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The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! that aired during the NPR news panel game's first year in 1998. Dan Coffey served as original host until being succeeded by Peter Sagal in May. Carl Kasell served 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.

January

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Date Guest Panelists
January 3 Roy Blount, Jr., Roxanne Roberts, Peter Sagal
January 10 Roxanne Roberts, Peter Sagal, Margo Kaufman
January 17 Roxanne Roberts, Amy Dickinson, Charlie Pierce
January 24 Margo Kaufman, Roxanne Roberts, Peter Sagal
January 31 Tim Foecke, Titanic scientist [1] Roy Blount, Jr., Margo Kaufman, Peter Sagal

February

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Date Panelists
February 7 Margo Kaufman, Roxanne Roberts, Peter Sagal
February 14
February 21
February 28

March

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Date Panelists
March 7 Roy Blount, Jr., Margo Kaufman, Peter Sagal
March 14 Margo Kaufman, Peter Sagal, Roxanne Roberts
March 21 Roxanne Roberts, Peter Sagal, Charlie Pierce
March 28 Margo Kaufman, Peter Sagal, Adam Felber

April

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Date Panelists Notes
April 4 Margo Kaufman, Roxanne Roberts, Peter Sagal
April 11 Roxanne Roberts, Peter Sagal, Charlie Pierce
April 18 Margo Kaufman, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
April 25 Margo Kaufman, Roxanne Roberts, Peter Sagal Dan Coffey's final episode as host

May

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
May 2 NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts Peter Sagal's first episode as host
First edition of the "Not My Job" guest segment[2]
May 9 Robert Siegel, host of NPR's All Things Considered
May 16 NPR correspondent Peter Overby First episode to feature "Who's Carl This Time?" as a segment
May 23 NPR Pentagon correspondent Martha Raddatz Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Margo Kaufman
May 30 NPR correspondent Joe Palca Charlie Pierce, Margo Kaufman, Roxanne Roberts

June

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Date Guest Panelists
June 6 NPR newscaster Corey Flintoff Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
June 13 NPR Talk of the Nation host Ray Suarez Charlie Pierce, Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
June 20 Columnist and radio personality Bob Garfield Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Margo Kaufman
June 27 NPR Midwest correspondent Cheryl Corley Margo Kaufman, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

July

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Date Guest Panelists
July 4 This American Life host/producer Ira Glass Adam Felber, Margo Kaufman, Roxanne Roberts
July 11 NPR correspondent Renee Montagne Roy Blount, Jr., Roxanne Roberts, Charlie Pierce
July 18 NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Charlie Pierce
July 25 Linda Wertheimer, host of NPR's All Things Considered Margo Kaufman, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

August

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Date Guest Panelists
August 1 NPR science correspondent Richard Harris Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
August 8 NPR business reporter Madeleine Brand Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Charlie Pierce
August 15 NPR contributor Kevin Kling Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Margo Kaufman
August 22 NPR Theme music composer B. J. Leiderman Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
August 29 NPR Los Angeles correspondent Andy Bowers Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

September

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
September 5 NPR correspondent Neal Conan Roxanne Roberts, Margo Kaufman, Charlie Pierce
September 12 NPR correspondent Margo Adler Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
September 19 NPR State Department reporter Ted Clark Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Charlie Pierce
September 26 NPR senior correspondent Jacki Lyden First edition of the "Bluff the Listener" segment

October

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
October 3 Weekend Edition Saturday commentator Ketzel Levine Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
October 10 NPR cultural correspondent Dean Olsher Roy Blount, Jr., Roxanne Roberts, Margo Kaufman
October 17 no guest Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts First edition of the "Listener Limerick Challenge"
October 24 NPR media correspondent Brooke Gladstone Roxanne Roberts, Nell Benjamin, Charlie Pierce
October 31 NPR news reference librarian Kee Malesky Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts

November

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Date Guest Panelists
November 7 NPR correspondent Melissa Block Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
November 14 NPR transportation correspondent Steve Inskeep
November 21 NPR president Kevin Klose
November 28 Best Of Wait Wait Episode

December

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Date Guest Panelists
December 5 NPR environment correspondent John Neilsen Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
December 12 NPR London correspondent Michael Goldfarb Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber
December 19 NPR health care correspondent Joanne Silberner Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
December 26 Liane Hansen, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday

References

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  1. ^ "Wait Wait -- Don't Tell Me!". NPR. Archived from the original on 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  2. ^ "‘Wait Wait’ … Please Tell Me: The Story Behind NPR’s Beloved Quiz Show," from The Ringer, 1/4/2018
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