List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes (1999)

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The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! , NPR's news panel game, that aired during 1999. The episodes, unless otherwise indicated, were hosted by Peter Sagal, with Carl Kasell serving as announcer and scorekeeper. Dates indicated are the episodes' original Saturday air dates. Job titles and backgrounds of the guests reflect their status at the time of their appearance.

Contents

January

DateGuestPanelists
January 2Best Of Wait Wait Episode
January 9Laura Lorson, All Things Considered swing editor
Sara Sarasohn, NPR associate producer
Rob Robinson, NPR senior librarian
Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
January 16 Frank Tavares, the voice of NPR's funding creditsRoy Blount, Jr., Roxanne Roberts, Adam Felber
January 23NPR newscaster Ann Taylor Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Andrea Michaels
January 30Music producer and Performance Today host Martin Goldsmith Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

February

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
February 6 Edward Lifson, NPR Berlin-based correspondent Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Margo Kaufman
February 13 Morning Edition host Bob Edwards Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
February 20 Weekend All Things Considered host Daniel Zwerdling Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Sue Ellicott
February 27NPR Senate correspondent Peter Kenyon Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne RobertsFirst show with Panelist Predictions

March

DateGuestPanelists
March 6NPR newscaster Korva Coleman Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
March 13NPR religion correspondent Lynn Neary Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Margo Kaufman
March 20 Jeffrey Dvorkin, NPR's vice-president of news & informationAdam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
March 27NPR correspondent Joe Palca Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Claudia Perry

April

DateGuestPanelists
April 3NPR correspondent John Burnett Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
April 10NPR economics reporter John Ydstie Roxanne Roberts, Andrea Michaels, Charlie Pierce
April 17NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
April 24NPR Congressional correspondent Brian NaylorRoy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Margo Kaufman

May

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
May 1Author and Only a Game host Bill Littlefield Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
May 8 All Things Considered senior producer Sean CollinsAdam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr. Guest hosted by Susan Stamberg, first show to have a guest host
May 15NPR environment correspondent John NielsenAdam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
May 22 Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of NPR's Car Talk Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
May 29NPR newscaster Jean Cochran Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Sue Ellicott

June

DateGuestPanelists
June 5 This American Life host Ira Glass Margo Kaufman, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
June 12NPR business correspondent Jack Speer Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber
June 19NPR business correspondent Jim Zarroli Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
June 26NPR Los Angeles bureau engineer Leo Del AguilaRoy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Sue Ellicott

July

DateGuestPanelists
July 3NPR All Things Considered host Robert Siegel Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
July 10NPR Southwest correspondent Wade Goodwyn
July 17NPR Chicago correspondent David Welna Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Sue Ellicott
July 24NPR newscaster Corey FlintoffSue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
July 31NPR correspondent Alex ChadwickAdam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr.

August

DateGuestPanelists
August 7 Manoli Wetherell, chief engineer of NPR's New York City bureau Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Margo Kaufman
August 14NPR food & culture contributor Vertamae Grosvenor Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
August 21 WBEZ/Chicago personality Jim NayderCharlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Sue Ellicott
August 28NPR cultural reporter and Anthem host Rick Karr Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts

September

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
September 4NPR science reporter David Baron Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
September 11NPR national desk reporter Snigda Prakash Roy Blount, Jr., Roxanne Roberts, Charlie Pierce Guest announcer/scorekeeper Jean Cochran
September 18 Bill Radke, Host of NPR and KUOW-FM/Seattle's RewindCharlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Sue Ellicott Guest announcer/scorekeeper Corey Flintoff
September 25NPR Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

October

DateGuestPanelists
October 2NPR Detroit correspondent Don Gonyea Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
October 9NPR reporter Adam Hochberg Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Sue Ellicott
October 16NPR White House correspondent Mara Liasson Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce
October 23NPR Talk of the Nation host Melinda Penkava Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
October 30Voiceover artist and Word Jazz host Ken Nordine Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

November

DateGuestPanelists
November 6NPR correspondent Mike Shuster Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
November 13Rachel Basofin, Erica Reid, and Hershal Shevade, staffers at NPR Listener ServicesRoxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr., Claudia Perry
November 20NPR Los Angeles correspondent Ina Jaffe Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Sue Ellicott

December

DateGuestPanelists
December 4NPR senior European correspondent Sylvia Poggioli Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
December 11Writer and broadcaster Studs Terkel
December 18NPR All Things Considered host Linda Wertheimer Charlie Pierce, Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott
December 25NPR Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

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