The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! NPR 's news panel game , that aired during 2000 . 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.
Date Guest Panelists Notes January 1 Murray Horwitz, NPR 's vice-president of cultural programming Adam Felber , Charlie Pierce , Roxanne Roberts January 8 NPR All Things Considered Bob Mondello Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr. January 15 NPR Middle East correspondent Jennifer Ludden Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Sue Ellicott January 22 NPR correspondent Debbie Elliott Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts January 29 Howard Berkes, NPR Salt Lake City -based correspondent Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts Show recorded in Salt Lake City, UT Wait Wait ' s first show before a live audience[ 1] [ 2]
Date Guest Panelists February 5 NPR science reporter David Kestenbaum Sue Ellicott , Adam Felber , Charlie Pierce February 12 Wall Street Journal All Things Considered Stefan Fatsis Charlie Pierce, Claudia Perry , Roxanne Roberts February 19 Washington Post London bureau chief T.R. Reid Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Roy Blount, Jr. February 26 NPR National Desk reporter Mary Ann Akers Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
Date Guest Panelists March 4 NPR Talk of the Nation Juan Williams Adam Felber , Charlie Pierce , Roxanne Roberts March 11 NPR Los Angeles reporter Andy Bowers Charlie Pierce, Roy Blount, Jr. , Sue Ellicott March 18 David Brancaccio , host of PRI's Marketplace Adam Felber, Roy Blount, Jr., Roxanne Roberts March 25 Bob Boilen , director of All Things Considered Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber
Date Guest Panelists April 1 Madeleine Brand , NPR's acting London correspondentRoy Blount, Jr. , Sue Ellicott , Adam Felber April 8 Chicago Sun Times Weekend Edition Saturday Ron Rappaport Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce , Roxanne Roberts April 15 NPR reference librarians Kee Malesky and Alphonse Vinh Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts April 22 NPR Pentagon correspondent Steve Inskeep Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber April 29 Mystery writer Sara Paretsky Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
Date Guest Panelists Notes June 3 Ira Flatow , host of Talk of the Nation ' s Science Friday Roy Blount, Jr. , Charlie Pierce , Roxanne Roberts Guest announcer/scorekeeper Jean Cochran June 10 NPR London correspondent Julie McCarthy Sue Ellicott , Adam Felber , Ken Rudin June 17 NPR host Lisa Simeone Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce June 24 NPR host Diane Rehm Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
Date Guest Panelists Notes July 1 NPR technology correspondent John McChesney Adam Felber , Charlie Pierce , Roxanne Roberts July 8 NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Liane Hansen Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Patt Morrison July 15 NPR All Things Considered Linda Wertheimer Adam Felber, Roy Blount, Jr. , Sue Ellicott July 22 NPR Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts July 29 Rick Karr , New York -based cultural reporter for NPRRoy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts Guest announcer/scorekeeper Corey Flintoff
Date Guest Panelists September 2 Actress Martha Plimpton Sue Ellicott , Adam Felber , Patt Morrison September 9 Voice actress Nancy Cartwright Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce , Roxanne Roberts September 16 NPR health care correspondent Jon Hamilton Adam Felber, Patt Morrison, Charlie Pierce September 23 U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr. September 30 Brooke Gladstone , host of NPR's On The Media Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Charlie Pierce
Date Guest Panelists Notes October 7 NPR economics correspondent John Ydstie Adam Felber , Charlie Pierce , Roxanne Roberts Guest announcer/scorekeeper Jean Cochran October 14 Rear Admiral Lewis Crenshaw of the United States Navy 's 6th Carrier Group Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr. Guest announcer/scorekeeper Corey Flintoff October 21 WBEZ /Chicago personality Jim NayderAdam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Sue Ellicott October 28 NPR New York correspondent Margo Adler Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts
Date Guest Panelists December 2 Radio host Michael Feldman Adam Felber , Charlie Pierce , Roxanne Roberts December 9 Food & travel writers Jane and Michael Stern Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Sue Ellicott December 16 Sports author and Morning Edition John Feinstein Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Roy Blount, Jr. December 23 Washington Post London bureau chief T.R. Reid Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Patt Morrison December 30 NPR All Things Considered Robert Siegel Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
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