“Wait Wait Don’t Tell me…” is a National Public Radio (NPR) radio show that plays on the weekends.The show includes funny and extravagant trivia questions, with an abundance of laughs along the way. The Show is usually recorded in Chicago, but this time it was performed in front of a live audience in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Financial Theatre.

The show started off by introducing the host, Peter Sagal, and the guests. The announcer in the beginning of the program is professional photographer and comedian Alzo Slade, who was filling in for Bill Kurtis, who usually takes that job. The live performance introduces the guests next, however this is skipped in the aired version, jumping to the first of three listener guests, whose name is Liz. The panel guests are Shantira Jackson, author of the Book A Clean Slate, Luke Burbank, host of the daily podcast “Too Beautiful to Live” (TBTL), and finally is a Professional Comedian Alonzo Bodden. 

The first segment of the show was “who’s Alzo this time” where Alzo reads out quotes said by people in real life and Liz tries to fill in the blank. Liz ended up getting three out of three questions correct which earned her a prize. The show then turned over to the panel and played a separate game where the panelists had to guess what events happened in real life based off of the sentence Sagal gives. Sagal only asks Burbank one question about Donald Trump dozing off during a cabinet meeting. 

After the second and third caller guests, Sagal brings on stage Andy Richter, who had recently been on “Dancing with the Stars”. They carry out a quick interview and carry on with the show. After everything the production team in the back of the stage tells the Host and panelists to go back into any parts of the show that there was a stutter or a mistaken word. This is so that after the show gets edited, it is perfect to air and show to the United States.

Over all, the show was an amazing experience, and being a part of the crowd is even better. It was so interesting to see the process of making, and editing.