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'Wait Wait' for June 17, 2023: With Not My Job guest James Marsden

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This week's show was recorded at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, with host Peter Sagal, official judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest James Marsden and panelists Faith Salie, Adam Felber and Karen Chee. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Who's Bill This Time
The Inmate in Chief; Beige Flag Warnings; We're Wheel-y Going To Miss You, Pat

Panel Questions
An Intimate Conversation

Bluff The Listener
Our panelists read three stories about lessons taught by fathers, only one of which is true.

Not My Job: We ask Jury Duty's James Marsden about actual jury duty
James Marsden does it all, from romantic leads to mutants. But his role in Jury Duty may be the hardest of them all: James Marsden, but kind of a jerk? He knows his way around a fake jury, but can he answer our three quesions about actual juries?

Panel Questions
Putting The Tang in Space Food; Netflix Happy Meals; A Very Wall Street Journal Headline

Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks: A Fishy Travel Tip; Parents Who Try Too Hard; An Inheritance Nobody Wants

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Predictions
Our panelists predict, after the Wheel Of Fortune news, what will be the next big headline about a game show.

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