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| Title | Date published | ||
| 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 | ||
| 48. Boo…Who? | 2011-11-08 | ||
| 47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers | 2011-11-02 | ||
| 46. Misadventures in Baby-Making | 2011-10-25 | ||
| 45. Those Cheating Teachers! | 2011-10-18 | ||
| 44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone? | 2011-10-10 | ||
| 43. The Decline and Fall of Violence | 2011-10-05 | ||
| 42. The Upside of Quitting | 2011-09-28 | ||
| 41. The Folly of Prediction | 2011-09-14 | ||
| 40. The Suicide Paradox | 2011-08-31 | ||
| 39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting | 2011-08-16 | ||
| 38. The Church of "Scionology" | 2011-08-03 | ||
| 37. Mouse in the Salad | 2011-07-20 | ||
| 36. Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You're Driving? | 2011-07-06 |