Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Summary

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is a podcast show[1]. Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! ranks in the top 9% of podcast_show entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,283 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is the creator of Doug Berman[3].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s instance of is recorded as podcast show[4].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s instance of is recorded as radio series[5].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s genre is radio game show[6].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s genre is comedy podcast[7].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s genre is leisure podcast[8].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s presenter is recorded as Peter Sagal[9].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s Commons category is recorded as Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me![10].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! was distributed by audio podcast[12].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s review score is recorded as 4.575757575757576/5[13].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s original broadcaster is recorded as WBEZ[14].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s official website is recorded as http://waitwait.npr.org/[16].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me![17].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s web feed URL is recorded as https://www.npr.org/templates/rss/podcast.php?id=344098539[18].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s web feed URL is recorded as https://feeds.npr.org/344098539/podcast.xml[19].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+455'}[20].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"}[21].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s list of episodes is recorded as list of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes[22].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s event interval is recorded as {'unit': 'Q23387', 'amount': '+1'}[23].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s broadcast by is recorded as NPR[24].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+198693'}[25].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+170111'}[26].
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+210120'}[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is the creator of Doug Berman[3].

Publication

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include radio game show[6], comedy podcast[7], and leisure podcast[8]. Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! was distributed by audio podcast[12].

Reception

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s review score is recorded as 4.575757575757576/5[13].

Why It Matters

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! ranks in the top 9% of podcast_show entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,283 views/month).[2] Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Apple Podcasts. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Apple Podcasts. wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Podchaser. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Podchaser. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Back ache · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of episodes → {'amount': '+455'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'simple']
    Sitelink count → 4
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 13w ago · Zestier · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Thetvdb series id → 295560
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  3. 14w ago · Shatterdaymorn · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/041z1gp
    Genre → radio game show, comedy podcast, leisure podcast
    Commons category → Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    Imported from → —
    + 39 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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