Aug 29, 2026 · 51 min · 22 segments
This week, magician Carisa Hendrix joins panelists Peter Grosz, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Tig Notaro to talk fire-eating, drag, and cheetos. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over…
Peter SagalHost
Peter GroszPanelist
Carissa HendrixGuest
Tig NotaroPanelist
Alzo SladeHost
Joyelle Nicole JohnsonPanelist
[upbeat music] From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, the NPR news quiz.
And here's your host at the Studebaker Theatre at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Peter Sagal.
Um, hey, b- before we get started, we just want to pay tribute, uh, to the great Dolly Parton, uh, who we lost this week.
And as I'm sure you've seen, all week people have been coming forward with stories we didn't know about her incredible generosity.
In fact, when you put on your winter coat for the first time in a month or so and find $20 in the pocket- [laughs] ... turns out she put that there.
[laughs]
Later on, we're gonna be talking to magician Carissa Hendrix, better known as her alter ego, Lucy Darling, but right now it's your turn to call in and play our games.
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[upbeat music] From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, the NPR news quiz.
And here's your host at the Studebaker Theatre at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Peter Sagal.
Um, hey, b- before we get started, we just want to pay tribute, uh, to the great Dolly Parton, uh, who we lost this week.
And as I'm sure you've seen, all week people have been coming forward with stories we didn't know about her incredible generosity.
In fact, when you put on your winter coat for the first time in a month or so and find $20 in the pocket- [laughs] ... turns out she put that there.
[laughs]
Later on, we're gonna be talking to magician Carissa Hendrix, better known as her alter ego, Lucy Darling, but right now it's your turn to call in and play our games.