List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes (2001)

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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 2001. 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 6Singer/songwriter Dan Bern Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce
January 13NPR New York correspondent Melissa Block Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
January 20 Robert Siegel, the editor-in-chief of the satirical magazine the Onion Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Patt Morrison
January 27Singer Loudon Wainwright III Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

February

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
February 3 Ambassador and former U.S. Senator George McGovern Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
February 10NPR White House correspondent Don Gonyea Adam Felber, Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce Guest announcer/scorekeeper Corey Flintoff
February 17Writer and Morning Edition sports commentator Frank DeFord Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Paula Poundstone
February 24Amy Reiter, people columnist for Salon.com Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

March

DateGuestPanelists
March 3Author Simon Winchester Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce
March 10NPR Car Talk hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce, Roy Blount, Jr.
March 17NPR Performance Today host Fred Child Adam Felber, Patt Morrison, Roxanne Roberts
March 24 Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma Films Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Paula Poundstone
March 31Author and NPR commentator Gwen Macsai Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts

April

DateGuestPanelists
April 7Impressionist Jim Morris Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
April 14Actor/comedian Fred Willard Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Patt Morrison
April 21NPR On the Media co-host Bob Garfield Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Sue Ellicott
April 28Comedienne and author Margaret Cho Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce, Roy Blount, Jr.

May

DateGuestPanelists
May 5NPR All Things Considered host Linda Wertheimer Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
May 12Columnist and pundit Andrew Sullivan Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Paula Poundstone
May 19Columnist and author Dan Savage Adam Felber, Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott
May 26Commentator and author Sandra Tsing Loh Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

June

DateGuestPanelists
June 2Actress Amy Carlson Adam Felber, Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts
June 9Actor Dan Castellaneta Adam Felber, Patt Morrison, Charlie Pierce
June 16 Will Shortz, New York Times crossword editor and NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle expertAdam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
June 23Author Martin Amis Adam Felber, Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott
June 30Actor John Mahoney Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

July

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
July 7Encore of 5/27/2000 episode featuring NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg
July 14Author Sherman Alexie Sue Ellicott, Patt Morrison, Charlie Pierce
July 21Rock musician and producer Steve Albini Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
July 28 Jane editor/publisher Jane Pratt Patt Morrison, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne RobertsGuest announcer/scorekeeper Jean Cochran

August

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
August 4Cartoonist Bill Griffith Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber Guest announcer/scorekeeper Jean Cochran
August 11NPR Weekend All Things Considered host Lisa Simeone Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce
August 18Author Moon Unit Zappa Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
August 25 Paleontologist Paul Sereno Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Roxanne Roberts

September

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
September 1Actor/writer/author Al Franken Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts Guest host Adam Felber
September 8Author Salman Rushdie Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber
September 22Humorist and author P.J. O'Rourke Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
September 29Author and Studio 360 host Kurt Andersen Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Evan Smith Guest host Adam Felber

October

DateGuestPanelists
October 6 Bill Bastone, founder and editor of The Smoking Gun website Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber
October 13Musician John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
October 20 Yoga master Rodney Yee Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce
October 27Lawyer and author Jeffrey Toobin Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts

November

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
November 3 Tom and Dave Gardner of the Motley Fool investment site Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
November 10Dan Perkins (aka Tom Tomorrow), creator of the comic strip This Modern World Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr., Evan Smith
November 17Musician Gene Simmons of the rock band, KISS Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, P.J. O'Rourke Guest announcer/scorekeeper Jean Cochran
November 24Encore of 12/30/2000 episode featuring All Things Considered host Robert Siegel

December

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
December 1 Arizona Diamondbacks vice-president/general manager Joe Garagiola, Jr. Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce
December 8Actor & writer Simon Callow Guest announcer/scorekeeper Jean Cochran
December 15NPR & ABC news analyst Cokie Roberts Charlie Pierce, Roy Blount, Jr., Roxanne Roberts
December 22 Monologist Spalding Gray Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Evan Smith
December 29Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce

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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 6 million weekly listeners on air and via podcast.

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