EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center|'Wait Wait' for November 18, 2023: Live from Maine!

2025-05-06 21:55:42source:Alaric Bennettcategory:Scams

This week's show was recorded at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland,EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center Maine, with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Stephen Smith and panelists Maeve Higgins, Hari Kondabolu and Roy Blount Jr. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Who's Bill This Time
Capitol Thunder Dome; A Shake-Up In the Checkout Aisle; Eau de Infant

Panel Questions
Orion's Tool Belt

Bluff The Listener
Our panelists read three stories about attempts to restore a reputation, only one of the which is true.

Not My Job: We quiz L.L. Bean CEO Stephen Smith on jelly beans
No clothing company represents Maine better than L.L. Bean. We ask CEO Stephen Smith about the company's century-long history, and then play a game with him we call, "You can't spell 'jelly bean' without 'L.L. Bean.' "

Panel Questions
Birthday Diplomacy; Old Tweets (Travis' Version)

Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: The Benefits of Not Telling; An Oreo Conspiracy; Fine Feathered Wi-Fi

Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Predictions
Our panelists predict, now that we have a special scent for babies, what's next for the perfume industry.

More:Scams

Recommend

Taylor Swift Cancels Austria Concerts After Confirmation of Planned Terrorist Attack

Taylor Swift’s upcoming concerts in Austria were the target of an alleged terror plot.Authorities in

Congress demands answers after safety regulator misses deadline on potentially lifesaving new rules for vehicle seats

The nation's top auto safety regulator was given two years by order of Congress to make vehicle seat

Effort to end odd-year elections for governor, other state offices wins Kentucky Senate approval

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A long-running effort to shift Kentucky’s elections for governor and other sta