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‘Wait Wait’ for November 8, 2025: Live in Orange County with Roy Choi
Chef Roy Choi speaks on stage in Beverly Hills, California
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This week’s show was recorded in Orange County with host Peter Sagal, guest judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, Not My Job guest Roy Choi and panelists Karen Chee, Negin Farsad, and Tom Papa. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.
Who’s Alzo This Time
New York’s Feeling Blue; Junk Food Goes Posh; A Housekeeper with a Catch
Panel Questions
Guess The Louvre’s Passworduess the Louvre’s Password
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about jobs of the future, only one of which is true.
Not My Job: Chef, author, and food truck revolutionary Roy Choi answers our questions about other types of trucks
Chef Roy Choi, famous for revolutionizing food trucks, plays our game called, “Food Trucks? Meet these new trucks!” Three questions about different kinds of trucks.
Panel Questions
The GOAT and The Pup; Sweet Pettiness Rewarded
Limericks
Alzo Slade reads three news-related limericks: An Extra Dill Sandwich; Cookies to Be Thankful For; Get Your Lids Straight!
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn’t fit anywhere else
Predictions
Our panelists predict, now that they’ve started selling junk food, what will be the next big change at Whole Foods.
Matthew Rhys was nominated for his role in Widow’s Bay.
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The 2026 Emmy nominations are here. We’re unpacking the record-breaking nominations for Hacks, plus a big day for Widow’s Bay, The Pitt, and The Bear. We’ll also talk about the snubs and make some early predictions of who will win.
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Can you say no to a friend’s wedding?
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Are we spending too much on other people’s weddings?
Going to a friend’s weddings can be so fun and meaningful… but it can also really hurt your wallet. A survey by LendingTree found that 31% of people who had been to a wedding in the past five years had accrued debt to attend. So what’s driving up the cost of weddings for guests? And what makes it so hard to say no to these expenses?
Brittany breaks it down with Allyson Rees, senior analyst at trend forecasting firm WGSN, and Annie Joy Williams, assistant editor at The Atlantic.
This episode was produced by Liam McBain, with additional support from Corey Antonio Rose. It was edited by Neena Pathak. Our Supervising Producer is Cher Vincent. Our Executive Producer is Barton Girdwood. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.
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