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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

WWDTM: Becca Mann

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This week, special guest Becca Mann joins guest host Negin Farsad and panelists Shantira Jackson, Hari Kondabolu, and Adam Felber

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This is, wait, wait, don't tell me the NPR News quiz.

0:26.3

Fun fact about my voice.

0:28.8

This is me on helium.

0:36.5

I'm Bill Curtis, and filling in for Peter Sagle.

0:40.4

Here is your host at the Studiovaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago,

0:45.2

adorn, Nguine Farsad.

0:47.6

Hey!

0:50.4

Thank you, Bill.

0:52.2

And thanks, everyone.

0:53.6

I'm filling in for Peter Sagle because thanks to the

0:56.2

shutdown, he's stuck at his crafting convention in Sheboygan. Now, we have a great show for you today.

1:03.0

We're going to be joined by record-setting open water swimmer, Becca Mann. And just to make her feel at home, we're going to make sure our show is also infested with Great White Sharks. But first, it's your turn to brave the phone lines. Give us a call to play our games. The number is 1-888-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-2-4. Now let's welcome our first listener contestant. Hi, you're on. Wait,

1:30.4

wait, wait, don't tell me. Hi, this is Stu from Amsterdam, New York.

1:34.2

Hi, Stu. What do you do in Amsterdam? I teach high school civics and economics.

1:41.4

Wow. So do you get, like, do you have any finance tips? and economics.

1:49.2

So do you, like, do you have any finance tips for me?

1:51.8

Absolutely.

1:55.6

I work in public radio on occasion, so I might need them.

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