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This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with guest host Negin Farsad, special guest Becca Mann and panelists Shantira Jackson, Hari Kondabolu, and Adam Felber

Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist and conservationist, died this week at the age of 91. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on her legacy and love for chimpanzees.

Hamas responded to an American proposal to end Israel's war in Gaza and said it would return all remaining hostages. But big uncertainties remain over the proposal's next steps.

NPR's Scott Simon asks NBC News Entertainment Correspondent Chloe Melas about the sentence handed to Sean Combs for two prostitution-related charges.

We look at where Congress is in negotiating its way out of a government shutdown that is in its fourth day, with no solution in sight.

The White House is using the government shutdown to push aggressive plans to further cut the federal workforce and control spending.

One of the last surviving combat veterans of the Tuskegee Airmen, George Hardy died last week aged 100. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Leon Butler Jr. from the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. about his legacy.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant talk about the Major League Baseball Playoffs, which include the Los Angeles Dodgers as they attempt to repeat as champions.

Following his retirement, former U.S. Ambassador George Kent cycled across the U.S. to raise awareness and money for the Ukrainian war effort. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Kent about his journey.

A Utah court has ordered lawmakers to redraw their congressional districts, which could help Democrats in the midterm elections. The influential Mormon Women for Ethical Government was one of the groups that forced the order.