List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes (2021)

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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 2021. [1] 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). 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

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
January 2"Best of 2020" episode featuring actors Christine Baranski & Doug Jones, disguise expert Jonna Mendez, and adventurer Kellee Edwards
January 9Actress/singer Jane Krakowski Joel Kim Booster, Amy Dickinson, Maeve Higgins
January 16Singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad, Roxanne Roberts
January 23Actor/singer Mandy Patinkin and actor Kathryn Grody [2] Josh Gondelman, Helen Hong, Mo Rocca Guest announcer/scorekeeper Chioke I'Anson
January 30 White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Jessi Klein, Yassir Lester, Tom Papa

February

DateGuestPanelists
February 6Actor/screenwriter Owen Wilson Peter Grosz, Laci Mosley, Faith Salie
February 13 CNN anchor & political correspondent Abby Phillip Alonzo Bodden, Tom Bodett, Paula Poundstone
February 20"Best of" episode featuring supermodel/TV host Tyra Banks, actors Sarah Paulson & Andrew Rannells, and basketball player A'ja Wilson
February 27Aerospace engineer Swati Mohan Adam Felber, Mo Rocca, Dulcé Sloan

March

DateGuestPanelists
March 6Jordan Jonas, survival skills expert and Season 6 winner of Alone Brian Babylon, Peter Grosz, Charla Lauriston
March 13Comedians & late-night TV hosts Desus Nice and The Kid Mero Karen Chee, Josh Gondelman, Maz Jobrani
March 20 Sam Sifton, food editor of The New York Times Amy Dickinson, Negin Farsad, Mo Rocca
March 27Filmmaker Kemp Powers Alonzo Bodden, Helen Hong, Roxanne Roberts

April

DateGuestPanelists
April 3"Best of" episode featuring musician John Batiste and comediennes/actors Ali Wong and Chelsea Peretti
April 10Fitness instructor Ally Love Joel Kim Booster, Maeve Higgins, Paula Poundstone
April 17Singer/songwriter Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) Brian Babylon, Josh Gondelman, Faith Salie
April 24Actor/singer André De Shields Adam Burke, Negin Farsad, Mo Rocca

May

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
May 1 Tariq Trotter (Black Thought), rapper and lead MC of The Roots Adam Felber, Helen Hong, Laci Mosley
May 8Drag performer Symone Alonzo Bodden, Luke Burbank, Paula Poundstone
May 15 U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts Karen Chee, Peter Grosz, Hari Kondabolu Guest host Maz Jobrani
May 22Author and activist Jennifer Finney Boylan Tom Bodett, Negin Farsad, Maeve Higgins
May 29Actor/comedian/TV host Joel McHale Helen Hong, Cristela Alonzo, Jessi Klein

June

DateGuestPanelists
June 5"Best of" episode featuring comedians Desus Nice & The Kid Mero, actors Mandy Patinkin & Kathryn Grody, and musicians Este & Alana Haim
June 12Former NBA star and 2021 Hall of Fame enshrinee Chris Bosh Alonzo Bodden, Charla Lauriston, Roxanne Roberts
June 19Actress/writer Anna Konkle Luke Burbank, Faith Salie, Dulcé Sloan
June 26Musician and producer T-Pain Brian Babylon, Amy Dickinson, Josh Gondelman

July

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
July 3 Roger Bennett, soccer analyst and co-host of the Men in Blazers podcast Cristela Alonzo, Peter Grosz, Paula Poundstone Guest host Faith Salie
July 10Audience-themed "best of" episode featuring actors Leslie Odom, Jr. & Regina King and surfer Laird Hamilton
July 17Actress Phillipa Soo Gina Brillon, Helen Hong, Mo Rocca
July 24 Ellen Stofan, undersecretary for science & research at the Smithsonian Institution Karen Chee, Bobcat Goldthwait, Laci Mosley
July 31Actor/writer Stephen Fry Tom Bodett, Maeve Higgins, Hari Kondabolu

August

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
August 7 Larry Krasner, district attorney of Philadelphia Alonzo Bodden, Mo Rocca, Dulcé Sloan Show recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Mann Center)
Wait Wait's first show before a live audience since March 2020 [3]
August 14"Best of" episode featuring actors Zach Galifianakis & Charlie Day and soccer star Kristine Lilly
August 21"Relaxing" best-of episode featuring Singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, survival skills expert Jordan Jonas, animated filmmaker Jennifer Lee, and actor Owen Wilson
August 28Actress Jane Kaczmarek Josh Gondelman, Maz Jobrani, Paula Poundstone Show recorded in Lenox, MA (Tanglewood)
Guest announcer/scorekeeper Chioke I'Anson

September

DateGuestPanelists
September 4Actor Martin Short Emmy Blotnick, Peter Grosz, Helen Hong
September 11Chef and TV personality Antoni Porowski Luke Burbank, Maeve Higgins, Laci Mosley
September 18Journalist Yamiche Alcindor Cristela Alonzo, Brian Babylon, Tom Papa
September 25Actor Bowen Yang Roy Blount, Jr., Hari Kondabolu, Faith Salie

October

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
October 2Rapper/actor RZA Emmy Blotnick, Negin Farsad, Josh Gondelman
October 9Comedian Ilana Glazer Adam Burke, Helen Hong, Roxanne Roberts
October 16"Best of" episode featuring actors Joel McHale & Phillipa Soo, scientist Ellen Stofan, and rapper Black Thought
October 23Actor Clint Howard and filmmaker Ron Howard Alonzo Bodden, Karen Chee, Maz Jobrani
October 30 New Jersey Devils defenseman P. K. Subban Josh Gondelman, Amy Dickinson, Peter Grosz Guest host Negin Farsad

November

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
November 6Hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper Brian Babylon, Negin Farsad, Bobcat Goldthwait Show recorded at the Harris Theater in Chicago's Millennium Park
November 13Actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr. Alonzo Bodden, Emmy Blotnick, Paula Poundstone
November 20Basketball centers Brook Lopez (Milwaukee Bucks) and Robin Lopez (Orlando Magic) Adam Felber, Hari Kondabolu, Atsuko Okatsuka
November 27"Best of" episode featuring actor/writer Stephen Fry, author Jennifer Finney Boylan, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, and basketball hall of famer Chris Bosh

December

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
December 4Actress/singer Audra McDonald Adam Burke, Karen Chee, Maz Jobrani
December 11Actors Bashir and Sultan Salahuddin Cristela Alonzo, Luke Burbank, Maeve Higgins Show recorded at the Harris Theater in Chicago's Millennium Park
December 18Actress/singer Keke Palmer Tom Bodett, Mo Rocca, Faith Salie
December 25Previously unaired panel and contest segments
"Best of" segments featuring actor Bowen Yang, former alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and drag performer Symone

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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. npr.org. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  2. ↑ "Not My Job: Mandy Patinkin Is Big Into TikTok So We Quiz Him On Clocks," from NPR.org, 1/23/2021
  3. ↑ "Larry Krasner finally discusses his infamous ponytail on NPR’s ‘Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me,’" from The Philadelphia Inquirer , 8/6/2021
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