 was awarded a 2007 Peabody Award "For offering a droll, light-hearted alternative to both news and the cottage industry of punditry that surrounds it..."

The rotating stable of panelists has included comedians Paula Poundstone and Maz Jobrani; humorists Mo Rocca, Brian Babylon and Roy Blount Jr.; authors Tom Bodett, Adam Felber, and P. J. O'Rourke; journalists Faith Salie, and Kyrie O'Connor; actors Peter Grosz and Paul Provenza; Washington Post gossip columnist Roxanne Roberts; radio host Luke Burbank, and others.Celebrity guests have included Tom Hanks, Salman Rushdie, former US President Bill Clinton and then US Senator Barack Obama, US Senator John McCain, Martha Stewart, Paula Deen, Madeleine Albright, US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Gene Simmons, Trisha Yearwood, Elvis Costello, Clay Aiken, Matt Kenseth, US Congressman Adam Schiff, and many more.