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'Wait Wait' for June 13, 2026: With Not My Job guest Robert Smigel
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (184+ words) Jamie Mc Carthy / Getty Images This week's show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, Not My Job guest Robert Smigel and panelists Josh Gondelman, Shantira Jackson, and Shane Torres. Click the audio link…...
Nick Jonas steals Paul Rudd's 'Power Ballad' in a profound story about art and honesty
1+ week, 1+ day ago (265+ words) By Linda Holmes | Friday, June 5, 2026 Nick Jonas as popstar Danny Wilson and Havana Rose Liu as his girlfriend Marcia in Power Ballad. David Cleary / Lionsgate If you were to divide the total number of bands there have ever been by…...
After Stephen Colbert's viral talk show parody, CBS backs down from copyright action
2+ week, 4+ day ago (544+ words) By Brian Mann | Monday, May 25, 2026 Stephen Colbert attended The Hollywood Reporter's The Most Powerful People in New York Media celebration in New York earlier this month. After being ousted from his hosting role on The Late Show, Colbert hosted a…...
'Wait Wait' for May 9. 2026: With Not My Job guest Bobby Lopez
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (175+ words) Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images This week's show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Bobby Lopez and panelists Hari Kondabolu, Roxanne Roberts, and Mo Rocca. Click the audio link above…...
Stand up comedian and Wait Wait'Don't Tell Me! veteran Paula Poundstone talks about her 25 years on the show
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (826+ words) This Big Day of Giving, we can build a stronger Sacramento " together. For longtime public radio listeners the name Paula Poundstone will no doubt be familiar. The standup comedian has been gracing Cap Radio's airwaves for over 20 years as perhaps…...
An off-beat family makes some 'Big Mistakes' in this clever crime farce
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (189+ words) This Big Day of Giving, we can build a stronger Sacramento " together. By John Powers | Monday, April 27, 2026 Laurie Metcalf is a mother of three, running for mayor of her New Jersey town in Big Mistakes. Spencer Pazer / Netflix If you…...
Now cancer-free, 'Roastmaster' comic Jeff Ross still finds humor in loss
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (417+ words) By Terry Gross | Tuesday, April 7, 2026 "Going bald is one thing, but people thinking that I was sick or weak, for some reason, that really bothered me," Ross says of being diagnosed with alopecia. "Like, it's hard to go out and…...
The iconic South African theater that took on apartheid
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (841+ words) By Kate Bartlett | Saturday, March 28, 2026 Performers Percy Mtwa, left, and Mbongeni Ngema in a scene from "Woza Albert" at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1981. Ruphin Coudyzer / AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa'When it first started in the 1970s, South Africa's…...
'Weird Al' grapples with the complicated feelings of watching his daughter grow up
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (45+ words) On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. "Weird Al" Yankovic grapples with the complicated feelings of watching his daughter grow up. The Cap Radio website experienced an error....
Taking a bow in your 90s: These nonagenarians get their big breaks on stage in NYC
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (46+ words) Three women in their 90s are performing right now on New York stages, sometimes as often as eight performances a week. Cap Radio provides a trusted source of news because of you. As a nonprofit. .. The Cap Radio website experienced an…...