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'Wait Wait' for August 30, 2025: Live at Tanglewood with Paul Giamatti!

Paul Giamatti speaks onstage during Netflix FYSEE: Black Mirror ATAS Official at Saban Theatre on May 17, 2025 in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Netflix)
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Paul Giamatti speaks onstage during Netflix FYSEE: Black Mirror ATAS Official at Saban Theatre on May 17, 2025 in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Netflix)

This week's show was recorded at Tanglewood with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Paul Giamatti and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Tom Bodett, and Mo Rocca. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Who's Bill This Time

The Engagement of the Century; A Logo Kerfuffle; The Rise of EDS

Panel Questions

An Underwear Dilemma

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists tell three stories about a big wedding engagement in the news, only one of which is true.

Not My Job: The Holdovers Paul Giamatti answers our questions about the ultimate place to store leftovers: Tupperware

Actor Paul Giamatti, star of The Holdovers, plays our game called, "Holdovers? Fine. Leftovers? Yum!" Three questions about Tupperware.

Panel Questions

Getting Healthy With Your Bros; Trouble At Burning Man

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Feline Fitness; Stratocaster Suites; New City Limits

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else

Predictions

Our panelists reveal what the old guy from the Cracker Barrell logo did during his week off.

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