'Wait Wait' for May 23, 2026: With Not My Job guest Brandi Carlile
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Brandi Carlile performs "America the Beautiful" during Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium on February 08, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Kevin C. Cox hide caption
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This week's show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Brandi Carlile and panelists Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad, and Paula Poundstone. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.
Who's Bill This Time
Boom Times For the Magical Fruit; The Silver Screen Reaches Out To Silver Foxes; Oh, The Places You'll Boo
Panel Questions
Never Miss A Moment At the Movies
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about something being off by just one letter in the news, only one of which is true.
Not My Job: Brandi Carlile plays our game about outlandish returns
Peter talks to singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile. Brandi plays our game in honor of her new album "Return To Myself" called, "Returning To the Store." Three questions about people returning purchases to the store.
Panel Questions
A New Excuse on Test Day
Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: License to Be Embarrassed; A Name Spelled Any Other Way, Would Smell Just as Bad; The Dangers of Getting Down
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else
Predictions
Our panelists predict, what will our beloved Bill Kurtis do next?
