Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!
5/23/202647 min
This week, we bid a fond farewell to our beloved Bill Kurtis with Brandi Carlile and panelists Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad, and Paula Poundstone
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First 90 secondsPeter Sagal· Host0:00
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Bill Kurtis· Host0:14
[upbeat music] From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!, the NPR news quiz. I'm legendary anchorman Bill Kurtis.
Luke Burbank· Panelist0:28
[laughs] [laughs] [cheering] Well, that's... Where, where are we?
Peter Sagal· Host0:42
Yeah.
Bill Kurtis· Host0:42
[laughs] [laughs] And here's your host at the Studebaker Theatre at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Peter Sagal.
Peter Sagal· Host0:51
[cheering] Thank you, Bill. Thank you, everybody. Uh, we got a great show for you today. Later on, we're gonna be talking to the fabulous singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, but first... Back in 2014, when our original judge and scorekeeper Carl Kasell retired, someone suggested that we should ask Bill Kurtis to succeed him, and I said, "Are you nuts?" [laughs] Why would Bill Kurtis, groundbreaking journalist and giant of broadcasting, squander his hard-earned reputation doing our silly little show every week? Well, today,