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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

WWDTM: Live at Tanglewood with Paul Giamatti!

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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This week, we're live at Tanglewood with special guest Paul Giamatti and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Tom Bodett, and Mo Rocca!

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0:00.0

There's a lot of news happening.

0:02.3

You want to understand it better, but let's be honest, you don't want it to be your entire life either.

0:06.9

Well, that's sort of like our show, here and now anytime.

0:09.8

Every weekday on our podcast, we talk to people all over the country about everything from political analysis to climate resilience, video games.

0:17.2

We even talk about dumpster diving on this show.

0:19.7

Check out Here and now anytime, a daily

0:21.6

podcast from NPR and WBUR.

0:28.0

From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is, wait, wait, don't tell me the NPR News Quiz.

0:35.4

Spread my smooth, buttery voice on that baguette.

0:41.6

I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Kusavitsky Music Shed at Tanglewood.

0:48.8

The summer home of the Boston Symphony, it is Peter Sagle.

0:52.3

Thank you, Bill.

0:56.0

And thank you, Tanglewood. It's so great to be back with you.

0:58.0

We have a lot of people here inside the music shed,

1:03.0

and then many of them out on the lawn.

1:06.0

And if those people didn't bring any wine,

1:08.0

there's a chance that actor Paul Giamatti, star of the movie Sideways, among many others,

1:13.5

might bring some along with him when he joins us later. But first, it's your turn to play our games. Give us a call. The number is 1-3-8-8-8-Wa-Wa-W-Wight. That's 1-88-9-24-8-9-24. Hi, you were on Wait, Wait, Wait, Don't tell me.

1:09.3

Hi, my name is Merrigan. I'm from Quincy, Massachusetts.

1:12.4

Quincy, Massachusetts! 8, 924. Hi, you were on, wait, wait, don't tell me. Hi, my name is Merrigan.

1:28.3

I'm from Quincy, Massachusetts.

1:29.3

Quincy, Massachusetts!

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