"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and we preview "Melania"
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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🗓️ 31 January 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. |
| 0:10.3 | It's cold out there, but don't worry, I'm still hot. |
| 0:20.8 | I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 0:26.9 | Peter Segal. |
| 0:28.2 | Thank you, Bill. |
| 0:29.3 | Thank you, everybody. |
| 0:30.0 | Thanks for being with us. |
| 0:31.8 | We have a fine show for you today. |
| 0:33.8 | Later on, we're going to be talking to John M. Chu, the director of Wicked and the latest |
| 0:38.1 | Wicked for Good. So finally, we have a guest who has no basis to object when I burst out into song. Well, we want to hear your tune, so give us a call to play our games. The number is 1-3-8-8-8-8-8-2-4. That's 1 888-924-8-9-24. |
| 0:54.8 | It's time to welcome our first listener contestant. |
| 0:56.9 | Hi, you're on. Wait, wait, don't tell me. us a call to play our games. The number is 1-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-2-4. It's time to welcome our first |
| 0:56.0 | listener contestant. Hi, you're on Wait-Wait-Wait, don't tell me. |
| 0:58.1 | Hey, Peter, this is Ken Carlton from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, right next to Gettysburg. All right next to Gettysburg. Okay, and what do you do there? I teach in middle school. I teach six, seventh, and eighth graders about careers. |
| 1:09.9 | Do you really? |
| 1:12.7 | I have to ask, what careers are middle school kids these days most interested in? |
| 1:19.6 | Well, strangely, a lot are really interested in being physical therapists, video gamers, or NFL players. |
| 1:26.6 | In that order, I assume, right? video gamers or NFL players. |
| 1:30.6 | In that order, I assume. |
| 1:33.2 | Well, Ken, welcome to the show. |
| 1:36.0 | Let me introduce you to our panel this week. |
| 1:39.4 | First up, she's a comedian and host of Ted's new democracy series, |
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