"Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" recorded episode in Chicago with Peter Sagal as host, discussing "Daddio" and quizzing Eric Idle about spam emails.

On October 12, 2024, "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" aired an episode recorded in Chicago, hosted by Peter Sagal with judge Bill Kurtis and guest Eric Idle, a Monty Python founder. The panelists—Negin Farsad, Shane O'Neill, and Eugene Cordero—discussed three news stories about the phrase "Daddio," quizzed Idle on spam emails related to his book "The Spamalot Diaries," and predicted the next major hoax after Blue Zones.