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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.

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

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
January 4 Special episode of Wait, Wait highlights from the 2010s decade
January 11 Journalist Ronan Farrow Luke Burbank, Adam Burke, Roxanne Roberts
January 18 Culinary 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

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

March

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

April

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Date Guest Panelists
April 4 Comedian/actor Kumail Nanjiani & writer Emily V. Gordon Alonzo Bodden, Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca
April 11 Chef 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 25 Actress Allison Janney Mo Rocca, Luke Burbank, Faith Salie

May

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Date Guest Panelists
May 2 Actress Christine Baranski Alonzo Bodden, Joel Kim Booster, Amy Dickinson
May 9 Late-night TV personality Samantha Bee Adam Burke, Helen Hong, Mo Rocca
May 16 Figure skater Adam Rippon Negin Farsad, Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone
May 23 Astronaut 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

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

July

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Date Guest Panelists
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 11 Actress/activist Jameela Jamil Maeve Higgins, Maz Jobrani, Paula Poundstone
July 18 Writer and psychologist Maria Konnikova Demi Adejuyigbe, Alonzo Bodden, Amy Dickinson
July 25 Culinary writer and TV host Padma Lakshmi Peter Grosz, Jessi Klein, Dulcé Sloan

August

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Date Guest Panelists
August 1 Actor/comedian Ramy Youssef Josh Gondelman, Helen Hong, Negin Farsad
August 8 Actor 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 29 Actress Cecily Strong Mo Rocca, Alonzo Bodden, Maeve Higgins

September

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Date Guest Panelists
September 5 Aviator/adventurer Kellee Edwards Adam Felber, Josh Gondelman, Helen Hong
September 12 Supermodel and TV host Tyra Banks Luke Burbank, Adam Burke, Jessi Klein
September 19 Actor 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

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Date Guest Panelists
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 24 Actor Doug Jones Eugene Cordero, Peter Grosz, Maeve Higgins
October 31 Political consultant Mike Murphy Alonzo Bodden, Adam Burke, Faith Salie

November

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Date Guest Panelists
November 7 Las Vegas Aces forward A'ja Wilson Helen Hong, Maz Jobrani, Dulcé Sloan
November 14 Comedienne/actress Chelsea Peretti Alonzo Bodden, Joanna Hausmann, Maeve Higgins
November 21 Actress 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

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
December 5 Former alpine skier Lindsey Vonn Eugene Cordero, Jessi Klein, Faith Salie Guest host Maz Jobrani
December 12 Economist Robert Reich Adam Burke, Maeve Higgins, Mo Rocca
December 19 Este 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

References

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  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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