I love NPR’s news quiz Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!. Each week’s program is posted online around 1 PM on Saturday, and I try to listen to it as soon as possible. But some weeks I find myself sitting at the computer, ready for my Wait, Wait fix too early.
Here are my suggestions for things to do while waiting for Wait, Wait to come on. They also work if you find yourself needing a midweek Wait, Wait pick-me-up:
- Wait, Wait Archive, 1998-2005 — Listen to an old episode. You can use the calendar on the Wait, Wait site to browse back to shows from the last five years. But if you want to go back to earlier programs, try this link. I like listening to the really old ones, because the news quizzes are much harder five or ten years later, and bring back memories.
- Wait Wait… Don’t Blog Me! — Check out the Wait, Wait blog for some brief, amusing facts, photos and stories more or less related to the program
- Listen to my favorite segment, Mavis Staples doing Not My Job:
Mavis Staples
- Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me on YouTube — Watch some of the many official and unofficial Wait Wait videos on YouTube
