Date |
Guest |
Panelists |
Notes
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March 1 |
Lead singer of The Blind Boys of Alabama Jimmy Carter |
Charlie Pierce, Roy Blount Jr., Paula Poundstone |
Show recorded in Birmingham, AL (Samford University Wright Center)
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March 8 |
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings |
Amy Dickinson, Paul Provenza, Roy Blount Jr. |
|
March 15 |
Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell |
Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett, Mo Rocca |
Show recorded in Pittsburgh, PA (Byham Theater)
|
March 22 |
Columnist for the New York Times, Maureen Dowd |
Kyrie O'Connor, P. J. O'Rourke, Charlie Pierce |
|
March 29 |
Author and actress Fannie Flagg |
Kyrie O'Connor, Paul Provenza, Paula Poundstone |
Show recorded in Santa Barbara, CA (UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures)
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Date |
Guest |
Panelists |
Notes
|
May 3 |
Author Stephen King |
Adam Felber, Roy Blount Jr., Paula Poundstone |
|
May 10 |
Co-host of MythBusters, Adam Savage |
Charlie Pierce, Amy Dickinson, Mo Rocca |
Show recorded in Schenectady, NY (Proctor's Theatre)
|
May 17 |
Former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura |
P. J. O'Rourke, Roy Blount Jr., Amy Dickinson |
|
May 24 |
Author and former New York Times columnist William Safire |
Adam Felber, Kyrie O'Connor, Tom Bodett |
|
May 31 |
"Clip show," featuring Stephen Breyer[1], Elizabeth Edwards, Barack Obama, and Al Michaels
|
Date |
Guest |
Panelists |
Notes
|
June 7 |
U.S. Senator from Virginia, Jim Webb |
Tom Bodett, Roxanne Roberts, P. J. O'Rourke |
Show recorded in Virginia Beach, VA (Sandler Center for the Performing Arts)
|
June 14 |
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan |
Roy Blount Jr., Charlie Pierce, Amy Dickinson |
|
June 21 |
U.S. Senator from Illinois, Dick Durbin |
Kyrie O'Connor, Mo Rocca, Paul Provenza |
|
June 28 |
Sub Pop Records Founder Jonathan Poneman |
Adam Felber, Paul Provenza, Paula Poundstone |
Show recorded in Seattle, WA (Paramount Theatre)
|
Date |
Guest |
Panelists |
Notes
|
July 5 |
"Clip show," featuring Craig Ferguson, Dave Barry, Gwen Ifill, Calvin Trillin, and Kevin Clash
|
July 12 |
NBC News Correspondent Andrea Mitchell |
Roxanne Roberts, Charlie Pierce, Tom Bodett |
|
July 19 |
Cult film director John Waters |
Charlie Pierce, Amy Dickinson, Paul Provenza |
Guest host Adam Felber
|
July 26 |
Film director and actor Peter Bogdanovich |
Paul Provenza, Kyrie O'Connor, Mo Rocca |
Guest host Adam Felber
|
Date |
Guest |
Panelists |
Notes
|
August 2 |
CNN correspondent Jeanne Moos |
Roy Blount Jr., Paula Poundstone, Alison Stewart |
|
August 9 |
Actress Debra Winger |
Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Paula Poundstone |
Guest scorekeeper Corey Flintoff
|
August 16 |
Comedian Lewis Black |
Kyrie O'Connor, Adam Felber, Mo Rocca |
Guest scorekeeper Korva Coleman
|
August 23 |
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald |
Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount Jr. |
Encore from July 2007
|
August 30 |
Olympic Gold Medal gymnast Nastia Liukin |
Roy Blount Jr., Alison Stewart, Tom Bodett |
|
Date |
Guest |
Panelists |
Notes
|
October 4 |
TV host "Dr. Phil" McGraw |
Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca, Paul Provenza |
|
October 11 |
Writer and host of A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor |
Roy Blount Jr., Tom Bodett, Alison Stewart |
|
October 18 |
"Clip show," featuring Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen King, William Safire, Fannie Flagg, and Scott McClellan
|
October 25 |
Author and columnist Christopher Buckley |
Kyrie O'Connor, Tom Bodett, Charlie Pierce |
Show recorded in New Haven, CT (John Lyman Center at Southern Connecticut State University)
|
Date |
Guest |
Panelists |
Notes
|
November 1 |
Author and humorist John Hodgman |
Paul Provenza, Paula Poundstone, Amy Dickinson |
|
November 8 |
U.S. Congressman Barney Frank |
Amy Dickisnon, Charlie Pierce, Mo Rocca |
Show recorded in Boston, MA (Wang Theatre)
|
November 15 |
Journalist and news anchor Tom Brokaw |
P. J. O'Rourke, Kyrie O'Connor, Tom Bodett |
|
November 22 |
Former football player Tiki Barber |
Roxanne Roberts, Adam Felber, Paula Poundstone |
|
November 29 |
"Clip show," featuring Chris Paul, Valerie Plame Wilson, Michael Moore, and Robert Lutz
|
Date |
Guest |
Panelists
|
December 6 |
Actor and comedian Denis Leary |
Adam Felber, Mo Rocca, Kyrie O'Connor
|
December 13 |
Director of the CIA, Michael Hayden |
Roxanne Roberts, Paula Poundstone, Tom Bodett
|
December 20 |
Singer Mavis Staples |
Roy Blount Jr., Charlie Pierce, Amy Dickinson
|
December 27 |
"Clip show," featuring Dana Perino, Chris Dodd, Tom Tancredo, Tommy Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, and Barack Obama
|