WWDTM: Anna Kendrick

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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4.6 • 35.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This week, we're live in Portland with special guest Anna Kendrick and panelists Paula Poundstone, Karen Chee, and Josh Gondelman

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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0:19.3	From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is. wait, wait, don't tell me the NPR News Quiz.
0:26.0	Hey there, Maine, I'm the voice that shines so bright you won't even need your stupid lighthouse.
0:38.1	I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Meryl Auditorium in Portland, Maine.
0:43.0	Peter Sago.
0:44.2	Thank you, Bill.
0:45.3	Thank you, everybody.
0:46.9	So good to see you.
0:48.6	We are delighted to be back in Maine today, this week of all week as all of Maine is celebrating homegrown
0:58.8	six-foot-nine basketball phenom Cooper Flagg from the tiny town of Newport, Maine.
1:05.3	He went number one in the NBA draft this week, which is amazing, so great for Maine,
1:13.3	who'll be the only star in the NBA to play in size 26 LL Bean duck boots.
1:22.1	Later on, we'll be joined by another local legend, actor and director and Portland native Anna Kendrick
1:30.3	will be with us. But first, it's time for your homecoming. Give us a call. The number
1:37.4	is 1-3-8-8-8-8-24. Wait, wait, that's 1-88-924. Now let's welcome our first listener
1:42.4	contestant this week. Hi, you're on Wait, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Hey, Peter. This is Brandon from Littleton, Colorado. I know Littleton outside of Denver.
1:49.5	What do you do there? Yeah, I'm an executive coach who works with CEOs and others on leadership
1:54.8	and emotional intelligence. So I spend a lot of my time trying to figure out why CEOs and staff members cry in staff meetings.
2:04.1	I'm not an expert, but I think I know.
2:08.9	Well, welcome to the show, Brendan.
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