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| Title | Date published | ||
| 68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb | 2012-03-28 | ||
| 67. The Patent Gap | 2012-03-22 | ||
| 66. Show and Yell | 2012-03-14 | ||
| 65. It’s Not the President, Stupid | 2012-03-07 | ||
| 64. The Days of Wine and Mouses | 2012-02-27 | ||
| 63. The Dilbert Index? | 2012-02-22 | ||
| 62. How Biased Is Your Media? | 2012-02-15 | ||
| 61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat? | 2012-02-08 | ||
| 60. Save Me From Myself | 2012-02-01 | ||
| 59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl | 2012-01-25 | ||
| 58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common? | 2012-01-19 | ||
| 57. Does Money Really Buy Elections? | 2012-01-11 | ||
| 56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say? | 2012-01-04 | ||
| 55. The Perils of Drunk Walking | 2011-12-27 | ||
| 54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore) | 2011-12-21 | ||
| 53. How American Food Got So Bad | 2011-12-13 | ||
| 52. Weird Recycling | 2011-12-02 | ||
| 51. What Makes a Donor Donate? | 2011-11-29 | ||
| 50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It? | 2011-11-22 | ||
| 49. Unnatural Turkeys | 2011-11-16 |