Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.
This week, Wait Wait is live at Carnegie Hall with special guest Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and panelists Paula Poundstone, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Mo Rocca
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