Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · NPR
John Cusack rides his Vespa straight into our hearts
March 14, 2026·48 min·4 clips
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As heard by us
A boombox gag opens into a warm, unruly portrait of John Cusack's long pop-culture afterlife.
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! turns into a live-audience riff on John Cusack, with the host milking the Say Anything boombox gag before the talk opens out into the kind of career story Cusack himself calls a fever dream.
Why you'd press play
John Cusack, boombox jokes, and a lively Wait Wait segment with a rowdy live audience.
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