'Wait Wait' for May 24, 2025: With Not My Job Guest Ego Nwodim

'Wait Wait' for May 24, 2025: With Not My Job guest Ego Nwodim

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Ego Nwodim and panelists Hari Kondabolu, Dulcé Sloan, and Tom Papa

Ego Nwodim talks Poker Face and how to get an SNL crowd to swear in unison : Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Wait, wait...don’t tell me NPR is over

My grade school weekends consisted of waking up at the crack of dawn, hopping in the backseat of my dad’s Volkswagen Touareg and listening to Bill Kurtis and Peter Sagal exchange clever quips on the way to a hockey game miles away.  National Public Radio’s hosts spoke about topics I was unaware of, yet their voice and passion made 8-year-old me want to listen and learn about the world I was growing up in.  I am one of many “Backseat Babies.” A B…