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Peter Sagal: Wait Wait...PLEASE Tell Me!
December 11, 2009
Peter Sagal host, Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Host of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Peter Sagal tells all about his life, his career, and the phenomenally popular radio show. His talk is with members of Public Broadcasting Atlanta's Cornerstone Society the morning after the show was taped before a live Atlanta audience.

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Author: Peter Sagal
Publisher: It Books (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 272 pages
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