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  • 17 minutes 47 seconds
    HTDE: Crushes and Smells
    This week: How to tell your crush you like them. Plus, do smells really linger in your nose?


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    How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Schuyler Swenson. Technical direction from Lorna White.

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    15 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 47 minutes 5 seconds
    Wait Wait goes wild on spring break
    This week, we're celebrating spring break with our friends Rhea Seehorn, Delroy Lindo, Andy Richter, and Jon M. Chu. Plus, the panel gets in on the fun with some of our favorite questions from this past year. 

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    11 April 2026, 8:00 am
  • 48 minutes
    We become friends and neighbors with Olivia Munn
    Olivia Munn talks casing Steve Martin's house and being the only actor to talk too fast for Aaron Sorkin. Plus, panelists Rachel Coster, Peter Grosz, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson visit the Supreme Court

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    4 April 2026, 8:00 am
  • 26 minutes 17 seconds
    HTDE: Sheets and Blankets
    This week: Ian and Mike help a couple figure out who exactly is responsible for stealing the covers at night.

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    1 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 46 minutes 58 seconds
    We meet America's robo-teachers and take a nap in coach
    This week, we're live in Savannah with actor and director D.W. Moffett and panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson

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    28 March 2026, 8:00 am
  • 47 minutes 44 seconds
    We admire dimes and Aasif Mandvi gives breakup advice
    This week, we talk new dimes and where to spend them, and special guest Aasif Mandvi tells us the best way to get over an ex.

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    21 March 2026, 8:00 am
  • 17 minutes 37 seconds
    HTDE: Crickets and Clowns
    This week: How to tell the temperature outside without a thermometer. Plus, how clowns trademark their unique looks.


    Featuring Marlene Zuk and Julie Proctor.

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    18 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 47 minutes 45 seconds
    John Cusack rides his Vespa straight into our hearts
    This week, John Cusack joins us to talk high school reunions, graphic novels, and the secrets to keeping your Vespa's tank full. Plus, panelists Rachel Coster, Adam Felber, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson go on spring break

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    14 March 2026, 8:00 am
  • 47 minutes 32 seconds
    We say "So long!" to Kristi Noem and Benetti plays ball
    This week, Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad, and Hari Kondabolu offer Kristi Noem some parting words and we quiz the new voice of Sunday Night Baseball, Jason Benetti, on his knowledge of confetti

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    7 March 2026, 8:00 am
  • 23 minutes 13 seconds
    HTDE: The Breakfast Rule
    This week: How the Wait, Wait team decides what jokes are too inappropriate for the airwaves. Plus Mike and Ian help a caller with a personal grammar problem.

    Featuring author Keith Houston.

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    4 March 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 47 minutes 24 seconds
    We tackle the SOTU and Olympian Lilly King talks trash
    This week, we're live in Bloomington, Indiana with Olympic champion Lilly King and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith Salie

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    28 February 2026, 9:00 am
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