Tariq Trotter AKA Black Thought from The Roots

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.6 • 35.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Tariq Trotter, AKA Black Thought from The Roots, plays our game about "the suits," TV network and studio executives. He's joined by panelists Laci Mosley, Adam Felber and Helen Hong.

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0:00.0	From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is Wake, Wake, don't tell me the NPR news quiz.
0:11.6	The clock is ticking, so don't billy dally.
0:15.5	I'm Bill Curtis.
0:16.9	And here is your host, mmm, Wake.
0:20.0	Is this a surprise?
0:21.5	It's Anthony Hopkins?
0:22.5	Thank you Bill and thanks to our fake audience which we're keeping with tradition will stand
0:29.1	every time I say something they approve of.
0:31.1	Later on, we're going to be talking to Tareek Trotter, that are known as Black Thought.
0:35.6	He's the lead MC of the roots, which is among many other things.
0:38.6	The house band on the tonight show with Jimmy Fallon.
0:41.6	But let's focus on the right now show with you.
0:45.2	Give us a call and play our games.
0:46.6	The number is one, triple eight, wait, wait.
0:48.4	That's one, 888-9248-924.
0:50.6	Let's welcome our first listener contestant.
0:52.6	Hi, you're on, wait, wait, don't tell me.
0:54.1	Hi, my name is Alisa.
0:55.6	I'm calling from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
0:57.5	Hey, Milwaukee, right up the Lakeshore line from us.
1:01.1	What do you do there?
1:02.1	I am a visiting assistant professor up at Marquette University in the English department.
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