List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes (2011)

The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, NPR's news panel game, during 2011.^[1] Job titles reflect the position of individuals at the time of the appearance. All shows, unless otherwise indicated, are hosted by Peter Sagal with announcer/scorekeeper Carl Kassell and are taped at Chicago's Chase Auditorium.

Date	Guest	Panelists	Notes
January 1	Writer/director Nora Ephron	Mo Rocca, Roy Blount Jr., Paula Poundstone	Media-themed episode Show recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY
January 8	Fox Sports analyst and former NFL defensive tackle Tony Siragusa	Tom Bodett, Paula Poundstone, Charlie Pierce	Guest host Peter Grosz
January 15	Music executive Russell Simmons	Maz Jobrani, Amy Dickinson, Mo Rocca	Guest announcer/scorekeeper Korva Coleman
January 22	Musician Lucinda Williams	Tom Bodett, Roxanne Roberts, Luke Burbank
January 29	Former baseball great Cal Ripken Jr.	Faith Salie, Kyrie O'Connor, Brian Babylon

Date	Guest	Panelists
February 5	Novelist Carl Hiaasen	Mo Rocca, Roxanne Roberts, Alonzo Bodden
February 12	Sports-themed "Best of" episode, featuring Pete Carroll, Joey Harrington, Buster Olney, Kelly Slater, and Monica Seles
February 19	Actor John Leguizamo	Luke Burbank, Roxanne Roberts, Charlie Pierce
February 26	Actor Jesse Eisenberg	Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, Roy Blount Jr.

Date	Guest	Panelists	Notes
March 5	Actress Lisa Kudrow	Brian Babylon, Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount Jr.
March 12	Comedian Pee-Wee Herman	Tom Bodett, Faith Salie, Mo Rocca
March 19	Singer/songwriter Judy Collins	Maz Jobrani, Amy Dickinson, Paula Poundstone
March 26	Talk show host Jerry Springer	Charlie Pierce, Kyrie O'Connor, P. J. O'Rourke	Show recorded in Waterbury, CT

Date	Guest	Panelists	Notes
April 2	Humorist and writer Dave Barry	Peter Grosz, Kyrie O'Connor, Tom Bodett	Health-themed episode Show recorded in Miami, FL
April 9	Comedian Jessi Klein	Tom Bodett, Roxanne Roberts, Peter Grosz
April 16	Writer/producer David Simon	Charlie Pierce, Kyrie O'Connor, Luke Burbank
April 23	Filmmaker John Waters	Adam Felber, Amy Dickinson, Mo Rocca	Show recorded in Baltimore, MD
April 30	Stuntman Hal Needham	Faith Salie, Paula Poundstone, Roy Blount Jr.

Date	Guest	Panelists	Notes
May 7	Comedian Demetri Martin	Brian Babylon, Amy Dickinson, Mo Rocca
May 14	Rebroadcast of technology-themed 4/4/2009 episode featuring journalist and food writer Michael Pollan
May 21	US presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson	Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts, Paula Poundstone
May 28	Chef Bob Waggoner	Tom Bodett, Faith Salie, Adam Felber	Show recorded in Charleston, SC

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