List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes (2020)

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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 2020. [1] All episodes, unless otherwise indicated, feature host Peter Sagal and announcer/scorekeeper Bill Kurtis. 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.

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Through the week of March 7, unless also otherwise indicated, Wait Wait episodes originated from Chicago's Chase Auditorium. As a social distancing precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic, episodes after March 14 were produced without live audiences, [2] and from March 21 onward were produced through the facilities of Wait Wait co-producer WBEZ (participants joined the show through remote links). [3]

January

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
January 4Special episode of Wait, Wait highlights from the 2010s decade
January 11Journalist Ronan Farrow Luke Burbank, Adam Burke, Roxanne Roberts
January 18Culinary writer Alison Roman Tom Bodett, Maeve Higgins, Helen Hong
January 25 Olivia Nuzzi, Washington correspondent for New York magazine Negin Farsad, Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca Show recorded in Des Moines, IA (Des Moines Civic Center)

February

DateGuestPanelists
February 1Actress & filmmaker Isabella Rossellini Josh Gondelman, Maz Jobrani, Faith Salie
February 8Actor & playwright Tracy Letts Amy Dickinson, Peter Grosz, Hari Kondabolu
February 15Film/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 29Actor Will Arnett Joel Kim Booster, Luke Burbank, Roxanne Roberts

March

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
March 7TV personality Karamo Brown Demi Adejuyigbe, Mo Rocca, Faith Salie
March 14Rap artist Big Boi Tom Bodett, Peter Grosz, Helen Hong Show recorded in Atlanta, GA (Fox Theatre)
March 21Late-night TV personality Stephen Colbert Luke Burbank, Maz Jobrani, Paula Poundstone
March 28Fashion expert Tim Gunn Peter Grosz, Adam Burke, Negin Farsad

April

DateGuestPanelists
April 4Comedian/actor Kumail Nanjiani & writer Emily V. Gordon Alonzo Bodden, Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca
April 11Chef and food writer Samin Nosrat Tom Bodett, Josh Gondelman, Helen Hong
April 18 Fenway Park organist Josh Kantor (Wash Your Hands with Bill) [4]
Actor Tom Hanks (Not My Job)		 Negin Farsad, Adam Felber, Peter Grosz
April 25Actress Allison Janney Mo Rocca, Luke Burbank, Faith Salie

May

DateGuestPanelists
May 2Actress Christine Baranski Alonzo Bodden, Joel Kim Booster, Amy Dickinson
May 9Late-night TV personality Samantha Bee Adam Burke, Helen Hong, Mo Rocca
May 16Figure skater Adam Rippon Negin Farsad, Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone
May 23Astronaut Christina Koch Tom Bodett, Maz Jobrani, Alison Leiby
May 30"Best of" episode featuring skateboarder Tony Hawk, musician Jeff Tweedy, and segments from various Wait Wait road trips

June

DateGuestPanelists
June 6Author/comedian Sarah Cooper Alonzo Bodden, Peter Grosz, Helen Hong
June 13Rock climber Ashima Shiraishi Negin Farsad, Josh Gondelman, Jessi Klein
June 20Evolutionary biologist Daniel K. Riskin Joel Kim Booster, Tom Papa, Roxanne Roberts
June 27Actor Don Cheadle Hari Kondabolu, Mo Rocca, Faith Salie

July

DateGuestPanelists
July 4"Best of 2020" episode featuring rap artist Big Boi; actors Tom Hanks and Allison Janney; comic Kumail Nanjiani & writer Emily V. Gordon; and all-Bill Kurtis segments
July 11Actress/activist Jameela Jamil Maeve Higgins, Maz Jobrani, Paula Poundstone
July 18Writer and psychologist Maria Konnikova Demi Adejuyigbe, Alonzo Bodden, Amy Dickinson
July 25Culinary writer and TV host Padma Lakshmi Peter Grosz, Jessi Klein, Dulcé Sloan

August

DateGuestPanelists
August 1Actor/comedian Ramy Youssef Josh Gondelman, Helen Hong, Negin Farsad
August 8Actor Bryan Cranston Tom Bodett, Joel Kim Booster, Tracy Clayton
August 15"Best of" episode featuring filmmaker Isabella Rossellini, late-night host Stephen Colbert, food writer Samin Nosrat, and classic Bill Kurtis and Mo Rocca segments
August 22"Best of" episode featuring actor Will Arnett, TV personalities Samantha Bee & Karamo Brown, and Film/TV director Barry Sonnenfeld
August 29Actress Cecily Strong Mo Rocca, Alonzo Bodden, Maeve Higgins

September

DateGuestPanelists
September 5Aviator/adventurer Kellee Edwards Adam Felber, Josh Gondelman, Helen Hong
September 12Supermodel and TV host Tyra Banks Luke Burbank, Adam Burke, Jessi Klein
September 19Actor and singer Titus Burgess Hari Kondabolu, P. J. O'Rourke, Paula Poundstone
September 26 Jonna Mendez, former disguise chief for the CIA Alonzo Bodden, Joel Kim Booster, Dulcé Sloan

October

DateGuestPanelists
October 3 Karen Pierce, the United Kingdom's ambassador to the U.S. Brian Babylon, Maz Jobrani, Jessi Klein
October 10 Jason Ward, naturalist and outreach coordinator for the National Audubon Society Negin Farsad, Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca
October 17"Best of" episode featuring biologist Dan Riskin, writer/TV host Padma Lakshmi, figure skater Adam Rippon, and author/comedian Sarah Cooper
October 24Actor Doug Jones Eugene Cordero, Peter Grosz, Maeve Higgins
October 31Political consultant Mike Murphy Alonzo Bodden, Adam Burke, Faith Salie

November

DateGuestPanelists
November 7 Las Vegas Aces forward A'ja Wilson Helen Hong, Maz Jobrani, Dulcé Sloan
November 14Comedienne/actress Chelsea Peretti Alonzo Bodden, Joanna Hausmann, Maeve Higgins
November 21Actress Sarah Paulson Negin Farsad, Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca
November 28"Best of" episode featuring actors Ramy Youssef & Bryan Cranston, rock climber Ashima Shiraishi, and all-Bill Kurtis segments

December

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
December 5Former alpine skier Lindsey Vonn Eugene Cordero, Jessi Klein, Faith Salie Guest host Maz Jobrani
December 12Economist Robert Reich Adam Burke, Maeve Higgins, Mo Rocca
December 19Este and Alana Haim of the rock band Haim Tom Bodett, Peter Grosz, Helen Hong
December 26"At Home With Peter Sagal" and other previously unaired panel segments
"Best of 2020" encores featuring actors Don Cheadle & Titus Burgess and naturalist Jason Ward

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<i>Wait Wait... Dont Tell Me!</i> American news panel radio game show

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is an hour-long weekly news radio panel show produced by WBEZ and National Public Radio (NPR) in Chicago, Illinois. On the program, panelists and contestants are quizzed in humorous ways about that week's news. It is distributed by NPR in the United States, internationally on NPR Worldwide and on the Internet via podcast, and typically broadcast on weekends by member stations. The show averages about six million weekly listeners on air and via podcast.

References

  1. ↑ "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! archive". npr.org NPR:National Public Radio. pbs.org. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  2. ↑ Source: Peter Grosz on Twitter (posted 3/12/2020)
  3. ↑ Source: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! on Twitter (posted 3/18/2020)
  4. ↑ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! "Wash Your Hands with Bill," from NPR.org (posted 4/18/2020 and accessed 4/25/2020)
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