Quick Takes
Tom Hanks to guest host ‘Wait, Wait’
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Regular host Peter Sagal will be on vacation.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #84: A live show about how to do live shows
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“There should be an element of suspense. There should be a thing that’s kind of hanging that we’re hoping either succeeds or fails.”
Programs/Content
‘We blew it’: ‘Wait, Wait’ apologizes for Ann Arbor show
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The program drew criticism from an Ypsilanti, Mich., station after a recent live taping.
Quick Takes
Wednesday roundup: WQED looks for alums; St. Louis newsroom ‘reborn’ with Ferguson coverage
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Plus: Paula Poundstone says NPR listeners are “polite and fun. There’s not a lot of head-bangers.”
Quick Takes
Tuesday roundup: Reveal comes to public TV; new classical blogger takes the reins
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Plus: A new classical station in North Carolina, and Mo Rocca’s Village digs.
Programs/Content
President Obama calls in tribute for Kasell’s Wait Wait sign off
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Carl Kasell capped more than three decades at NPR with a taping of his final Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! episode and an auditorium full of admirers.
Quick Takes
Tuesday roundup: Headlee joins GPB, revamped History Detectives premieres July 1
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Plus: A Frontline filmmaker wins a WGBH fellowship, and Wait Wait makes a cameo on The Simpsons.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: Tiny Desk Concerts heading to Roku, Carl Kasell’s greatest hits
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Plus: PBS’s retired longtime chief engineer receives a prestigious industry award.
People
Kasell retiring from Wait Wait, but not from answering-machine duties
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Former NPR newscaster Carl Kasell, whose “voice on your home answering machine” has been the ultimate prize on Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! for 16 years, is retiring, he announced today.