'Wait Wait' for September 12, 2026: With Not My Job guest Leslie Jones

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! | Sep 12

This week's show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, Not My Job guest Leslie Jones and panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and Sureni Weerasekera. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Who's Alzo This Time

iFold; Voting for Dollars; Candid Camera For the 21st Century

Panel Questions

A Twist on the Parent Trap

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists tell three stories about bananas in the news, only one of which is true.

Not My Job: Comedian, actor, and host of Roast My Rental Leslie Jones answers our three questions about ghosts

Peter talks to Leslie Jones, comedian and host of Roast My Rental. Leslie plays our game called, "Boooooooo" Three questions about haunted houses.

Panel Questions

Never-ending IOUs; Mind over Mosquitos

Limericks

Alzo Slade reads three news-related limericks: Slithering At the Met; Girl Scout Cookies for All; A Wretched Rescuer

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else

Predictions

Our panelists predict, after the iPhone Duo, what's the next major product that'll be able to fold

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