Brandi Carlile
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Brandi Carlile has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Brandi CarlileAmerican singer-songwriter and member of The Highwomen
Carlile said she keeps her Grammys on top of the 1900 upright piano she has owned since age 18 and writes many songs on.
“I keep them all on top of my piano that I've had since I was 18. It's a 1900 upright old granny piano”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis! (May 23, 2026) · Listen from 26:08
Carlile recounted that her father dropped her off at a lake for a fight with two boys, which ended with them playing baseball together.
“we did get into a scuffle, and one of them fell in the lake, and we wound up playing the game of baseball”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis! (May 23, 2026) · Listen from 25:25
Carlile said her family did not rely solely on hunted game but that some elk and deer were shot from the window of their home.
“there were definitely a few elk and deer shot from the window”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis! (May 23, 2026) · Listen from 23:48
Carlile said she is frequently rebuffed, even by close friends.
“I've had moments, even with my closest friends, where they've been like, oh, piss off, Brandy”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis! (May 23, 2026) · Listen from 23:14
Podcasts
- Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · 1 episode
Episodes
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · May 23, 2026 · 47 min
Peter Sagal and panelists Negin Farsad, Luke Burbank, and Paula Poundstone play news games with guest Brandi Carlile as Bill Kurtis ends his 12-year run.