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February 21, 2026 47 mins
This week, we give out our own Olympic gold medals to some of our favorite guests and segments of the past year, with Roy Choi, Cynthia Nixon, Ally the Piper, and more!

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More behind the scenes at the Milan Cortina Olympics with unsung heroes of the Winter Games. Mike and Ian talk with a curling legend, find out where those big stones come from and meet a guy snowboarders couldn't land without.

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This week, KPop Demon Hunters' Arden Cho joins us to talk about Rumi, the World Series of Poker, and how NOT to behave when you're about to propose. Plus, the Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone, and Beth Stelling shut down El Paso's airport and confess to cheating at the Olympics. 

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February 11, 2026 18 mins

This week: Mike and Ian talk with an Olympic Ice Master, help a listener who keeps meeting people with their same name, and get to the bottom of a mysterious survey glitch.

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This week, we're joined by Mychal Threets, the world's most popular librarian, who talks about Library Joy and rebooting Reading Rainbow. Plus, panelists Tom Bodett, Josh Gondelman, and Tig Notaro prepare for the big game by eating goo

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February 4, 2026 23 mins
Mike and Ian are back, just in time for the opening ceremony at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan/Cortina. Olympians and Starfleet Captains share how to carry the torch, fly through the air, and mentally prepare for the big games.


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"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and Annie Rauwerda preview "Melania: A Documentary"

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January 24, 2026 46 mins
This week, special guest Kevin O'Leary joins panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson, and Mo Rocca

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January 17, 2026 47 mins
This week, special guest Kali Reis joins panelists Rachel Coster, Hari Kondabolu, and Luke Burbank

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This week, we anticipate good things from 2026 by remembering the moments that made 2025 so fun

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January 10, 2026 47 mins
This week, special guest Delroy Lindo joins Paula Poundstone, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Roy Blount, Jr. 

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This week, we celebrate the holidays with some of our favorite guests and a trip back to Hawaii!

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December 20, 2025 48 mins
This week, special guest Rhea Seehorn joins panelists Josh Gondelman, Hari Kondabolu, and Paula Poundstone

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It's another Peter AMA (Ask Me Anything)! Wait Wait visual host Emma Choi puts your questions to the big man himself -- Peter Sagal. If he had to listen to one song for the rest of his life what would it be? What actor would Peter cast to play him in a Wait Wait movie? What does Peter listen to when he runs? We get answers to those and other questions, including one about Peter's role in the making of "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights"...
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December 13, 2025 49 mins
This week, special guest Lucy Dacus joins panelists Tom Bodett, Adam Burke, and Helen Hong

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December 10, 2025 27 mins
Ian and Mike help a listener lighten the mood with her clients, help another listener mess with an opponent’s free throw shot, and Peter Sagal shares his secret for falling asleep on an airplane.


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December 6, 2025 48 mins
We're live in Phoenix with special guest Andy Richter and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Luke Burbank, and Shantira Jackson!

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November 29, 2025 47 mins
This week, we celebrate Thanksgiving with some of the segments we're most grateful for

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November 26, 2025 19 mins

Ian and Mike look to the skies to help a listener solve her problem with motion sickness. Plus, a survivor of the longest recorded traffic jam in history shares how she got through it.

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This week, Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper join Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Zach Zimmerman, and Faith Salie

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