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'Wait Wait' for January 4, 2025: Happy New Year Edition!

Published January 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM CST
Kristen Kish attends the Critics Choice Association's Inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on June 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Kristen Kish attends the Critics Choice Association's Inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on June 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

This week, we ring in the New Year by reminding ourselves of what made the old one so great, including interviews with Kristin Kish, Bill Cowher, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin.

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