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

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

* Top
* January
* February
* March
* April
* May
* June
* July
* August
* September
* October
* November
* December

## January

| Date | Guest | Panelists |
| January 2 | Best Of Wait Wait Episode | Best Of Wait Wait Episode |
| January 9 | Laura 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 credits | Roy Blount, Jr., Roxanne Roberts, Adam Felber |
| January 23 | NPR newscaster Ann Taylor | Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Andrea Michaels |
| January 30 | Music producer and Performance Today host Martin Goldsmith | Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts |

## February

| Date | Guest | Panelists | Notes |
| 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 27 | NPR Senate correspondent Peter Kenyon | Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts | First show with Panelist Predictions |

## March

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

## April

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

## May

| Date | Guest | Panelists | Notes |
| May 1 | Author and Only a Game host Bill Littlefield | Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts | |
| May 8 | All Things Considered senior producer Sean Collins | Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr. | Guest hosted by Susan Stamberg, first show to have a guest host |
| May 15 | NPR environment correspondent John Nielsen | Adam 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 29 | NPR newscaster Jean Cochran | Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Sue Ellicott | |

## June

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

## July

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

## August

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

## September

| Date | Guest | Panelists | Notes |
| September 4 | NPR science reporter David Baron | Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts | |
| September 11 | NPR 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 Rewind | Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Sue Ellicott | Guest announcer/scorekeeper Corey Flintoff |
| September 25 | NPR Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon | Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts | |

## October

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

## November

| Date | Guest | Panelists | Notes |
| November 6 | NPR correspondent Mike Shuster | Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts | |
| November 13 | Rachel Basofin, Erica Reid, and Hershal Shevade, staffers at NPR Audience Services | Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr., Claudia Perry | |
| November 20 | NPR Los Angeles correspondent Ina Jaffe | Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Sue Ellicott | |
| November 27 | Writer and broadcaster Studs Terkel | Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Charlie Pierce | Special "Wait Wait Are You Nuts?" edition with "Blunders, Bloopers and Bad Ideas" |

## December

| Date | Guest | Panelists |
| December 4 | NPR senior European correspondent Sylvia Poggioli | Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts |
| December 11 | NPR political editor Ken Rudin | Roxanne Roberts, Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber |
| December 18 | NPR All Things Considered host Linda Wertheimer | Charlie Pierce, Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott |
| December 25 | NPR Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen | Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts |