# List of 2011 This American Life episodes

In 2011, there were 31 new This American Life episodes.
* Episode 423 – "The Invention of Money"
** Act 1: The Lie That Saved Brazil – Chana Joffe-Walt
** Act 2: Weekend at Bernanke's – Alex Blumberg and David Kestenbaum
* Episode 424 – "Kid Politics"
** Act 1: Trickle Down History – Starlee Kine
** Act 2: Climate Changes. People Don't – Ira Glass
** Act 3: Minor Authorities – Jyllian Gunther
* Episode 425 – "Slow to React"
** Act 1: When I Grow Up – David Holthouse
** Act 2: Isn't It Slow-Mantic – Sean Lewis
** Act 3: I'm Still Here – Jonathan Menjivar
* Episode 426 – "Tough Room 2011"
** Act 1: Make 'Em Laff – Ira Glass
** Act 2: Bar Car Prophesy – Rosie Schaap
** Act 3: Mission: Impossible – Jane Feltes
** Act 4: Contrails of My Ears – Brett Martin
* Episode 427 – "Original Recipe"
** Act 1: Message in a Bottle – Ira Glass
** Act 2: Ask Not What Your Handwriting Authenticator Can Do For You; Ask What You Can Do For Your Handwriting Authenticator – Jake Halpern
* Episode 428 – "Oh You Shouldn't Have"
** Act 1: Act One
** Act 2: Act Two
** Act 3: Act Three
** Act 4: Act Four
* Episode 429 – "Will They Know Me Back Home?"
** Act 1: Act One
** Act 2: Act Two
* Episode 430 – "Very Tough Love"
** Act 1: Act One
** Act 2: Act Two
* Episode 431 – "See No Evil"
** Act 1: Blood Brothers
** Act 2: Denying the Invisible
** Act 3: I Worked at The Kennedy Center and All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt
* Episode 432 – "Know When to Fold 'Em"
** Act 1: Is This War or Is This Hearts?
** Act 2: Kings Do Not Fold.
** Act 3: Gin Rummy.
** Act 4: Solitaire and Everything's Wild
* Episode 433 – "Fine Print 2011"
** Act 1: One Pill, Two Pill, Red Pill, Blue Pill
** Act 2: Occupancy May Be Revoked Without Notice – David Rakoff
** Act 3: Side Effects May Include... – Nancy Updike
** Act 4: May Be Hazardous to Children
* Episode 434 – "This Week"
** Act 1: Sunday Night, State College PA
** Act 2: Monday, Cairo, Egypt
** Act 3: Monday, Tucson, AZ
** Act 4: Saturday to Wednesday: CA, NY, WI, ME
** Act 5: Wednesday, Tuscaloosa, AL
** Act 6: Thursday, Greensvile, SC
** Act 7: Saturday and Sunday, Gainesville and Coral Springs, FL
* Episode 435 – "How To Create a Job"
** Act 1: Can the Government Move My Cheese?
** Act 2: This Story May Be Recorded For Training and Quality Assurance
** Act 3: Job Fairies
** Act 4: Be Cool, Stay in School
* Episode 436 – "The Psychopath Test"
** Act 1: Underachievement Test
** Act 2: King of the Forest – Jon Ronson
** Act 3: The Results Are In
* Episode 437 – "Old Boys Network"
** Act 1: Messing With the Bull
** Act 2: Donkey See, Donkey Do
* Episode 438 – "Father's Day 2011"
** Act 1: Astro Boy Meet Robot Dad
** Act 2: I Just Called to Say Something That's Hard to Say, That I Should Really Say More Often...
** Act 3: Mister Baby Monitor
** Act 4: Bring Your Child To Work Detail
* Episode 439 – "A House Divided"
** Act 1: War of Northern Aggression
** Act 2: Split a Gut
** Act 3: Don't Make Me Separate You
* Episode 440 – "Game Changer"
** Act 1: You've Got Shale
** Act 2: Ground War
* Episode 441 – "When Patents Attack!"
** Act 1: Act One
** Act 2: Act Two
* Episode 442 – "Thugs"
** Act 1: Thug Me? No, Thug You
** Act 2: Lifers
* Episode 443 – "Amusement Park"
** Act 1: Gameboy Grows Up
** Act 2: Great Adventures
** Act 3: What I Didn't Do On My Summer Vacation—with Jonathan Goldstein
* Episode 444 – "Gossip"
** Act 1: Act One
** Act 2: Act Two
* Episode 445 – "Ten Years In"
** Act 1: Kabul Kabul Kabul Kabul Chameleon
** Act 2: In the Garden of the Unknown Unknowns
** Act 3: Put on a Happy Face
** Act 4: What's Arabic for Fjord?
** Act 5: Bad Teacher
** Act 6: Clutter
* Episode 446 – "Living Without (2011)"
** Act 1: Do You Hear What I Hear?
** Act 2: Yerrrrr Out!
** Act 3: The Call of the Great Indoors
** Act 4: Tin Man
* Episode 447 – "The Incredible Case of the P.I. Moms"
** Act 1: A Pretty Dame Walks In
** Act 2: His Partner Drops a Dime
* Episode 448 – "Adventure!"
** Act 1: Chinese Checkmate
** Act 2: Oh, the Places We'll Go
* Episode 449 – "Middle School"
** Act 1: Life in the Hormonal Lane
** Act 2: Stutter Step
** Act 3: Mimis in the Middle
** Act 4: Anchor Babies
** Act 5: Blue Kid on the Block
** Act 6: Grande with Sugar
* Episode 450 – "So Crazy It Just Might Work"
** Act 1: Mr. Holland's Opus
** Act 2: Benny Takes A Jet
* Episode 451 – "Back to Penn State"
** Act 1: Say It Ain't So, Joe
** Act 2: Tonight We're Gonna Party Like It's 2009
* Episode 452 – "Poultry Slam 2011"
** Act 1: Witness for the Barbecue-tion
** Act 2: Murder Most Fowl
** Act 3: Latin Liver
* Episode 453 – "Nemeses"
** Act 1: Solidarity for Never
** Act 2: A Tale of Two Jerseys