the Stanley Cup. What did you think I meant? But first, it's your turn to come on and try to check me into the boards. Give us a call. The number is 1-3-8-8-8-8-8-2-4. That's 1-8-8-8-24. Let's welcome our first listener contestant. Hi, you're on Wait Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.
1:03.5	Hi. Hi, who's this? This is Jennifer. I live in Tampa, Florida. I am an E-L-CA Lutheran pastor.
1:10.7	Yeah, so. I think, and I'm not sure about this, but the one person who was excited about Tampa was also
1:12.1	the same person excited about you being a Lutheran.
1:14.9	So maybe it's a coincidence.
1:18.2	Maybe they're just really happy today.
1:20.0	We don't know.
1:21.2	Yes.
1:21.6	Well, Jennifer, welcome to the show.
1:23.3	Let me introduce you to our panel this week.
1:25.0	First, a comedian who will be appearing at the White Rabbit Cabaret in Indianapolis, Indiana,
1:29.5	on Thursday, April 23rd.
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