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.

January

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Date Guest Panelists
January 2 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

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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

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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

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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
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

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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

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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
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

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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

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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

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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

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Date Guest Panelists
November 6 NPR correspondent Mike Shuster Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
November 13 Rachel Basofin, Erica Reid, and Hershal Shevade, staffers at NPR Listener Services Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr., Claudia Perry
November 20 NPR Los Angeles correspondent Ina Jaffe Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Sue Ellicott

December

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Date Guest Panelists
December 4 NPR senior European correspondent Sylvia Poggioli Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
December 11 Writer and broadcaster Studs Terkel
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
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