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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

WWDTM: Taimane

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're live in Honolulu with panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Peter Grosz, and Paula Poundstone. Plus, special guest Taimane!

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0:00.0

Support for NPR and the following message comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

0:05.4

RWJF is a national philanthropy, working toward a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right.

0:12.1

Learn more at RWJF.org.

0:19.3

From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz.

0:25.7

I'm the man they call when bills had too many Mai Tai.

0:29.4

I'm Alzo Slade, and here's your host at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii, Peter Sago.

0:36.3

Thank you, Alzo.

0:37.5

Thank you, everybody.

0:40.2

Yes, thank you all so much.

0:43.4

We are so glad to be doing our show here in Hawaii,

0:48.5

and we are really glad we bought the plane tickets

0:52.1

before we lost our federal funding.

0:57.2

Later on, we are going to be talking to ukulele superstar Taimane,

1:02.2

who got her start busking right here in the streets of Waikiki.

1:05.9

But first, we'll want to hear what tune you're playing.

1:08.6

Give us a call. The number is 1-3-8-8-8-8-2-4. Wait-Wa-8-2-4.

1:13.4

Now let's welcome our first Linus Center contestant. Hi, you are on. Wait, wait, wait, don't tell me. Hi, this is Sydney calling from Olympia, Washington. I love Olympia. One of my favorite places, capital of the state. What do you do there?

1:24.5

I like to swim in the Puget Sound,

1:26.7

and I take care of my pet shrimp,

1:28.3

and I work for the

1:29.5

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

1:31.8

Okay. Let me, if I may, rewind a moment.

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