WWDTM: Pedro Pascal

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.6 • 35.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This week, special guest Pedro Pascal joins panelists Brian Babylon, Negin Farsad, and Roy Blount Jr. and guest host Tom Papa!

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0:00.0	This message comes from Ted Talks Daily, a podcast from TED.
0:03.7	Discover new ideas every day about stuff like finding humor in life's absurdity,
0:09.0	the existence of aliens, or what happens when your dog uses the internet.
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0:20.6	From NPR on WBEZ Chicago, this is, wait, wait, don't tell me the NPR News Quiz.
0:28.1	I'm an anchor man among anchor boys.
0:36.6	Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Studio Baker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois.
0:43.9	Filling in for Peter Sagle. It's Tom Papa.
0:48.4	Thanks, Bill. Thanks, everybody. It's me, Tom Papa filling in for Peter Sagle, who was last seen talking to reporters from the roof of his house.
0:59.0	We have a great show for you today with special guest star with the Fantastic Four, Pedro Pascal.
1:07.0	Because this...
1:09.0	Yep, yep. Because this was the only show he hasn't starred in this year
1:15.1	you're up first though give us a call to play our game
1:20.1	the number is 1-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-2-4 that's 1 888 924
1:24.6	now let's welcome our first listener contestant. Hi, you're on Wait, Wait,
1:30.5	don't tell me. Hi, this is Caroline from Atlanta, Georgia.
1:35.3	Yes. Nice to hear from you, Caroline. How is Atlanta, Georgia this summer? Well, not as hot as it's
1:43.3	been this past week, but very hot otherwise.
1:47.6	It sounds like you're delirious.
1:50.5	Yeah, probably.
1:52.1	You hydrated.
1:54.0	Caroline, let me introduce you to our panel.
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