Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!

I was on the very popular NPR radio show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" on Friday. Kinda. Here's how it went. At TAM5, I met Peter Sagal, the host of "Wait Wait". He gave a great talk, and although we only talked briefly we hit it off. He was very funny and personable, which I guess you have to be if you're a successful NPR radio game show host. So weeks pass, and I'm on my way home. My cell phone rings. It's Peter! They have a segment on the show where they tell a contestant three stories about a topic, but only one is true. If the contestant guesses the right one, they win a prize -- the announcer will record their phone message for them, which I think is really funny. So Peter tells me they have NASA as their topic for tonight's live taping, but they found ...