List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes (2022)

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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 2022. [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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Thru the week of June 4, unless otherwise indicated, Wait Wait episodes were produced through the facilities of the show's co-producer, WBEZ/Chicago, with participants joining the show through Zoom links. From the episode of June 11 onward, also unless otherwise indicated, episodes originated with live audiences from its new regular home, the Studebaker Theatre at Chicago's Fine Arts Building. [2] (The program had originated from the Chase Auditorium from 2005 until just before the COVID-19 pandemic commenced in early 2020.)

January

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
January 1"Best of" episode featuring basketball stars Brook & Robin Lopez and actors André De Shields, Martin Short, & Jane Kaczmarek
January 8Astronaut Woody Hoburg Alonzo Bodden, Peter Grosz, Roxanne Roberts
January 15Singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves Emmy Blotnick, Helen Hong, Maz Jobrani
January 22Actor Brian Cox Cristela Alonzo, Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca
January 29Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Karen Chee, Josh Gondelman, Alzo SladeGuest host Negin Farsad

February

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
February 5Shermann "Dilla" Thomas, presenter of a TikTok series on Chicago's history [3] Adam Burke, Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone Show recorded at Chicago's Harris Theater
February 12Musician Patti Smith [4] Bobcat Goldthwait, Maeve Higgins, Hari Kondabolu
February 19Novelist Marlon James Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, Ashley RayIncludes tributes to panelist P. J. O'Rourke (d. February 15, 2022)
February 26"Best of" episode featuring actor Ed Begley, Jr., journalist Yamiche Alcindor, chef Antoni Porowski, and rapper/actor RZA

March

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
March 5Television personality Porsha Williams Joel Kim Booster, Hari Kondabolu, Faith Salie Show recorded in Atlanta, GA (Fox Theatre)
Guest announcer/scorekeeper Chioke I'Anson
March 12Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor Negin Farsad, Paula Poundstone, Alzo Slade
March 19Actress Zazie Beetz Roy Blount, Jr., Helen Hong, Mo Rocca
March 26Historian Dan Snow Emmy Blotnick, Luke Burbank, Roxanne Roberts

April

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
April 2Musician Slash Cristela Alonzo, Maeve Higgins, Tom Papa
April 9Actor Matt Walsh Alonzo Bodden, Karen Chee, Helen Hong Show recorded at Chicago's Harris Theater
April 16"Best of" episode featuring actors Bashir & Sultan Salahuddin, musicians Chance the Rapper & Michelle Zauner, and hockey star P. K. Subban
April 23Actor/writer Stephen Merchant Maz Jobrani, Ashley Ray, Faith Salie
April 30 Vermiculturist Myles StubblefieldMaeve Higgins, Amy Dickinson, Alzo SladeShow recorded in Buffalo, NY (Shea's Performing Arts Center) [5]

May

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
May 7Actor Adam Scott Emmy Blotnick, Maz Jobrani, Paula Poundstone
May 14Comedian/actress Hannah Einbinder Peter Grosz, Laci Mosley, Faith Salie
May 21Singer/actress Mandy Moore Alonzo Bodden, Maeve Higgins, Tom Papa
May 28 Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor, co-hosts of the Ear Hustle podcastMaz Jobrani, Paula Poundstone, Adam Burke Show recorded in San Francisco, CA (Sydney Goldstein Theater)

June

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
June 4Previously unaired panel segments
"Farewell to Zoom" "best of" episode featuring musician Kacey Musgraves, actors Audra McDonald & Brian Cox, and astronaut Woody Hoburg
June 11Actor Kenan Thompson Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad, Hari Kondabolu Wait Wait's first episode at the Studebaker Theatre
June 18Actor Sean Hayes Brian Babylon, Bobcat Goldthwait, Maeve Higgins
June 25Writers/producers Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda Adam Burke, Peter Grosz, Helen Hong

July

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
July 2Graffiti artist Darryl "Cornbread" McCray Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, Faith Salie Show recorded in Philadelphia, PA (Mann Center)
July 9Previously unaired segments, including an interview with rapper Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Encore segments including interviews with musician Slash and historian Dan Snow
July 16 Pitchfork editor-in-chief Puja PatelEmmy Blotnick, Adam Burke, Paula Poundstone Guest host Tom Papa
July 23Actor Nathan Lane Josh Gondelman, Cristela Alonzo, Matt Rogers
July 30Actor Jeremy Allen White Faith Salie, Bobcat Goldthwait, Helen Hong

August

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
August 6Comedian/writer Robin Thede Adam Burke, Amy Dickinson, Hari Kondabolu Guest host Negin Farsad
August 13"Live and in-person" "best of" episode featuring actors Steve Buscemi, Aidy Bryant, Alan Cumming & Jeff Daniels and drummer Lars Ulrich
August 20"Best of" episode featuring conductor Marin Alsop, choreographer Garth Fagan, drag performer Peaches Christ, and singers Renée Fleming & Josh Groban
August 27Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia Eleanor Holmes Norton Alzo Slade, Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett Show recorded in Vienna, VA (Wolf Trap)

September

DateGuestPanelists
September 3Comedian Chris Estrada Maeve Higgins, Skyler Higley, Mo Rocca
September 10Comedian Abbi Jacobson Luke Burbank, Paula Poundstone, Faith Salie
September 17Comedian Mohammed Amer Roy Blount Jr., Adam Burke, Helen Hong
September 24TV personality and Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end Michael Strahan Karen Chee, Negin Farsad, Shane O'Neill

October

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
October 1Writer/comedian Julio Torres Hari Kondabolu, Tom Papa, Dulcé Sloan
October 8Actor Ralph Macchio Emmy Blotnick, Adam Felber, Alzo Slade
October 15Previously unaired segments, including an interview with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
Encore segments including interviews with actors Jeremy Allen White and Mandy Moore
October 22Author/activist Ibram X. Kendi Alonzo Bodden, Amy Dickinson, Josh Gondelman Show recorded in Boston, MA (Wang Theatre)
October 29Comedian Hasan Minhaj Helen Hong, Shane O'Neill, Mo Rocca

November

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
November 5Late-night TV personality Amber Ruffin Karen Chee, Maz Jobrani, Hari Kondabolu
November 12Actor/comedian Craig Robinson Brian Babylon, Negin Farsad, Tom Papa
November 19Freddie Johnson, brand ambassador and tour guide at the Buffalo Trace Distillery Adam Burke, Paula Poundstone, Alzo SladeShow recorded in Louisville, KY (Palace Theatre)
November 26"Best of" episode featuring actor Nathan Lane, Pitchfork editor-in-chief Puja Patel, graffiti artist Darryl "Cornbread" McCray, and playwright Jeremy O. Harris

December

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
December 3Actor/comedian Dana Carvey Josh Gondelman,Skyler Higley, Paula Poundstone
December 10Television personality Gayle King Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, Faith Salie Show recorded in New York City, NY (Carnegie Hall)
December 17Musician Andrew Bird Adam Burke, Zainab Johnson, Tom Papa
December 24Actress/director Sarah Polley Adam Burke, Roxanne Roberts, Shane O'NeillGuest announcer/scorekeeper Chioke I'Anson
December 31"Best of 2022" episode featuring actors Ralph Macchio & Matt Walsh, U.S. House delegate for D.C. Eleanor Holmes Norton, and podcast hosts Earlonne Woods & Nigel Poor

References

  1. ↑ "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! archive". npr.org NPR:National Public Radio. npr.org. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  2. ↑ "'Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!' resumes live tapings in brand new Chicago location". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  3. ↑ "TikTok’s Dilla The Urban Historian Is Educating Followers And Challenging Chicago Stereotypes — 60 Seconds At A Time," from Block Club Chicago, 5/20/2021 (accessed 2/19/2022)
  4. ↑ "'Wait Wait' for Feb. 12, 2022: With Not My Job guest Patti Smith" from NPR.org (accessed 2/12/2022)
  5. ↑ "It was worth the 'Wait Wait'," from WBFO.org, 4/29/2022
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