We go to confessional with Father James Martin

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Comedy, Other Games, Leisure

4.6 • 37.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This week, the FBI deals with some DUIs and special guest Father James Martin hears the confessions of guest host Tom Papa and panelists Josh Gondelman, Shantira Jackson, and Katie Nolan

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0:00.0	From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is, wait, wait, don't tell me, the NPR News Quiz.
0:10.9	Screw you, seasonal allergies.
0:13.3	I'm the voice so fine.
0:15.4	Even my sneezes sound like musy.
0:21.8	I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host
0:23.9	at the Studebaker Theater
0:25.3	at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois.
0:28.0	Tom Papa.
0:31.2	Thank you, Bill.
0:33.2	And thanks, everybody.
0:34.7	I'm Tom Papa filling in for Peter Sagle,
0:37.0	who tricked me into a house swap.
0:39.2	My house for his dirty office. We have a great show for you today. We'll be talking to New York
0:47.4	Times best-selling author, Father James Martin. But first, this week we celebrate the 10th anniversary
0:54.0	of the time an NPR employee
0:56.3	brought their kid for Bring Your Child to Work Day.
0:59.9	And this is true, that child hit a button and caused a full minute of dead air during
1:05.1	morning edition.
1:07.5	Each year, we honor the day by giving you an hour of radio you wish was dead air.
1:16.2	So give us a call to play our games.
1:18.1	The number is 1-888-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-24.
1:23.7	It's time to welcome our first listener contestant.
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