The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! , NPR 's news panel game , that aired during 2024 .[ 1] All episodes, unless otherwise indicated, feature Peter Sagal as host and Bill Kurtis as announcer/scorekeeper, and originate from the Studebaker Theatre at Chicago 's Fine Arts Building . Dates indicated are the episodes' original Saturday air dates, and the job titles and backgrounds of the guests reflect their status and positions at the time of their appearance. On some occasions, member stations alter the episodes for their donation drive breaks, which only impact the show's airing within their broadcast area.
Date Guest Panelists Notes February 3[ 7] Kristen Kish , former chef and host of Season 21 of Top Chef Brian Babylon , Josh Gondelman , Joyelle Nicole Johnson Show recorded in Milwaukee, WI (Riverside Theater ) [ 8] February 10[ 9] Actress/producer Lena Waithe Adam Burke , Negin Farsad , Maz Jobrani February 17[ 10] Musicians Corin Tucker & Carrie Brownstein of rock band Sleater-Kinney Amy Dickinson , Hari Kondabolu , Dulcé Sloan Guest host Tom Papa February 24 "Best of" episode featuring actors Ray Romano , Rosie Perez , & Nick Kroll , musician Steve Earle , and Vanity Fair magazine editor Radhika Jones Guest announcer Chioke I'Anson
Date Guest Panelists Notes March 2[ 11] Rapper/singer Danny Brown Karen Chee , Alzo Slade, Peter Grosz Show recorded in Austin, TX (Bass Concert Hall ) March 9[ 12] Economic historian Claudia Goldin Josh Gondelman , Maeve Higgins , Roxanne Roberts March 16[ 13] Actor/comedian David Alan Grier Adam Burke , Paula Poundstone , Mo Rocca Guest announcer/scorekeeper Andy Richter March 23 Business executive and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs Adam Felber , Helen Hong , Hari Kondabolu March 30 "Best of" episode featuring actors John Stamos & Gabrielle Dennis , education activist Malala Yousafzai , political consultant David Axelrod , and beatboxer Kaila Mullady
Date Guest Panelists Notes June 1 "Best of" episode featuring musician Bob Seger , actresses Dakota Johnson & Michelle Rodriguez , filmmaker John Wilson , and long-distance runner Molly Seidel June 8 Radio host/comedian Charlamagne tha God Shane O'Neill, Alzo Slade, Karen Chee June 15[ 23] Singer/actress Michelle Williams Alonzo Bodden , Helen Hong , Paula Poundstone Show recorded at Chicago's Millennium Park (Jay Pritzker Pavilion ) [ 24] June 22[ 25] Disabled athlete/adventurer Erik Weihenmayer [ 26] Maz Jobrani , Adam Felber , Negin Farsad June 29[ 27] Bassist/composer Christian McBride [ 28] Peter Grosz , Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Dulcé Sloan Show recorded in Philadelphia, PA (The Mann Center ) [ 29]
Date Guest Panelists Notes August 3[ 34] Physician/immunologist & former NIAID director Anthony Fauci Negin Farsad , Tom Papa , Karen Chee Show recorded in Vienna, VA (Wolf Trap ) Guest announcer/scorekeeper Chioke I'Anson August 10 "Best of" episode featuring musician Jason Isbell & Josh Homme , Broadway actress Patti LuPone , news commentator Rachel Maddow , and author James Patterson Guest announcer Chioke I'Anson August 17 "Best of" episode August 24 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA August 31 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA Show recorded in Minneapolis, MN (Orpheum Theatre )
Date Guest Panelists September 7 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA September 14 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA September 21 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA September 28 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA
Date Guest Panelists October 5 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA October 12 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA October 19 "Best of" episode October 26 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA
Date Guest Panelists November 2 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA November 9 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA November 16 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA November 23 TBA TBA, TBA, TBA November 30 "Best of" episode
^ "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! archive" . npr.org NPR:National Public Radio . npr.org. Retrieved 2023-12-09 . ^ Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (January 3, 2024). "This weekend we've got TWO never before heard interviews from our live shows! First up is the legendary newsman @bobwoodruff at our live show in Ann Arbor, Michigan 🗞️" . Retrieved February 18, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (January 5, 2024). "Tune in this weekend to hear our interview with the one and only @maddowmaddow from our second night at Carnegie Hall! If you listen really closely you can hear her parents in the audience🤩🤩" . Retrieved February 18, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (January 12, 2024). "Singer, songwriter, and one of the killers of the Flower Moon @jasonisbell joins us for our first new show in 2024 alongside panelists @joyellenicole @maeveinamerica and birthday boy @petergrosz (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!)!!! Tune on in and get ready for some good old fashioned times!!!" . Retrieved February 18, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (January 19, 2024). "Just in time (1 week late) for MLK day, this week we're so excited to welcome to the show @davidoyelowo , who played Dr. King in @selmamovie !!! The legendary actor is joined by our legendary panelists @faithsalie @tombodett1123 and @funnyhelenhong !! Oh also fair warning: he is British" . Retrieved February 18, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (January 26, 2024). "We're so excited to have U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen join us this week live in Chicago! PLUS we've got the legendary Chioke I'Anson filling in for Bill! Panelists @shaneisland @dulcesloan and @tompapa join us in asking the secretary questions like "where are the President's Crown Jewels stored?" and "can I have some money please?" " . Retrieved February 18, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (February 3, 2024). "We're LIVE in Milwaukee this week with Top Chef winner and now HOST @kristenlkish !!! Tune in to hear the legend herself chat with panelists @joshgondelman @brianbabylon and @joyellenicole about the pros and cons of microwaving fish (spoiler alert: there are many cons)" . Retrieved February 25, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (January 28, 2024). "Come join us LIVE at the Riverside theater jn Milwaukee next week with special guest @kristenlkish !!!" . Retrieved February 25, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (February 10, 2024). "We're so excited to have writer, producer, actor, and creator of @shothechi Lena Waithe on the show this week! @lenawaithe joins us and our beautiful panelists @mazjobrani @atpburke and @neginfarsad for yet another fun and if I may say, LIT, episode!" . Retrieved February 25, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (February 17, 2024). "The one the only the legendary riot grrrls @sleater_kinney joins us this week on the show with special guest host @tompapa !!! And when we've got @dulcesloan @harikondabolu and @askingamy you KNOW it's gonna be a fun time!! And yes! I did just figure out how to use the curve function on Canva!! #papaparty #riotWOMEN" . Retrieved February 25, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (March 2, 2024). "This week we're live from Austin, Texas with special guest @xdannyxbrownx !!! The Detroit rapper turned Austin native joins us alongside panelists @karencheee @alzoslade and @petergrosz for a show that'll make y'all YEEHAWW!!!!!🤠🤠🤠🤠" . Retrieved March 30, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (March 9, 2024). "We're honored to have the legendary economist and Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Claudia Goldin on the show this week! Plus her husband, fellow Harvard economist Lawrence Katz, was sitting behind her for the whole interview and intermittently hyping her up . Also having a great time is our panelists @joshgondelman @maeveinamerica and Roxanne Roberts! Tune on in!!!!" . Retrieved March 30, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (March 16, 2024). "Not only do we have DAG @davidalangrier as our guest week, but we also have the incomparable Andy Richter filling in for Bill! Plus @mobituaries @paulapoundstone and @atpburke on the panel?? It truly is a lucky week 🍀" . Retrieved March 30, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (April 5, 2024). "Actor, director, writer, and Star Trek Enterprise Captain Chris Pine joins us this week to talk about his directorial debut, Poolman! The future king consort of Genovia is joined by panelists @emmyblotnick @zofunny and @atpburke 👑👑 get ready to update your Hollywood Chris brackets!!" . Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (April 12, 2024). "Legendary Steelers head coach and CBS NFL analyst Bill Cowher joins us live this week from the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh, PA! Plus we got panelists @neginfarsad @maeveinamerica @mobituaries up in here" . Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (April 19, 2024). "The legendary philosopher, professor, and someone who I consider the Gandalf of gender studies, Dr. Judith Butler joins us this week to promote their new book "Who's Afraid of Gender"! AND we have @funnyhelenhong filling in for Bill, and @faithsalie @mazjobrani and Roy Blount Jr. on the panel!!" . Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (April 26, 2024). "Hamilqueen and star of Girls5eva @reneeelisegoldsberry joins us this week with panelists @zofunny @tira_tira_tira and six time Grammy award winner and first time panelist @jasonisbell !!! You DON'T want to miss this one🎶🙇🏻♂️🙇🏻♂️" . Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ @jasonisbell (April 27, 2024). "Check out this weekend's @waitwaitnpr with me, @zofunny @tira_tira_tira, and special guest @reneeelisegoldsberry" . Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (May 4, 2024). "We're honored this week to have the world's preeminent and possibly only gum wrapper sculptor @itsawrapper on the show this week! The Ripley Believe it or Not museum inductee joins us alongside panelists @joshgondelman @joyellenicole and first time panelist @rivbutcher 🎉🥳" . Retrieved May 25, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (May 11, 2024). "This week we're H-O-T-T-O-G-O for our guest, the iconic @chappellroan 💅💖 The Femininomenon herself is joined by panelists @tompapa @brianbabylon and first timer Meredith Scardino @scardinoandsons 🎉🎉 #mynameischappellroan" . Retrieved May 25, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (May 18, 2024). "Singer-songwriter and actress @maya_hawke joins us this week with very special guest host @alzoslade !! Plus we got panelists @faithsalie @atpburke and @neginfarsad up in here 🎶🙇🏻♂️ tune in to hear things get 👻StRaNgE👻" . Retrieved May 25, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ a b Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (May 25, 2024). "We're in Seattle this week with cookbook author, chef, and wok master @kenjilopezalt 🔪🍴PLUS we've got @youracquaintancejessiklein @luke_burbank and @tira_tira_tira on the panel and @tompapa as our surprise guest host🎉💖 #guysgalsnonbinarypals" . Retrieved May 25, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (June 14, 2024). "The iconic @michellewilliams added us to her storied discography this week live at Millennium Park! Along with panelists @funnyhelenhong @zofunny and @paulapoundstone it's the show of the millennium!! #bootylicious" . Retrieved June 15, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (June 5, 2024). "Stop on by Chicago's beautiful Millennium Park on June 13 at 7 PM to catch a live taping of Wait Wait! It's completely free to attend, but if you want to tip you can send money to Emma Choi on Venmo. Be there or be BEAN!!" . Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (June 21, 2024). "This week the wait wait staff is losing our minds because our personal hero @erikweihenmayer is on the show! The Everest climber, motivational speaker, and star of the greatest news blooper of all time joins us alongside panelists @mazjobrani @adam_felber and @neginfarsad !!!" . Retrieved June 22, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Erik Weihenmayer [@erikweihenmayer] (June 21, 2024). "It is the dream of every @npr nerd to have the voice of Peter Sagal from "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" on their answering machine (or voicemail, for you young people!) and this week I get to do one better! I am the headliner for the "Not My Job" segment on this weekend's show. I had better pay attention to the news!" . Retrieved June 22, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (June 28, 2024). "This week we're at the gorgeous @manncenter with jazz legend and Philly hometown hero @chrmcbride 🎷🎶 And with panelists @petergrosz @joyellenicole and @dulcesloan you KNOW it's about to be a smoooooooooth time 😎😎" . Retrieved June 29, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Christian McBride [@chrmcbride] (June 29, 2024). "On Thursday night, I had the great honor of being invited to be a guest on "Wait, Wait….Don't Tell Me." The "Not My Job" segment was right up my alley! 😂 Tune in to your local @NPR station today to listen to the hilarious results" . Retrieved June 29, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (June 7, 2024). "Hey Philly! We're coming to ya on June 27 at the Mann Center for Performing Arts👋 buy your tickets now before they sell out!" . Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (July 13, 2024). "Our old friend @samsanders and @zachstaff of the Vibe Check podcast joins us live on the show this week with panelists @tompapa @paulapoundstone and @emmyblotnick !! Get ready to get your vibe CHECKED✅✅✅" – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (July 19, 2024). "@allysonfelix , the most decorated female track and field athlete in history (the MDFTAFAIH for short), joins us on the show this week with special guest host @karencheee 🏆with relay mates @tira_tira_tira @harikondabolu and Roy Blount Jr. you KNOW we're about to take gold!! 🥇🏅" . Retrieved July 20, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Karen Chee [@karencheee] (July 21, 2024). "Guest hosted @waitwaitnpr this week wearing my grandpa's tie!! ❤️ A true honor to interview @allysonfelix and sorry for saying "frog sex must be mind blowing" on public radio 📻" . Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! [@waitwaitnpr] (July 26, 2024). "Punk icon @mskathleenhanna of Bikini Kill, Julie Ruin, and Le Tigre joins us this week on the show! The Bikini Killer is accompanied by panelists @scardinoandsons @mobituaries and @petergrosz 🎸🎸🎸 let's rage riot grrrrrls!!👩❤️💋👩✊🏼📸" . Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Instagram . ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me [@waitwaitnpr] (August 2, 2024). "It's an honor to have the one and only Dr. Anthony Fauci on the show this week at a packed @wolf_trap 💉America's doctor is joined by panelists @neginfarsad @tompapa and @karencheee !!! Get ready to get re infected by Fauci Fever (it is incurable)!!!" . Retrieved August 3, 2024 – via Instagram .
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