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Average duration: 40 minutes
Episodes: 312
Years Active: 2021 - 2025

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WWDTM: One Last Gift to Unwrap

This week, Tim Meadows helps us stroll down memory lane with some of our favorite guests of 2024

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00:49:01 | Sat 28 Dec 2024

WWDTM: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone

This week, Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone join Dulcé Sloan, Hari Kondabolu, and Roy Blount Jr. to talk about their new podcast Hildy the Barback

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00:49:01 | Sat 21 Dec 2024

WWDTM: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

This week, we're live at Carnegie with Not My Job guest Ketanji Brown Jackson and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Mo Rocca, and Paula Poundstone

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00:49:11 | Sat 14 Dec 2024

HTDE: The Perfect Christmas Present with James Patterson and Gillian Flynn

On today's episode, Charlie needs help writing a children's book for his wife. So, Mike and Ian call up some of the greatest minds in modern literature, Gillian Flynn and James Patterson. Plus, a sli…

00:21:05 | Wed 11 Dec 2024

WWDTM: Jim Gaffigan

This week, Jim Gaffigan joins panelists Adam Felber, Adam Burke, and Negin Farsad to talk about being the Pope's favorite comedian.

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00:49:14 | Sat 07 Dec 2024

WWDTM: Thanksgiving Edition!

This week, Wait Wait celebrates Thanksgiving with a cornucopia of great guests!

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00:49:22 | Sat 30 Nov 2024

HTDE: The Friendliest Sound in the World, with Olympic medalist Molly Seidel

This week on How To Do Everything, a listener calls in asking how to avoid startling innocent pedestrians when she goes on runs. So Mike and Ian recruit the help of an Olympic marathoner and one of H…

00:23:13 | Wed 27 Nov 2024

WWDTM: Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller

Somebody Somewhere's Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller join panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Tom Papa, and Maz Jobrani

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00:47:21 | Sat 23 Nov 2024

WWDTM: Governor Whitmer

This week, we're live in Detroit with Governor Whitmer and panelists Josh Gondelman, Hari Kondabolu, and Roxanne Roberts

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00:47:13 | Sat 16 Nov 2024

HTDE: Yes We Pecan, with Martha Stewart

Two roommates disagree about how to pronounce "pecan," so Mike and Ian call up Martha Stewart–and others–to help. Plus, an Italian town in the shadow of the Alps spent three months of the year withou…

00:16:06 | Wed 13 Nov 2024

WWDTM: Tara Dower

This week, record-breaking ultrarunner Tara Dower talks speed-hiking the Appalachian Trail with Negin Farsad, Faith Salie, and Peter Grosz

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00:47:51 | Sat 09 Nov 2024

WWDTM: Brian Jordan Alvarez

This week, Brain Jordan Alvarez, the creator and star of English Teacher, plays our game with Brian Babylon, Luke Burbank, and Emmy Blotnick

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00:47:16 | Sat 02 Nov 2024

HTDE: Josh Gad defeats earworms, and we make a pitch to Pete Buttigieg

This week on the show, when a mother can't get her four-year-old's favorite song out of her head, Mike and Ian call up Broadway's beloved Josh Gad to help. Plus, Ian has a formal request for the Secr…

00:22:09 | Wed 30 Oct 2024

WWDTM: Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe

This week, sports power couple Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe talk about their podcast, who's more competitive, and where they keep their medals

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00:46:58 | Sat 26 Oct 2024

WWDTM: Instant Nostalgia Edition

This week, we get nostalgic for...uh...earlier this year with some of our favorite guests!

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00:47:08 | Sat 19 Oct 2024

HTDE: Maury Povich and Sleeping Between the Pretties

This week on How To Do Everything, Wait, Wait producers Mike and Ian recruit television icon Maury Povich to help a listener reveal some hard truths, and we create some helpful (and unhelpful) remind…

00:23:28 | Wed 16 Oct 2024

WWDTM: Eric Idle

This week, comedy legend Eric Idle joins panelists Eugene Cordero, Negin Farsad, and Shane O'Neill

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00:47:46 | Sat 12 Oct 2024

WWDTM: Kara Jackson

This week, acclaimed songwriter and poet Kara Jackson joins panelists Alzo Slade, Scaachi Koul, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson.

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00:47:22 | Sat 05 Oct 2024

HTDE: Peter Sagal the Sausage

This week, Mike and Ian recruit Peter Sagal to help a caller who's curious about mascot races – with the help of a talking sausage. A police inspector in Finland reveals his creative hack for keeping…

00:24:02 | Wed 02 Oct 2024

WWDTM: Dionne Warwick

This week, we're live in Kansas City with guest Dionne Warwick and panelists Paula Poundstone, Shantira Jackson, and Josh Gondelman

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00:47:10 | Sat 28 Sep 2024

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