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| Title | Date published | ||
| 84. Legacy of a Jerk | 2012-07-18 | ||
| 83. What's Wrong With Cash for Grades? | 2012-07-10 | ||
| 82. Please Steal My Car | 2012-07-04 | ||
| 81. Star-Spangled Banter? | 2012-06-26 | ||
| 80. Riding the Herd Mentality | 2012-06-20 | ||
| 79. A Cheap Employee Is … a Cheap Employee | 2012-06-13 | ||
| 78. You Eat What You Are, Part 2 | 2012-06-06 | ||
| 77. Playing the Nerd Card | 2012-05-30 | ||
| 76. You Eat What You Are, Part 1 | 2012-05-23 | ||
| 75. Retirement Kills | 2012-05-16 | ||
| 74. Soul Possession | 2012-05-07 | ||
| 73. A Rose By Any Other Distance | 2012-05-02 | ||
| 72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors | 2012-04-25 | ||
| 71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line? | 2012-04-18 | ||
| 70. Eating and Tweeting | 2012-04-11 | ||
| 69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms | 2012-04-03 | ||
| 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 |