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'Wait Wait' for November 9, 2024: With Not My Job guest Tara Dower

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Tara Dower runs the Appalachian Trail during her record-setting speed-hike

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This week’s show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, guest judge and scorekeeper Joshua Johnson, Not My Job guest Tara Dower and panelists Negin Farsad, Faith Salie, and Peter Grosz. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Who’s Bill This Time

A Fitting Headline; On and Off the Wagon; Super Screen Time

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Panel Questions

A Room With A View

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists have three updates from the paranormal world , only one of which is true.

Not My Job: Ultrarunner Tara Dower gets quized on Appalachian Cryptids

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Ultrarunner Tara Dower, who set a new record for the fastest time running the Appalachian Trail, plays our game called, “Try a Stroll Down These Appalachian Tales.” Three questions about folktales from Appalachia.

Panel Questions

The Must-Have Sleepover Accessory for Anxious Kids; Night-Night Clubbing

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Listen To Your Lilacs; A Pacifying Pack Animal; A New Reason To Fear Vampire Bats

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Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn’t fit anywhere else

Predictions

Our panelists predict, after enormous screen TVs, what will be the next giant thing we buy for our homes.

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Iris van Herpen Reaches for the Stars

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For Iris van Herpen, couture is a laboratory as much as a runway. Our chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, takes us inside this Dutch designer’s latest Paris show — from sci-fi-inspired gowns to an audacious attempt at a dress made of charged plasma.

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The BoF Podcast | Decoding Paris Haute Couture: Wonder, Restraint and the Call of the Void

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The BoF Podcast | Decoding Paris Haute Couture: Wonder, Restraint and the Call of the Void
Amidst a record-breaking heatwave, top brands and independent designers soldiered on, showcasing the creative obsessions and aesthetic shifts that defined the haute couture Autumn/Winter 2026 season. Imran Amed and Tim Blanks break it all down.
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‘The Invite’ is a marriage comedy with sex and heart

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‘The Invite’ is a marriage comedy with sex and heart
What happens when a simple dinner party goes off the rails? That’s the premise of The Invite, a very good new comedy directed by Olivia Wilde. Wilde also stars alongside Seth Rogen as a couple who invite their neighbors over for a meal, played by Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton. And it’s a heck of a dinner party, full of frank talk about sex and its complications.If you like slightly absurd relationship comedies, check out these episodes:’Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ is a stylish take on spy marriageIn Tina Fey’s ‘The Four Seasons,’ marriage is far from a vacationConnect with Pop Culture Happy Hour:Letterboxd / FacebookOur weekly newsletterSupport Pop Culture Happy Hour+
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