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Below are lists of guests and panelists on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Note that some guests appear without an explicit promotion despite being affiliated with a news agency, etc. All guests from the early years of 'Wait Wait' were NPRcorrespondents and personalities. The following lists contain a list of episodes for that particular year. 1998.
As with other NPR programs, Wait Wait offers a one-minute top-of-hour billboard teasing the program that will follow the network's hourly newscast (which traditionally starts at 1 minute past the hour). In this minute, the host offers a humorous comment on the week's news, mentions the identity of the week's interview guest, and sets up an out ...
The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, NPR's news panel game, that aired during 2021. All episodes, unless otherwise indicated, feature host Peter Sagal and announcer/scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, and are produced through the facilities of Wait Wait co-producer WBEZ/Chicago (participants join the show through remote links).
Film/TV director Barry Sonnenfeld. Alonzo Bodden, Helen Hong, Tom Papa. February 22. "Best of" episode featuring baseball pitcher Sean Doolittle, ecologist Nalini Nadkarni, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, and author/activist Gloria Steinem. February 29. Actor Will Arnett. Joel Kim Booster, Luke Burbank, Roxanne Roberts.
The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, NPR's news panel game, during 2012. Job titles and lines of work reflect the position of individuals at the time of the appearance. All shows, unless otherwise indicated, are hosted by Peter Sagal with announcer/scorekeeper Carl Kassel, and originated at Chicago's Chase Auditorium
Luke Burbank, Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts. March 10. Economist Austan Goolsbee. Alonzo Bodden, Tara Clancy, Faith Salie. March 17. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Tom Bodett, Helen Hong, Mo Rocca. Show recorded at The Bushnell in Hartford, Connecticut. March 24.
Novelist Carl Hiaasen. Mo Rocca, Roxanne Roberts, Alonzo Bodden. February 12. Sports-themed "Best of" episode, featuring Pete Carroll, Joey Harrington, Buster Olney, Kelly Slater, and Monica Seles. February 19. Actor John Leguizamo. Luke Burbank, Roxanne Roberts, Charlie Pierce. February 26. Actor Jesse Eisenberg.
Notes. February 4. Singer Mavis Staples. Faith Salie, Luke Burbank, Roxanne Roberts. February 11. Late night TV host Stephen Colbert. Faith Salie, Peter Grosz, Mo Rocca. Show recorded in Brooklyn, NY ( Brooklyn Academy of Music) Guest announcer/scorekeeper Glynn Washington.