Comedian Adam Burke and Emma meet a knight in shining armor, get the latest gossip about the Medieval era and uncover a skeleton in the closet. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Comedian and star of HBO's Hacks, Hannah Einbinder plays our game about life hacks. She is joined by panelists Peter Grosz, Faith Salie and Laci Mosley. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Tom Bodett celebrates a heroic payphone and gets advice from author Samin Nosrat. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Adam Scott, star of Apple TV+'s Severance , plays our game about weddings and marriage proposals. He is joined by panelists Maz Jobrani, Emmy Blotnick and Paula Poundstone. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Comedian Negin Farsad joins Emma to meet a corpse flower and find love at a stinky speed dating event. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Myles Stubblefield, the man behind Buffalo Worm Works, plays our game about ear worms. Joining him are panelists Alzo Slade, Maeve Higgins and Amy Dickinson. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka and Emma get overrun by mice, meet a fancy cat and finally untangle the mystery of the Rat King. With guests Dr. Bobby Corrigan, Cameron Jay, and Lynzie Rogers. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Stephen Merchant, co-creator of The Office and star of The Outlaws, plays our game about thieving merchants. He is joined by panelists Ashley Ray, Maz Jobrani and Faith Salie. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Comedian Emmy Blotnick and Emma find a message in a bottle, learn what not to do with cheese, and Domee Shi, director of Pixar's "Turning Red" talks about her Harry Potter fan fiction. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Chance The Rapper, Japanese Breakfast, and brothers Bashir and Sultan Salahuddin, plus Paula Poundstone thinks a story is baloney. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Writer and comedian Alzo Slade joins Emma to explore the ruins of Pompeii and a robot dog finally finds its calling. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Matt Walsh, from HBO's Veep, plays our game about mistakes in sports announcing. Joining him are panelists Karen Chee, Helen Hong and Alonzo Bodden. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Comedian Peter Grosz joins Emma on a search for the most boring person in the world and Emma interviews astronaut Victor Glover about the boring parts of his exciting job. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Legendary rock guitarist Slash plays our game about those purveyors of sashes : beauty pageants. He is joined by panelists Tom Papa, Cristela Alonzo and Maeve Higgins. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Comedian Hari Kondabolu joins Emma Choi to solve a meat mystery with bestselling author Gillian Flynn, then we talk with baseball legend Sean Doolittle about what he and Emma's mom have in common. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
British historian Dan Snow, a member of the team that discovered Ernest Shackleton's lost ship, plays our game about the artists lost at the bottom of the Lollapalooza lineup. He is joined by panelists Luke Burbank, Emmy Blotnick and Roxanne Roberts. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Comedian Ashley Ray joins Emma Choi to discuss a super cool and dangerous job opening, Emma interviews for the position and we pitch a reality TV show to the creator of "Love is Blind." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
One of the stars of Atlanta, Zazie Beetz, plays our game called "Zazie Beetz, meet Sassy Beats!" Three stories about Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. She is joined by panelists Roy Blount Jr, Helen Hong and Mo Rocca. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Wait Wait's Adam Burke joins Emma to discuss what really killed the dinosaurs; we answer the age old question: can jugglers save the world? And we meet someone who makes rocks more rock and roll. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated Olympic American Bobsledder, plays our game called, "You've medaled alright...in Death Metal!" She is joined by panelists Negin Farsad, Alzo Slade and Paula Poundstone. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Comedian Vinny Thomas joins Emma to discuss Hard Mountain Dew—but is it any good? We ask an expert. Plus we talk to the mother son duo behind a beloved bathroom staple. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams plays our game called "Real Housewife meet a Fake Housewife." She is joined by panelists Faith Salie, Joel Kim Booster and Hari Kondabolu. Filling in for Bill Kurtis is Chioke I'Anson. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Comedian Josh Gondelman joins Emma Choi to discuss a saucy situation, celebrity chef Roy Choi troubleshoots a recipe with Emma's Grandma, and we finally settle an age old debate: heels or rollerblades? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
This week we highlight some of our favorite past segments with RZA, Yamiche Alcindor, and more. Plus we remember our friend and panelist PJ O'Rourke who died last week. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Comedian Emmy Blotnick joins Emma Choi to discuss a smooth solution to a monkey problem, we hear from a romantic heartworm, and maybe, sort of meet Ian McKellen? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Introducing Everyone & Their Mom from Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Every week, there's an odd or funny story that everyone & their mom seems to be talking about. On this new show from your friends at Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, host Emma Choi takes that story and uses it as an excuse to talk to culture makers, Wait Wait panelists, and hilarious new comedians. New episodes every Wednesday, starting February 23rd. Tell your mom. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/a...
Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James, author of the Dark Star Trilogy fantasy series, plays our game about fantasy football. He is joined by panelists panelists Ashley Ray, Peter Grosz, and Negin Farsad. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Poet and Rock Icon Patti Smith plays our game about pattysmiths...fast food burger restaurants. She is joined by panelists Maeve Higgins, Hari Kondabolu and Bobcat Goldthwait Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
TikTok Historian Shermann 'Dilla' Thomas plays our game celebrating Tom Brady's retirement from the NFL called, "You're The Goat, Literally." Three questions about actual goats. He is joined by panelists Adam Burke, Paula Poundstone and Tom Papa. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Tony-nominated playwright Jeremy O. Harris plays our game called, "You're a playwright, these guys play wrong!" Three questions about athletes making terrible plays. He is joined by panelists Alzo Slade, Karen Chee, and Josh Gondelman. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
