New episode of NPR: Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! has been posted!

WWDMT: Martinus Evans

Martinus Evans is a fitness influencer and the founder of the radically inclusive Slow AF Run Club. He may be proudly slow, but can he answer our questions about something fast AF, the Concorde jet?

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With the relevation that panelists can have non-integer scores at the start of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment from #WaitWaitDontTellMe shows back in 1998, I had to update the #WaitWait Stats library and family of applications. I've provided some details and links to the new versions in a new blog post.

Wait Wait Stats Update: Decimal Scores Part Two

https://blog.linh.social/2023/09/07/wait-wait-stats-update-decimal-scores-part-two/

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Listening to the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! shows from 1998, and the way the show and the rest of the media talk about Monica Lewinsky and the news around her does not age well full stop.

I know Peter Sagal has lamented about how they treated her, but it still was recorded, on the record, and aired.

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I have finished listening to almost every episode of #WaitWait from January 1998 through the end of July 1998. I'm still missing the audio file for May 23, 1998 and hope to get it from the archives in the coming weeks.

It's interesting to see how they tweak the format of each show and some of the segments, including when segments like Not My Job and Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank make their debuts.

If you would like to browse through the shows, notes and other tidbits that I've collected, they are now available at: https://stats.wwdt.me/shows/1998/

I have taken and uploaded photos of notes I've written down for each show that I've listened to on Flickr. The first photo from the 1998 shows starts at: https://flickr.com/photos/questionlp/53112167140/in/album-72157718939162790/

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New episode of NPR: Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! has been posted!

WWDTM: Bob Seger

Bob Seger is an Ann Arbor legend, a Rock-and-Roll Hall of Famer who also happens to be one of the best selling artists of all time. He made it big with "Night Moves" but can he answer our questions about Knight Moves, or chess strategies?

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Welp, the audio file that I got for the #WaitWaitDontTellMe that aired on May 23, 1998 wasn't for Wait Wait at all.

Now, I'll have to see if they can locate the show audio while I skip over the show and move on.

#sigh

A almost two weeks ago, I finished listening to the first set of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me shows that were hosted by Dan Coffey.

I just started listening to the first show where Peter Sagal became the new host. It is also the first show that featured the Not My Job segment.

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The new versions of the #WaitWait Stats Page, API, Graphs and Reports sites have been published and migrated to a new server.

The new versions add support for non-integer panelist scores across the board.

Stats Page: https://stats.wwdt.me
Stats API: https://api.wwdt.me
Graphs: https://graphs.wwdt.me
Reports: https://reports.wwdt.me

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As part of the sweeping updates that I'm making to the #WaitWaitStats sites, I am also migrating the site from one cloud provider to another.

In doing so, it's nice to have a server named in honor of Carl Kasell again.

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I have published a new blog post that provides an overview of the changes to the #WaitWaitStats projects that I have been working on to support decimal (non-integer) panelist scores.

While the code has been published for the Stats library, API, Graphs, Reports and Stats applications, I have not published the new versions to production yet. I hope to do so in the coming week.

Blog Post - Wait Wait Stats Update: Decimal Scores

https://blog.linh.social/2023/08/29/wait-wait-stats-update-decimal-scores/

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New episode of NPR: Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! has been posted!

WWDTM: Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson is the Grammy and Oscar-winning producer behind the score and soundtrack for Barbie. He joins guest host Negin Farsad and panelists Shantira Jackson, Alzo Slade, and Luke Burbank.

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So I hear that early #WaitWaitDontTellMe episodes like having non-integer points for panelists scores. Well, I'm just starting to work on supporting non-integer scores in the #WaitWaitStats database and applications. It'll probably be a little while before it's ready for production.

New episode of NPR: Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! has been posted!

WWDTM: 25th Year Spectacular Part VI!

Our deep dive into our 25 year history continues with appearances from Brian May, Esperanza Spalding, Cyndi Lauper and more!

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I have wrapped up listening to the Dan Coffey hosting era of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! and will begin listening to the Peter Sagal hosting era this coming week.

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"Blue Screen of Death" was the bonus phrase for the #WaitWaitDontTellMe that aired on March 7, 1998

😂😂😂😂

If you have been a #WaitWaitDontTellMe listener for a while, you would know that a winning listener contestant would get a custom message or greeting from Carl Kasell (#RIP), Bill Kurtis, and/or a panelist of their choosing.

That wasn't always the case. The earliest shows didn't have much of anything to give away, and there was mentions about a #WaitWait t-shirt. It wasn't until the listener contestant won the News Etymology segment on the show that aired February 28, 1998 did the prize become getting Carl Kasell's custom message on their answering machine or voicemail!

Show Notes: https://stats.wwdt.me/shows/1998/2/28

I'm so glad that half-points are no longer a thing on #WaitWaitDontTellMe

#WaitWaitStatsPersonProblems #WaitWaitStats

I'm listening to the #WaitWaitDontTellMe show that aired on January 10, 1998 and Margo Kaufman hit on something that @TechConnectify has griped about:

"Running lights and brake lights should not be the same color; because, I can't ever tell if the person ahead of me is stopping or putting along"

Listening to this week’s clip show of #WaitWaitDontTellMe im reminded of how much I miss having #CharliePierce on the show. #WaitWait

New Blog Post: Wait Wait Shows From 1998 to 1999

https://blog.linh.social/2023/08/13/wait-wait-shows-from-1998-1999/

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