'Wait Wait' for October 17, 2026: We celebrate fall with our coziest guests!

OK NOBODY WARNED ME ABOUT THIS ONE, HAVE YOU HEARD THIS? NPR IS DOING A WHOLE THING FOR FALL CALLED WAIT WAIT AND IT IS APPARENTLY ABOUT COZY VIBES! SO NOW THEY HAVE SALLY FIELD AND ROBERT SMIGEL OF ALL PEOPLE GOING APPLE PICKING WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE I CANNOT PICTURE SALLY FIELD IN AN ORCHARD TRYING TO BE COZY WITH CARO CLAIRE BURKE AND JASON NARDUCY BUT THEY ARE THE GUESTS THIS WEEK! I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY PICKED APPLES OR IF IT IS JUST A METAPHOR BUT APPARENTLY THIS IS WHAT PASSES FOR A CELEBRATION OF AUTUMN OVER AT NPR THESE DAYS! IT SOUNDS WEIRDLY WHOLESOME AND I AM PERSONALLY VERY SUSPICIOUS OF HOW MUCH APPLE RELATED CONTENT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO CONSUME THIS WEEKEND. ANYWAY THAT IS THE STATE OF THINGS.

HOLD ON I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS ONE, NPR IS LITERALLY FORCING US INTO FALL MODE! THEY HAVE THIS SHOW WAIT WAIT DON'T TELL ME AND THEY DECIDED TO JUST DRAG SALLY FIELD AND ROBERT SMIGEL INTO THE WOODS FOR SOME APPLE PICKING THEME! IT IS SO RANDOM, LIKE WHY ARE JASON NARDUCY AND CARO CLAIRE BURKE INVOLVED TOO? ARE THEY JUST HANGING OUT IN A FIELD LISTENING TO PODCASTS WHILE THE REST OF US ARE TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AT A CLUB? I GUESS THIS IS THE COZIEST THEY COULD GET THEIR LINEUP BUT IT FEELS LIKE A LOT OF EXTRA EFFORT FOR A RADIO SHOW AND NOW I AM WONDERING WHO IS ACTUALLY DOING THE PICKING AND WHO IS JUST STANDING THERE LOOKING VAGUELY AUTUMNAL. ANYWAY I WILL BE FURIOUS ABOUT THIS TOMORROW.

NPR's 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!' is celebrating autumn this week with guests including Sally Field, Caro Claire Burke, Jason Narducy, and Robert Smigel.

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