‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!’ host Peter Sagal tells his not-favorite things

Let Peter Sagal (ia801501.us.ar...) , host of NPR’s incredibly successful Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!, tell you this:
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He hates the show’s name.
He also hates the place where he creates that show.
You’ll learn why as you listen to a podcast of my onstage interview with Sagal (ia801501.us.ar...) -part of the Wednesday Journal Conversations series (www.oakpark.com...) -in which he talks about the show, his career, the Constitution under Donald Trump, the challenge sexual harassment poses to comedy writing, the differences between announcers Bill Kurtis and Carl Kasell, and much more … including Sagal’s affection for the village we both call home: Oak Park, Ill.
Hear here (archive.org/de...) how it went at Dominican University in River Forest, Nov. 20, 2017. Or listen on your favorite podcast player (feeds.feedburne...) , via Spotify (open.spotify.c...) , KZbin ( • Chicago Public Square ... ) and Pandora (www.pandora.co...) , on Amazon’s Alexa-powered speakers (www.amazon.com...) or on iTunes (itunes.apple.c...) (say “Hey, Siri! Play Chicago Public Square Podcasts”).
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P.S. Enjoy this? Check out the previous installment in this podcast series: My interview with President Obama’s former chief strategist, David Axelrod (www.chicagopubl...) .
P.P.S. Imagine how your advertisement or underwriting message would sound as part of the next in this podcast series, with a presence in the show and on this website. Interested? Write to [e-mail] (mailto:[e-mail])
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[@lifeisgood6074]

Love this, and love Peter Sagal- thanks for posting! Wait wait is something I look forward to every weekend!

[@TheRidgewatbrad]

That’s why I don’t give to NPR, I refuse to subsidize mediocrity. I’ve listened to NPR for the last thirty years and, Car Talk, Arkansas Traveler and all the rest, gone.

[@CharlieMeyerson]

Thanks for watching. But *what* is why you don’t give to NPR?