NPR's quiz show Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! hasn't taped an episode in Seattle since 2001, but last night at the Paramount, they had a sold-out venue full of Seattleites dressed up in their best fleeces eager to clap and guffaw on cue. Apparently, a radio show that runs about forty-five minutes on the air takes more than twice that live, including a humorously eerie segment at the end of the night where the cast quickly records disembodied do-overs of the lines they flubbed the first time around. more ›

Tomorrow morning, a local boy's going to try to make toothpaste confiscation funny: One of the few shows produced by NPR that actually achieves wit on a regular basis, Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me, is gonna be guest-hosted by a Seattleite for the next three weeks.

As our kids slouch back to school weighed down with our expectations for their futures, it might lighten their loads to hear a little about Luke Burbank, Nathan Hale High School and University of Washington grad, fast-rising NPR radio star and lifelong muck-up. more ›