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| Title | Date published | ||
| 104. The Things They Taught Me | 2012-12-05 | ||
| 103. Free-conomics | 2012-11-28 | ||
| 102. I Consult, Therefore I Am | 2012-11-21 | ||
| 101. Mass Transit Hysteria | 2012-11-14 | ||
| 100. Our 100th Episode! | 2012-11-05 | ||
| 99. How to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul | 2012-10-31 | ||
| 98. We the Sheeple | 2012-10-24 | ||
| 97. Lying to Ourselves | 2012-10-17 | ||
| 96. The Cobra Effect | 2012-10-10 | ||
| 95. Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over | 2012-10-03 | ||
| 94. The Tale of the $15 Tomato | 2012-09-23 | ||
| 93. Why Online Poker Should Be Legal | 2012-09-19 | ||
| 92. Fear Thy Nature | 2012-09-12 | ||
| 91. Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness? | 2012-09-05 | ||
| 90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy? | 2012-08-29 | ||
| 89. There’s Cake in the Breakroom! | 2012-08-22 | ||
| 88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 | 2012-08-15 | ||
| 87. The Season of Death | 2012-08-08 | ||
| 86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 | 2012-07-29 | ||
| 85. Olympian Economics | 2012-07-25 |