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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 2022.[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.

Thru the week of June 4, unless otherwise indicated, Wait Wait episodes were produced through the facilities of the show's co-producer, WBEZ/Chicago, with participants joining the show through Zoom links. From the episode of June 11 onward, also unless otherwise indicated, episodes originated with live audiences from its new regular home, the Studebaker Theatre at Chicago's Fine Arts Building.[2] (The program had originated from the Chase Auditorium from 2005 until just before the COVID-19 pandemic commenced in early 2020.)

January

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
January 1 "Best of" episode featuring basketball stars Brook & Robin Lopez and actors André De Shields, Martin Short, & Jane Kaczmarek
January 8 Astronaut Woody Hoburg Alonzo Bodden, Peter Grosz, Roxanne Roberts
January 15 Singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves Emmy Blotnick, Helen Hong, Maz Jobrani
January 22 Actor Brian Cox Cristela Alonzo, Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca
January 29 Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Karen Chee, Josh Gondelman, Alzo Slade Guest host Negin Farsad

February

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
February 5 Shermann "Dilla" Thomas, presenter of a TikTok series on Chicago's history[3] Adam Burke, Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone Show recorded at Chicago's Harris Theater
February 12 Musician Patti Smith[4] Bobcat Goldthwait, Maeve Higgins, Hari Kondabolu
February 19 Novelist Marlon James Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, Ashley Ray Includes tributes to panelist P. J. O'Rourke (d. February 15, 2022)
February 26 "Best of" episode featuring actor Ed Begley, Jr., journalist Yamiche Alcindor, chef Antoni Porowski, and rapper/actor RZA

March

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
March 5 Television personality Porsha Williams Joel Kim Booster, Hari Kondabolu, Faith Salie Show recorded in Atlanta, GA (Fox Theatre)
Guest announcer/scorekeeper Chioke I'Anson
March 12 Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor Negin Farsad, Paula Poundstone, Alzo Slade
March 19 Actress Zazie Beetz Roy Blount, Jr., Helen Hong, Mo Rocca
March 26 Historian Dan Snow Emmy Blotnick, Luke Burbank, Roxanne Roberts

April

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
April 2 Musician Slash Cristela Alonzo, Maeve Higgins, Tom Papa
April 9 Actor Matt Walsh Alonzo Bodden, Karen Chee, Helen Hong Show recorded at Chicago's Harris Theater
April 16 "Best of" episode featuring actors Bashir & Sultan Salahuddin, musicians Chance the Rapper & Michelle Zauner, and hockey star P. K. Subban
April 23 Actor/writer Stephen Merchant Maz Jobrani, Ashley Ray, Faith Salie
April 30 Vermiculturist Myles Stubblefield Maeve Higgins, Amy Dickinson, Alzo Slade Show recorded in Buffalo, NY (Shea's Performing Arts Center)[5]

May

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
May 7 Actor Adam Scott Emmy Blotnick, Maz Jobrani, Paula Poundstone
May 14 Comedian/actress Hannah Einbinder Peter Grosz, Laci Mosley, Faith Salie
May 21 Singer/actress Mandy Moore Alonzo Bodden, Maeve Higgins, Tom Papa
May 28 Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor, co-hosts of the Ear Hustle podcast Maz Jobrani, Paula Poundstone, Adam Burke Show recorded in San Francisco, CA (Sydney Goldstein Theater)

June

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
June 4 Previously unaired panel segments
"Farewell to Zoom" "best of" episode featuring musician Kacey Musgraves, actors Audra McDonald & Brian Cox, and astronaut Woody Hoburg
June 11 Actor Kenan Thompson Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad, Hari Kondabolu Wait Wait's first episode at the Studebaker Theatre
June 18 Actor Sean Hayes Brian Babylon, Bobcat Goldthwait, Maeve Higgins
June 25 Writers/producers Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda Adam Burke, Peter Grosz, Helen Hong

July

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
July 2 Graffiti artist Darryl "Cornbread" McCray Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, Faith Salie Show recorded in Philadelphia, PA (Mann Center)
July 9 Previously unaired segments, including an interview with rapper Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Encore segments including interviews with musician Slash and historian Dan Snow
July 16 Pitchfork editor-in-chief Puja Patel Emmy Blotnick, Adam Burke, Paula Poundstone Guest host Tom Papa
July 23 Actor Nathan Lane Josh Gondelman, Cristela Alonzo, Matt Rogers
July 30 Actor Jeremy Allen White Faith Salie, Bobcat Goldthwait, Helen Hong

August

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
August 6 Comedian/writer Robin Thede Adam Burke, Amy Dickinson, Hari Kondabolu Guest host Negin Farsad
August 13 "Live and in-person" "best of" episode featuring actors Steve Buscemi, Aidy Bryant, Alan Cumming & Jeff Daniels and drummer Lars Ulrich
August 20 "Best of" episode featuring conductor Marin Alsop, choreographer Garth Fagan, drag performer Peaches Christ, and singers Renée Fleming & Josh Groban
August 27 Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia Eleanor Holmes Norton Alzo Slade, Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett Show recorded in Vienna, VA (Wolf Trap)

September

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Date Guest Panelists
September 3 Comedian Chris Estrada Maeve Higgins, Skyler Higley, Mo Rocca
September 10 Comedian Abbi Jacobson Luke Burbank, Paula Poundstone, Faith Salie
September 17 Comedian Mohammed Amer Roy Blount Jr., Adam Burke, Helen Hong
September 24 TV personality and Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end Michael Strahan Karen Chee, Negin Farsad, Shane O'Neill

October

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
October 1 Writer/comedian Julio Torres Hari Kondabolu, Tom Papa, Dulcé Sloan
October 8 Actor Ralph Macchio Emmy Blotnick, Adam Felber, Alzo Slade
October 15 Previously unaired segments, including an interview with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
Encore segments including interviews with actors Jeremy Allen White and Mandy Moore
October 22 Author/activist Ibram X. Kendi Alonzo Bodden, Amy Dickinson, Josh Gondelman Show recorded in Boston, MA (Wang Theatre)
October 29 Comedian Hasan Minhaj Helen Hong, Shane O'Neill, Mo Rocca

November

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
November 5 Late-night TV personality Amber Ruffin Karen Chee, Maz Jobrani, Hari Kondabolu
November 12 Actor/comedian Craig Robinson Brian Babylon, Negin Farsad, Tom Papa
November 19 Freddie Johnson, brand ambassador and tour guide at the Buffalo Trace Distillery Adam Burke, Paula Poundstone, Alzo Slade Show recorded in Louisville, KY (Palace Theatre)
November 26 "Best of" episode featuring actor Nathan Lane, Pitchfork editor-in-chief Puja Patel, graffiti artist Darryl "Cornbread" McCray, and playwright Jeremy O. Harris

December

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Date Guest Panelists Notes
December 3 Actor/comedian Dana Carvey Josh Gondelman,Skyler Higley, Paula Poundstone
December 10 Television personality Gayle King Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, Faith Salie Show recorded in New York City, NY (Carnegie Hall)
December 17 Musician Andrew Bird Adam Burke, Zainab Johnson, Tom Papa
December 24 Actress/director Sarah Polley Adam Burke, Roxanne Roberts, Shane O'Neill Guest announcer/scorekeeper Chioke I'Anson
December 31 "Best of 2022" episode featuring actors Ralph Macchio & Matt Walsh, U.S. House delegate for D.C. Eleanor Holmes Norton, and podcast hosts Earlonne Woods & Nigel Poor

References

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  1. ^ "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! archive". npr.org NPR:National Public Radio. npr.org. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  2. ^ "'Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!' resumes live tapings in brand new Chicago location". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  3. ^ "TikTok’s Dilla The Urban Historian Is Educating Followers And Challenging Chicago Stereotypes — 60 Seconds At A Time," from Block Club Chicago, 5/20/2021 (accessed 2/19/2022)
  4. ^ "'Wait Wait' for Feb. 12, 2022: With Not My Job guest Patti Smith" from NPR.org (accessed 2/12/2022)
  5. ^ "It was worth the 'Wait Wait'," from WBFO.org, 4/29/2022
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