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Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio

Society

by Stephen J. Dubner

Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything, exploring the riddles of everyday life and the unexpected connections between seemingly unrelated things.

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Episodes (892)

633

The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of (Update)

Mar 4, 20261h 6m
665

665. Werner Herzog Isn’t Afraid ...

Feb 27, 202649m
664

664. Are Thousands of Medical Cures Hiding in Plain Sight?

Feb 20, 202651m
474

All You Need Is Nudge (Update)

Feb 18, 202657m
663

663. Is Weed a Performance-Enhancing Drug?

Feb 13, 202650m
662

662. If You’re Not Cheating, You’re Not Trying

Feb 6, 202652m
620

Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Feb 4, 202658m
661

661. Can A.I. Save Your Life?

Jan 30, 20261h 0m
660

660. The Wellness Industry Is Gigantic — and Mostly Wrong

Jan 23, 20261h 5m
#

Steve Levitt Quits His Podcast, Joins Ours

Jan 21, 202645m
659

659. Can Marty Makary Fix the F.D.A.?

Jan 16, 202655m
658

658. This Is Your Brain on Supplements

Jan 9, 202653m
518

Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice? (Update)

Jan 2, 20261h 0m
455

Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Update)

Dec 30, 202542m
288

Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor? (Update)

Dec 26, 202543m
657

657. Whose “Messiah” Is It Anyway?

Dec 19, 202548m
#

Who Pays for “Messiah”?

Dec 17, 202542m
656

656. How Handel Got His Mojo Back

Dec 12, 202557m
655

655. “The Greatest Piece of Participatory Art Ever Created”

Dec 5, 202556m
613

Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard. (Update)

Nov 28, 20251h 2m
612

Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset? (Update)

Nov 27, 202552m
654

654. Is the Public Ready for Private Equity?

Nov 21, 20251h 3m
653

653. Does Horse Racing Have a Future?

Nov 14, 20251h 1m
#

What Happens When You Turn 20

Nov 12, 20251h 2m
652

652. Inside the Horse-Industrial Complex

Nov 7, 20251h 0m
651

651. The Ultimate Dance Partner

Oct 31, 20251h 8m
559

Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One? (Update)

Oct 29, 202547m
650

650. The Doctor Won’t See You Now

Oct 24, 202551m
#

A Question-Asker Becomes a Question-Answerer

Oct 17, 20251h 14m
478

How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt? (Update)

Oct 15, 202540m
649

649. Should Ohio State (and Michigan, and Clemson) Join the N.F.L.?

Oct 10, 202555m
648

648. The Merger You Never Knew You Wanted

Oct 3, 20251h 6m
481

Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? (Update)

Sep 26, 202557m
647

647. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers.

Sep 19, 20251h 1m
242

Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? (Update)

Sep 17, 202536m
646

646. An Air Traffic Controller Walks Into a Radio Studio ...

Sep 12, 20251h 1m
645

645. Is the Air Traffic Control System Broken?

Sep 5, 20251h 2m
644

644. Has America Lost Its Appetite for the Common Good?

Aug 29, 20251h 16m
#

Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up (Update)

Aug 27, 202526m
551

What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life? (Update)

Aug 22, 202548m
550

Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? (Update)

Aug 15, 202537m
549

The First Great American Industry (Update)

Aug 8, 202545m
396

Why Does Tipping Still Exist? (Update)

Aug 6, 202547m
643

643. Why Do Candles Still Exist?

Aug 1, 202547m
642

642. How to Wage Peace, According to Tony Blinken

Jul 25, 20251h 6m
539

Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone? (Update)

Jul 23, 202547m
641

641. What Does It Cost to Lead a Creative Life?

Jul 18, 202546m
640

640. Why Governments Are Betting Big on Sports

Jul 11, 202550m
424

How to Make Your Own Luck (Update)

Jul 9, 202558m
639

639. “This Country Kicks My Ass All the Time”

Jul 4, 202553m
638

638. Are You Ready for the Elder Swell?

Jun 27, 202554m
126

What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Update)

Jun 25, 202536m
637

637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages)

Jun 20, 202545m
636

636. Why Aren’t We Having More Babies?

Jun 13, 202550m
236

An Economics Lesson from a Talking Pencil (Update)

Jun 11, 202539m
635

635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation?

Jun 6, 202550m
634

634. “Fault-Finder Is a Minimum-Wage Job”

May 30, 20251h 2m
633

633. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of

May 23, 20251h 5m
564

How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency (Update)

May 21, 202552m
563

How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

May 16, 20251h 3m
562

How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death (Update)

May 14, 202553m
561

How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (Update)

May 9, 202555m
632

632. When Did We All Start Watching Documentaries?

May 2, 202554m
631

631. Will "3 Summers of Lincoln" Make It to Broadway?

Apr 25, 202546m
92

Is It a Theater Piece or a Psychological Experiment? (Update)

Apr 23, 202537m
630

630. On Broadway, Nobody Knows Nothing

Apr 18, 20251h 1m
629

629. How Is Live Theater Still Alive?

Apr 11, 202559m
405

Policymaking Is Not a Science — Yet (Update)

Apr 9, 202545m
628

628. Sludge, Part 2: Is Government the Problem, or the Solution?

Apr 4, 202548m
627

627. Sludge, Part 1: The World Is Drowning in It

Mar 28, 202554m
359

Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Update)

Mar 21, 202548m
626

626. Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System

Mar 14, 20251h 3m
625

625. The Biden Policy That Trump Hasn’t Touched

Mar 7, 20251h 3m
448

EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

Mar 5, 202544m
624

624. The Animal No One Loves, Until They Do

Feb 28, 202545m
623

623. Can New York City Win Its War on Rats?

Feb 21, 202550m
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The Show That Never Happened

Feb 20, 202513m
622

622. Why Does Everyone Hate Rats?

Feb 14, 202541m
621

621. Is Professional Licensing a Racket?

Feb 7, 202555m
557

When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

Feb 5, 20251h 8m
620

620. Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore?

Jan 31, 20251h 1m
619

619. How to Poison the A.I. Machine

Jan 24, 202552m
#

Is San Francisco a Failed State? (And Other Questions You Shouldn’t Ask the Mayor)

Jan 22, 202559m
618

618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis?

Jan 17, 202553m
617

617. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin?

Jan 10, 20251h 3m
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Highway Signs and Prison Labor

Jan 6, 202538m
573

Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (Update)

Jan 2, 20251h 8m
572

Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update)

Dec 26, 20241h 15m
#

Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think

Dec 23, 202447m
616

616. How to Make Something from Nothing

Dec 19, 202448m
615

615. Is Ozempic as Magical as It Sounds?

Dec 12, 202456m
386

How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update)

Dec 9, 202438m
614

614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China?

Dec 5, 202451m
613

613. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard.

Nov 28, 20241h 1m
612

612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?

Nov 21, 202453m
461

How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)

Nov 18, 202448m
611

611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next

Nov 14, 202459m
610

610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?

Nov 7, 202443m
609

609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm?

Oct 31, 202440m
384

Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)

Oct 28, 202454m
608

608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?

Oct 24, 202450m
607

607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?

Oct 17, 202446m
606

606. How to Predict the Presidency

Oct 11, 202455m
260

Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)

Oct 10, 202446m
605

605. What Do People Do All Day?

Oct 3, 20241h 0m
514

EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

Sep 30, 20241h 0m
604

604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)

Sep 26, 202447m
603

603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)

Sep 19, 202447m
263

EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)

Sep 16, 202442m
602

602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think?

Sep 12, 202440m
601

601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying?

Sep 5, 202458m
503

What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update)

Aug 29, 202449m
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EXTRA: Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It

Aug 26, 202440m
501

The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into (Update)

Aug 22, 20241h 11m
500

What Exactly Is College For? (Update)

Aug 15, 202450m
351

EXTRA: Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (Update)

Aug 12, 20241h 5m
600

600. “If We’re All in It for Ourselves, Who Are We?”

Aug 8, 202444m
599

599. The World's Most Valuable Unused Resource

Aug 1, 202440m
373

EXTRA: Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Update)

Jul 29, 202448m
598

598. Is Overconsolidation a Threat to Democracy?

Jul 25, 202437m
597

597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000?

Jul 18, 202454m
340

EXTRA: People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Update)

Jul 15, 202453m
596

596. Farewell to a Generational Talent

Jul 11, 202452m
595

595. Why Don't We Have Better Candidates for President?

Jul 4, 20241h 1m
594

594. Your Brand’s Spokesperson Just Got Arrested — Now What?

Jun 27, 202443m
593

593. You Can Make a Killing, but Not a Living

Jun 20, 202449m
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EXTRA: The Fascinatingly Mundane Secrets of the World’s Most Exclusive Nightclub

Jun 17, 202444m
592

592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway

Jun 13, 20241h 5m
591

591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time

Jun 6, 202453m
#

EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here

Jun 3, 202441m
590

590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic?

May 30, 202440m
589

589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long?

May 23, 202448m
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Extra: Car Colors & Storage Units

May 20, 202435m
588

588. Confessions of a Black Conservative

May 16, 202456m
587

Should Companies Be Owned by Their Workers?

May 9, 202446m
586

586. How Does the Lost World of Vienna Still Shape Our Lives?

May 2, 202457m
#

Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update)

Apr 29, 20241h 2m
585

585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing

Apr 25, 202452m
584

How to Pave the Road to Hell

Apr 18, 202443m
#

Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update)

Apr 14, 202434m
495

Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?

Apr 11, 202449m
583

583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History?

Apr 4, 20241h 2m
#

Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration?

Apr 1, 202427m
582

582. Why Is Everyone Moving to Canada?

Mar 28, 202449m
581

581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration

Mar 21, 202455m
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Extra: Madeleine Albright’s Warning on Immigration

Mar 18, 202429m
580

580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System

Mar 14, 202455m
579

579. Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap?

Mar 7, 202442m
506

Extra: What Is Sportswashing — and Does It Work? (Update)

Mar 4, 20241h 5m
578

578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think

Feb 29, 202452m
522

Is Google Getting Worse? (Update)

Feb 22, 202456m
#

Extra: Mr. Feynman Takes a Trip — But Doesn’t Fall

Feb 19, 202447m
577

The Vanishing Mr. Feynman

Feb 15, 20241h 1m
576

The Brilliant Mr. Feynman

Feb 8, 202452m
#

How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Update)

Feb 5, 20241h 3m
575

The Curious Mr. Feynman

Feb 1, 20241h 2m
574

574. “A Low Moment in Higher Education”

Jan 25, 202446m
#

5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay)

Jan 22, 202449m
573

573. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped?

Jan 18, 20241h 2m
572

572. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia?

Jan 11, 20241h 14m
571

571. Greeting Cards, Pizza Boxes, and Personal Injury Lawyers

Jan 4, 202449m
570

570. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever?

Dec 28, 202346m
569

569. Do You Need Closure?

Dec 21, 202339m
568

568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis?

Dec 14, 20231h 0m
567

567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem?

Dec 7, 202347m
513

513. Should Public Transit Be Free? (Update)

Nov 30, 202356m
566

566. Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America?

Nov 23, 202354m
#

Extra: Jason Kelce Hates to Lose

Nov 19, 202356m
565

565. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?

Nov 16, 202351m
480

480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay)

Nov 9, 202357m
564

564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency

Nov 2, 202352m
563

563. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit

Oct 26, 20231h 3m
562

562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death

Oct 19, 202354m
561

561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events

Oct 12, 202355m
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232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay)

Oct 10, 202344m
560

560. Is This “the Worst Job in Corporate America” — or Maybe the Best?

Oct 5, 202340m
559

559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One?

Sep 28, 202350m
558

558. The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than One

Sep 21, 20231h 4m
557

When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

Sep 14, 20231h 0m
556

556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You?

Sep 7, 202348m
555

555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different?

Aug 31, 202347m
554

554. Can A.I. Take a Joke?

Aug 24, 202348m
553

553. The Suddenly Diplomatic Rahm Emanuel

Aug 17, 202356m
#

Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? (Ep. 454 Replay)

Aug 10, 202346m
#

Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up

Aug 6, 202326m
552

552. Freakonomics Radio Presents: The Economics of Everyday Things

Aug 3, 202347m
551

551. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life?

Jul 27, 202347m
550

550. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales?

Jul 20, 202337m
549

549. The First Great American Industry

Jul 13, 202343m
548

548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?

Jul 6, 202344m
#

Why Did You Marry That Person? (Ep. 511 Replay)

Jun 29, 202347m
547

547. Satya Nadella’s Intelligence Is Not Artificial

Jun 22, 202336m
546

546. Are E.S.G. Investors Actually Helping the Environment?

Jun 15, 202354m
545

545. Enough with the Slippery Slopes!

Jun 8, 202344m
544

544. Ari Emanuel Is Never Indifferent

Jun 1, 20231h 5m
#

Make Me a Match (Ep. 209 Update)

May 25, 20231h 8m
543

543. How to Return Stolen Art

May 18, 202351m
542

542. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case?

May 11, 202352m
541

541. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin

May 4, 202353m
#

Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay)

Apr 27, 202342m
540

540. Swearing Is More Important Than You Think

Apr 20, 202345m
539

539. Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone?

Apr 13, 202346m
538

538. A Radically Simple Way to Boost a Neighborhood

Apr 6, 202347m
#

How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less (Ep. 400 Replay)

Mar 30, 202343m
537

537. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss.

Mar 23, 202352m
#

Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Ep. 495 Replay)

Mar 16, 202349m
536

536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap?

Mar 9, 202358m
535

535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving?

Mar 2, 202356m
534

534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It?

Feb 23, 202358m
#

Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million? (Ep. 493 Update)

Feb 16, 202353m
#

The Economics of Everyday Things: Used Hotel Soaps

Feb 13, 202316m
533

533. Will the Democrats “Make America Great Again”?

Feb 9, 202350m
#

The Economics of Everyday Things: “My Sharona”

Feb 6, 202318m
#

Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal? (Ep. 429 Update)

Feb 2, 202341m
#

The Economics of Everyday Things: Girl Scout Cookies

Jan 30, 202314m
532

532. Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet?

Jan 26, 202346m
#

Introducing “The Economics of Everyday Things”

Jan 23, 202315m
531

531. Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog?

Jan 19, 202342m
#

Extra: Samin Nosrat Always Wanted to Be Famous

Jan 16, 202339m
530

530. What's Wrong with Being a One-Hit Wonder?

Jan 12, 202349m
529

529. Can Our Surroundings Make Us Smarter?

Jan 5, 202346m
528

528. Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life is Meaningless and Amazing

Dec 29, 202251m
527

527. Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy?

Dec 22, 202248m
526

526. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger?

Dec 15, 20221h 9m
#

Freakonomics Radio Needs Your Help

Dec 12, 20225m
525

525. In Search of the Real Adam Smith

Dec 8, 202246m
524

524. How Important Is Breastfeeding, Really?

Dec 1, 202231m
523

523. Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky with “Moneyball”?

Nov 24, 202252m
522

522. Is Google Getting Worse?

Nov 17, 202253m
#

The Most Interesting Fruit in the World (Ep. 375 Update)

Nov 10, 202239m
521

521. I’m Your Biggest Fan!

Nov 3, 202244m
520

The Unintended Consequences of Working from Home

Oct 27, 202240m
519

519. Has Globalization Failed?

Oct 20, 202246m
518

518. Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice?

Oct 13, 20221h 1m
517

517. Are M.B.A.s to Blame for Wage Stagnation?

Oct 6, 202247m
#

Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439 Update)

Sep 29, 202251m
516

516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough?

Sep 22, 202254m
#

Extra: Ken Burns | People I (Mostly) Admire

Sep 19, 202246m
515

515. When You Pray to God Online, Who Else Is Listening?

Sep 15, 202244m
#

This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Ep. 472 Update)

Sep 8, 202248m
514

514. Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America

Sep 1, 202259m
513

513. Should Public Transit Be Free?

Aug 25, 202245m
#

Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? (Ep. 477 Replay)

Aug 18, 202247m
#

The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism (Ep. 470 Replay)

Aug 11, 202248m
#

The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not (Ep. 469 Replay)

Aug 4, 202251m
512

512. Does Philosophy Still Matter?

Jul 28, 202249m
511

511. Why Did You Marry That Person?

Jul 21, 202246m
#

The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later (Ep. 479 Replay)

Jul 14, 202251m
510

510. What Problems Does Crypto Solve, Anyway?

Jul 7, 202252m
509

509. Are N.F.T.s All Scams?

Jun 30, 202248m
508

508. Does the Crypto Crash Mean the Blockchain Is Over?

Jun 23, 202249m
507

507. 103 Pieces of Advice That May or May Not Work

Jun 16, 202240m
506

506. What Is Sportswashing (and Does It Work)?

Jun 9, 202250m
505

505. Did Domestic Violence Really Spike During the Pandemic?

Jun 2, 202250m
504

504. Introducing “Off Leash”

May 26, 202238m
503

503. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men?

May 19, 202248m
#

Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Ep. 384 Update)

May 12, 202258m
502

502. “I Don’t Think the Country Is Turning Away From College.”

May 5, 202244m
501

501. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into

Apr 28, 202259m
500

500. What Exactly Is College For?

Apr 21, 202245m
#

Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China — and How About Russia? (Ep. 481 Update)

Apr 14, 20221h 7m
499

499. Don't Worry, Be Tacky

Apr 7, 202237m
498

498. In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was … Electric

Mar 31, 202243m
497

497. Can the Big Bad Wolf Save Your Life?

Mar 24, 202246m
#

How to Change Your Mind (Ep. 379 Update)

Mar 17, 202247m
496

Do Unions Still Work?

Mar 10, 202251m
495

Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?

Mar 3, 202248m
494

494. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?

Feb 24, 202248m
#

Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (Ep. 475 Update)

Feb 17, 202253m
493

493. Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million?

Feb 10, 202250m
#

Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455 Replay)

Feb 3, 202244m
492

492. How Did a Hayfield Become One of America’s Hottest Cities?

Jan 27, 202239m
491

491. Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas?

Jan 20, 202248m
490

490. What Do Broken-Hearted Knitters, Urinating Goalkeepers, and the C.I.A. Have in Common?

Jan 13, 202247m
489

489. Is “Toxic Positivity” a Thing?

Jan 6, 202236m
488

488. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?

Dec 30, 202153m
487

487. Is It Okay to Have a Party Yet?

Dec 23, 202131m
486

486. “The Art Market Is in Massive Disruption.”

Dec 16, 202142m
485

485. “I’ve Been Working My Ass Off for You to Make that Profit?”

Dec 9, 202146m
484

484. “A Fascinating, Sexy, Intellectually Compelling, Unregulated Global Market.”

Dec 2, 202152m
#

How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444 Replay)

Nov 25, 202151m
483

483. What’s Wrong With Shortcuts?

Nov 18, 202143m
482

482. Is Venture Capital the Secret Sauce of the American Economy?

Nov 11, 202145m
481

481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China?

Nov 4, 202155m
480

480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy?

Oct 28, 202153m
479

479. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later

Oct 21, 202151m
478

478. How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt?

Oct 14, 202142m
477

477. Why Is U.S. Media So Negative?

Oct 7, 202147m
#

That’s a Great Question! (Ep. 192 Rebroadcast)

Sep 30, 202119m
#

“This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.” (Bonus)

Sep 27, 202132m
476

476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?

Sep 23, 202145m
475

475. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids?

Sep 16, 202148m
474

474. All You Need Is Nudge

Sep 9, 202158m
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Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? (Ep. 407 Rebroadcast)

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473

473. These Jobs Were Not Posted on ZipRecruiter

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Reasons to Be Cheerful (Ep. 417 Rebroadcast)

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472

472. This Is Your Brain on Pollution

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471

471. Mayor Pete and Elaine Chao Hit the Road

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Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet (Rebroadcast)

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470

470. The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism

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469

469. The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not

Jul 15, 202150m
468

468. Nap Time for Everyone!

Jul 8, 202136m
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How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Ep. 289 Rebroadcast)

Jul 1, 202127m
467

467. Is the Future of Farming in the Ocean?

Jun 24, 202142m
466

466. She’s From the Government, and She’s Here to Help

Jun 17, 202145m
465

465. Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast

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464

464. Will Work-from-Home Work Forever?

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463

463. How to Get Anyone to Do Anything

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These Shoes Are Killing Me! (Ep. 296 Rebroadcast)

May 20, 202139m
462

462. The Future of New York City Is in Question. Could Andrew Yang Be the Answer?

May 13, 202142m
461

461. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse

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460

460. The True Story of the Minimum-Wage Fight

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459

459. Let’s Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers

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458

458. How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy

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457

457. Is Dialysis a Test Case of Medicare for All?

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456

456. How to Fix the Hot Mess of U.S. Healthcare

Apr 1, 202149m
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Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405 Rebroadcast)

Mar 25, 202146m
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How Does New York City Keep Reinventing Itself? (Bonus)

Mar 21, 202152m
455

455. Are You Ready for a Fresh Start?

Mar 18, 202142m
454

454. Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished?

Mar 11, 202144m
453

453. A Rescue Plan for Black America

Mar 4, 202156m
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Am I Boring You? (Ep. 225 Rebroadcast)

Feb 25, 202139m
452

452. Jeff Immelt Knows He Let You Down

Feb 18, 202145m
451

451. Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question?

Feb 11, 202142m
450

450. How to Be Better at Death

Feb 4, 202157m
449

449. How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research

Jan 28, 202144m
448

448. The Downside of Disgust

Jan 21, 202145m
447

447. How Much Do We Really Care About Children?

Jan 14, 202147m
446

446. “We Get All Our Great Stuff from Europe — Including Witch Hunting.”

Jan 7, 202140m
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Trust Me (Ep. 266 Rebroadcast)

Dec 31, 202030m
445

445. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?

Dec 24, 202036m
444

444. How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis?

Dec 17, 202048m
443

443. A Sneak Peek at Biden’s Top Economist

Dec 10, 202043m
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PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?!

Dec 6, 202057m
442

442. Is it Too Late for General Motors to Go Electric?

Dec 3, 202044m
441

441. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 2: Digital)

Nov 26, 202048m
440

440. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV)

Nov 19, 202037m
439

439. Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears

Nov 12, 202049m
438

438. How to Succeed by Being Authentic (Hint: Carefully)

Nov 5, 202047m
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Why the Left Had to Steal the Right’s Dark-Money Playbook

Oct 31, 202045m
437

437. Many Businesses Thought They Were Insured for a Pandemic. They Weren’t.

Oct 29, 202040m
436

436. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog

Oct 22, 202057m
435

435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive?

Oct 15, 202044m
434

434. Is New York City Over?

Oct 8, 202049m
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“Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Ken Jennings

Oct 3, 202047m
433

433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry?

Oct 1, 202053m
432

432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger

Sep 24, 202047m
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“One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Kerwin Charles

Sep 19, 202039m
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Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (Ep. 408 Rebroadcast)

Sep 17, 202044m
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What if Your Company Had No Rules?

Sep 12, 202055m
431

431. Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has?

Sep 10, 202049m
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"I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is” | People I (Mostly) Admire Ep. 2: Mayim Bialik

Sep 5, 202045m
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America’s Hidden Duopoly (Ep. 356 Rebroadcast)

Sep 3, 202053m
430

430. Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research?

Aug 27, 202058m
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Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire"

Aug 22, 202042m
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The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast)

Aug 20, 202054m
429

429. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal?

Aug 13, 202041m
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How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast)

Aug 6, 202043m
428

428. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest

Jul 30, 202032m
427

427. The Pros and Cons of Reparations

Jul 23, 202040m
426

426. Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations?

Jul 16, 202044m
425

425. Remembrance of Economic Crises Past

Jul 9, 202051m
424

424. How to Make Your Own Luck

Jul 2, 20201h 0m
423

423. The Doctor Will Zoom You Now

Jun 25, 202052m
422

422. Introducing "No Stupid Questions"

Jun 18, 202033m
421

421. How to Prevent Another Great Depression

Jun 11, 202037m
420

420. Which Jobs Will Come Back, and When?

Jun 4, 202042m
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How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389 Rebroadcast)

May 28, 202042m
419

419. 68 Ways to Be Better at Life

May 21, 202037m
418

418. What Will College Look Like in the Fall (and Beyond)?

May 14, 202055m
417

417. Reasons to Be Cheerful

May 7, 202049m
416

416. How Do You Reopen a Country?

Apr 30, 202053m
415

415. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World

Apr 27, 202046m
414

414. Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China?

Apr 23, 202057m
413

413. Who Gets the Ventilator?

Apr 16, 202048m
412

412. What Happens When Everyone Stays Home to Eat?

Apr 9, 202045m
411

411. Is $2 Trillion the Right Medicine for a Sick Economy?

Apr 2, 202053m
410

410. What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)?

Mar 26, 202040m
409

409. The Side Effects of Social Distancing

Mar 19, 202047m
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Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Ep. 373 Rebroadcast)

Mar 12, 202047m
408

408. Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is?

Mar 5, 202043m
407

407. Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”?

Feb 27, 202033m
406

406. Can You Hear Me Now?

Feb 20, 202048m
405

405. Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet)

Feb 13, 202044m
404

404. Does the President Matter as Much as You Think?

Feb 6, 202052m
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How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Ep. 350 Update)

Jan 30, 20201h 1m
403

403. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 2: “It’s Not a Death Sentence”

Jan 23, 202046m
402

402. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 1: “We’ve Addicted an Entire Generation”

Jan 16, 202047m
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5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Rebroadcast)

Jan 9, 202048m
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The Zero-Minute Workout (Rebroadcast)

Jan 2, 202038m
401

401. How Many Prince Charleses Can There Be in One Room?

Dec 26, 201933m
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Why Is This Man Running for President? (Update)

Dec 19, 201959m
400

400. How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less

Dec 12, 201942m
399

399. Honey, I Grew the Economy

Dec 5, 201943m
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How to Change Your Mind (Rebroadcast)

Nov 28, 201945m
398

398. The Truth About the Vaping Crisis

Nov 21, 201944m
397

397. How to Save $32 Million in One Hour

Nov 14, 201945m
396

396. Why Does Tipping Still Exist?

Nov 7, 201947m
395

395. Speak Softly and Carry Big Data

Oct 31, 20191h 3m
394

394. Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem?

Oct 24, 201950m
393

393. Can Britain Get Its “Great” Back?

Oct 17, 20191h 0m
392

392. The Prime Minister Who Cried Brexit

Oct 10, 201952m
391

391. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up

Oct 3, 201945m
390

390. Fed Up

Sep 26, 201941m
389

389. How to Make Meetings Less Terrible

Sep 19, 201941m
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Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be

Sep 12, 201941m
388

388. The Economics of Sports Gambling

Sep 5, 201954m
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The Future of Meat (Rebroadcast)

Aug 29, 201953m
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Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Rebroadcast)

Aug 22, 201947m
387

387. Hello, My Name Is Marijuana Pepsi!

Aug 15, 201938m
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How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast )

Aug 8, 201951m
386

386. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War

Aug 1, 201939m
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America’s Hidden Duopoly (Rebroadcast)

Jul 25, 201952m
385

385. What Do Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, and Serena Williams Have in Common?

Jul 18, 201935m
384

384. Abortion and Crime, Revisited

Jul 11, 201955m
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A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast )

Jul 4, 201926m
383

383. The Zero-Minute Workout

Jun 27, 201937m
382

382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution?

Jun 20, 201951m
381

381. Long-Term Thinking in a Start-Up Town

Jun 13, 201949m
380

380. Notes From an Imperfect Paradise

Jun 6, 201950m
379

379. How to Change Your Mind

May 30, 201945m
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Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadcast)

May 23, 201941m
378

378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)

May 16, 201949m
377

377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt?

May 9, 201948m
376

376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting

May 2, 201949m
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The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast)

Apr 25, 201947m
375

375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World

Apr 18, 201936m
374

374. How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians)

Apr 11, 201957m
373

373. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work

Apr 4, 201948m
372

372. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Would You Eat a Piece of Chocolate Shaped Like Dog Poop?”

Mar 28, 201953m
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Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Update)

Mar 21, 201948m
371

371. A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House

Mar 14, 201948m
370

370. How to Fail Like a Pro

Mar 7, 201940m
369

369. A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough

Feb 28, 201954m
368

368. Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

Feb 21, 20191h 1m
367

367. The Future of Meat

Feb 14, 201951m
366

366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One?

Feb 7, 201949m
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Extra: Domonique Foxworth Full Interview

Feb 2, 20191h 29m
365

365. Not Just Another Labor Force

Jan 31, 20191h 0m
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Extra: Mark Cuban Full Interview

Jan 26, 201942m
364

364. Inside the Sports-Industrial Complex

Jan 24, 201952m
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Extra: Mark Teixeira Full Interview

Jan 19, 201958m
363

363. Think Like a Winner

Jan 17, 201955m
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Hacking the World Bank (Update)

Jan 12, 201935m
362

362. Why Is This Man Running for President?

Jan 10, 201952m
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How to Be Happy (Rebroadcast)

Jan 3, 201937m
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How to Win Games and Beat People (Rebroadcast)

Dec 27, 201852m
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People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Rebroadcast)

Dec 20, 201857m
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Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of Time.”

Dec 15, 201856m
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Freakonomics Radio Live: “The World’s a Mess. But Oysters, They Hold it Down.”

Dec 15, 201856m
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Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fear Live in the Brain?”

Dec 15, 201855m
361

361. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon.”

Dec 13, 20181h 0m
360

360. Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real?

Dec 6, 201840m
359

359. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s?

Nov 29, 201847m
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There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? (Rebroadcast)

Nov 22, 201847m
358

358. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be

Nov 15, 201840m
357

357. Can an Industrial Giant Become a Tech Darling?

Nov 8, 201854m
356

356. America’s Hidden Duopoly

Nov 1, 201854m
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Extra: Elvis Costello Full Interview

Oct 27, 20181h 19m
355

355. Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)?

Oct 25, 20181h 13m
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Extra: Jeremy Lin Full Interview

Oct 20, 201843m
354

354. How to Be Creative

Oct 18, 201852m
353

353. How to Optimize Your Apology

Oct 11, 201849m
352

352. Can This Man Stop a Trade War?

Oct 4, 201842m
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Extra: Shawn Johnson Full Interview

Oct 1, 20181h 7m
351

351. Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete

Sep 27, 20181h 7m
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Extra: Full Interviews With Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Staley, Mike McGlinchey, and Kyle Juszczyk

Sep 23, 20181h 20m
350

350. How to Stop Being a Loser

Sep 20, 20181h 0m
349

349. How Sports Became Us

Sep 13, 201852m
348

348. Is the Government More Entrepreneurial Than You Think?

Sep 6, 201834m
347

347. Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant

Aug 30, 201837m
346

346. Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet

Aug 23, 201851m
345

345. How to Be Happy

Aug 16, 201837m
344

344. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth?

Aug 9, 201838m
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A Conversation With PepsiCo C.E.O. Indra Nooyi (Ep. 316 Update)

Aug 7, 201845m
343

343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…

Aug 2, 201853m
342

342. Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean?

Jul 26, 201850m
341

341. Why We Choke Under Pressure (and How Not To)

Jul 19, 201844m
340

340. People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard.

Jul 12, 201857m
339

339. The Future of Freakonomics Radio

Jul 3, 201835m
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In Praise of Incrementalism (Rebroadcast)

Jun 28, 201849m
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In Praise of Maintenance (Rebroadcast)

Jun 21, 201842m
338

338. How to Catch World Cup Fever

Jun 14, 201856m
337

337. How to Build a Smart City

Jun 7, 201839m
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How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Rebroadcast)

May 31, 201828m
336

336. The Most Vilified Industry in America Is Also the Most Charitable

May 24, 201833m
335

335. Does Doing Good Give You License to Be Bad?

May 17, 201836m
334

334. 5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing

May 10, 201849m
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Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast)

May 3, 201835m
333

333. The Most Ambitious Thing Humans Have Ever Attempted

Apr 26, 201852m
332

332. Why the Trump Tax Cuts Are Terrible/Awesome (Part 2)

Apr 19, 201844m
331

331. Why the Trump Tax Cuts are Awesome/Terrible (Part 1)

Apr 12, 201845m
330

330. Extra: Ray Dalio Full Interview

Apr 9, 20181h 17m
329

329. The Invisible Paw

Apr 5, 201848m
328

328. Extra: Mark Zuckerberg Full Interview

Apr 2, 201845m
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask) (Rebroadcast)

Mar 29, 201844m
327

327. Extra: Carol Bartz Full Interview

Mar 26, 201850m
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The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money (Rebroadcast)

Mar 22, 201846m
326

326. Extra: Jack Welch Full Interview

Mar 19, 201855m
325

325. How to Train Your Dragon Child

Mar 15, 201835m
324

324. Extra: Satya Nadella Full Interview

Mar 12, 201839m
323

323. Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It

Mar 8, 201841m
322

322. Extra: David Rubenstein Full Interview

Mar 5, 20181h 28m
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Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? (Rebroadcast)

Mar 1, 201846m
321

321. Extra: Richard Branson Full Interview

Feb 26, 201853m
320

320. Letting Go

Feb 22, 201845m
319

319. After the Glass Ceiling, a Glass Cliff

Feb 15, 201852m
318

318. It’s Your Problem Now

Feb 8, 201844m
317

317. What Can Uber Teach Us About the Gender Pay Gap?

Feb 6, 201842m
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An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl (Rebroadcast)

Feb 3, 201827m
316

316. “I Wasn’t Stupid Enough to Say This Could Be Done Overnight”

Feb 1, 201848m
315

315. How to Become a C.E.O.

Jan 25, 201844m
314

What Does a C.E.O. Actually Do?

Jan 18, 201838m
313

313. How to Be a Modern Democrat — and Win

Jan 11, 201838m
#

Why Is My Life So Hard? (Rebroadcast)

Jan 4, 201830m
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Trust Me (Rebroadcast)

Dec 28, 201730m
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Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast)

Dec 21, 201752m
312

312. Not Your Grandmother’s I.M.F.

Dec 14, 201738m
311

311. Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up?

Dec 7, 201747m
310

310. Are We Running Out of Ideas?

Nov 30, 201737m
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Is America Ready for a “No-Lose Lottery”? (Update)

Nov 23, 201745m
309

309. Nurses to the Rescue!

Nov 16, 201757m
308

308. How Can I Do the Most Social Good With $100? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions

Nov 9, 201743m
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Why Is There So Much Ground Beef in the World? (Special Feature)

Nov 7, 201743m
307

307. Thinking Is Expensive. Who’s Supposed to Pay for It?

Nov 2, 201738m
306

306. How to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution

Oct 26, 201744m
305

305. The Demonization of Gluten

Oct 19, 201743m
304

304. What Are the Secrets of the German Economy — and Should We Steal Them?

Oct 12, 201757m
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“Tell Me Something I Don't Know” on the topic of Behavior Change (Special Feature)

Oct 1, 201754m
303

303. Why Larry Summers Is the Economist Everyone Hates to Love

Sep 28, 201750m
302

302. Why Learn Esperanto?

Sep 26, 201730m
301

301. What Would Be the Best Universal Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)

Sep 21, 201741m
300

300. Why Don’t We All Speak the Same Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)

Sep 14, 201743m
299

299. "How Much Brain Damage Do I Have?"

Sep 7, 201747m
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Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast)

Aug 31, 201748m
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Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations (Rebroadcast)

Aug 24, 201745m
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Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast)

Aug 17, 201744m
#

What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast)

Aug 10, 201736m
298

298. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Aug 3, 201744m
297

297. The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money

Jul 27, 201748m
296

296. These Shoes Are Killing Me!

Jul 20, 201739m
295

295. When Helping Hurts

Jul 13, 201751m
294

294. The Fracking Boom, a Baby Boom, and the Retreat From Marriage

Jul 6, 201743m
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The Harvard President Will See You Now (Rebroadcast)

Jun 29, 201739m
293

293. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 2)

Jun 23, 201737m
292

292. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1)

Jun 22, 201744m
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"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" on the topic of Rivalry

Jun 20, 201757m
291

291. Evolution, Accelerated

Jun 15, 201735m
290

290. He’s One of the Most Famous Political Operatives in America. America Just Doesn’t Know It Yet.

Jun 8, 201742m
289

289. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns?

Jun 1, 201728m
288

288. Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor?

May 25, 201742m
287

287. Hoopers! Hoopers! Hoopers!

May 18, 201739m
286

286. How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google)

May 11, 201734m
#

Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast)

May 4, 201736m
285

285. There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified?

Apr 27, 201745m
284

284. Is Income Inequality Inevitable? (Earth 2.0 Series)

Apr 20, 201740m
283

283. What Would Our Economy Look Like? (Earth 2.0 Series)

Apr 13, 201742m
282

282. Could Solving This One Problem Solve All the Others?

Apr 6, 201735m
281

281. Big Returns from Thinking Small

Mar 30, 201730m
280

280. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” on the topic of Collections.

Mar 28, 201751m
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How Safe Is Your Job? (Rebroadcast)

Mar 23, 201733m
279

279. Why Is My Life So Hard?

Mar 16, 201730m
278

278. Chuck E. Cheese’s: Where a Kid Can Learn Price Theory

Mar 9, 201731m
277

277. The Taboo Trifecta

Mar 2, 201732m
276

276. No Hollywood Ending for the Visual-Effects Industry

Feb 23, 201755m
275

275. Professor Hendryx vs. Big Coal

Feb 16, 201737m
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How to Get More Grit in Your Life

Feb 9, 201742m
274

274. An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl

Feb 2, 201728m
273

273. Did China Eat America’s Jobs?

Jan 26, 201738m
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Is the American Dream Really Dead?

Jan 19, 201739m
272

272. Trevor Noah Has a Lot to Say

Jan 12, 201735m
271

271. The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution

Jan 5, 201735m
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How to Become Great at Just About Anything (Rebroadcast)

Dec 29, 201650m
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How to Be More Productive (Rebroadcast)

Dec 22, 201639m
270

270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis

Dec 15, 201648m
269

269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations

Dec 8, 201645m
268

268. Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6

Dec 1, 201644m
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The No-Tipping Point (Rebroadcast)

Nov 24, 201644m
267

267. How to Make a Bad Decision

Nov 17, 201635m
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Introducing Stephen J. Dubner's new podcast, "Tell Me Something I Don't Know"

Nov 15, 201653m
266

266. Trust Me

Nov 10, 201627m
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How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast )

Nov 9, 201633m
265

265. The White House Gets Into the Nudge Business

Nov 3, 201642m
264

264. In Praise of Incrementalism

Oct 27, 201648m
263

263. In Praise of Maintenance

Oct 20, 201641m
262

262. This Is Your Brain on Podcasts

Oct 13, 201645m
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How To Win A Nobel Prize (Rebroadcast)

Oct 6, 201644m
261

261. Why Are We Still Using Cash?

Sep 29, 201642m
260

260. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship?

Sep 22, 201647m
259

259. Ten Signs You Might Be a Libertarian

Sep 15, 201650m
258

258. Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream

Sep 8, 201638m
257

257. The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think

Sep 1, 201635m
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Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? (Rebroadcast)

Aug 25, 201637m
#

Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush (Rebroadcast)

Aug 18, 201631m
256

256. What Are You Waiting For?

Aug 11, 201634m
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Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees? (Rebroadcast)

Aug 4, 201651m
255

255. Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten

Jul 28, 201643m
254

254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of?

Jul 21, 201636m
253

253. Is the Internet Being Ruined?

Jul 14, 201647m
252

252. Confessions of a Pothole Politician

Jul 7, 201643m
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The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast )

Jun 30, 201657m
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How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast)

Jun 23, 201633m
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Why Do We Really Follow the News? (Rebroadcast)

Jun 16, 201635m
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Time to Take Back the Toilet

Jun 9, 201631m
251

251. Are We in a Mattress-Store Bubble?

Jun 9, 201636m
250

250. Why Does Everyone Hate Flying? And Other Questions Only a Pilot Can Answer

Jun 2, 201643m
249

249. The Longest Long Shot

May 26, 201643m
248

248. How to Be Tim Ferriss

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247

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242. Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income?

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239. The No-Tipping Point

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238. The United States of Cory Booker

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230. The Cheeseburger Diet

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228. Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?

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227. Should Everyone Be in a Rock Band?

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226

226. Food + Science = Victory!

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225. Am I Boring You?

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224. How To Win A Nobel Prize

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223. Should Kids Pay Back Their Parents for Raising Them?

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222. Meet the Woman Who Said Women Can’t Have It All

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221. How Did the Belt Win?

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220

220. “I Don't Know What You've Done With My Husband, But He's a Changed Man.”

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219

219. Preventing Crime for Pennies on the Dollar

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218

218. The Harvard President Will See You Now

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217

217. Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset?

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216

216. How to Make a Smart TV Ad

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214

214. How to Create Suspense

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213

213. Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush

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212

212. The Economics of Sleep, Part 2

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211. The Economics of Sleep, Part 1

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210. Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees?

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209. Make Me a Match

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208. Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay

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207. Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do?

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206

206. Ten Years of Freakonomics

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205. Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?!

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204. Nate Silver Says: “Everyone Is Kind of Weird”

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203. Diamonds Are a Marriage Counselor’s Best Friend

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202. How Many Doctors Does It Take to Start a Healthcare Revolution?

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201. How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare?

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200. When Willpower Isn’t Enough

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199. This Idea Must Die

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198. The Maddest Men of All

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197

197. Hacking the World Bank

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196

196. Is There a Better Way to Fight Terrorism?

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195

195. How Efficient Is Energy Efficiency?

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194

194. How Safe Is Your Job?

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193

193. Someone Else’s Acid Trip

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192

192. That’s a Great Question!

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191. Why Doesn’t Everyone Get the Flu Vaccine?

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190. Time to Take Back the Toilet

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189

189. How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps

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188. Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem?

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187

187. The Man Who Would Be Everything

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186

186. Why Do People Keep Having Children?

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185

185. Should the U.S. Merge With Mexico?

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184

184. What Can Vampires Teach Us About Economics?

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183

183. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”

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182

182. How Can Tiny Norway Afford to Buy So Many Teslas?

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181

181. Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition

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180. Fitness Apartheid

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179

179. Outsiders by Design

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178

178. How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying

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177

177. Regulate This!

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176. Does Religion Make You Happy?

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175. Why You Should Bribe Your Kids

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174

174. What Do King Solomon and David Lee Roth Have in Common?

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173

173. A Better Way to Eat

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172

172. How to Screen Job Applicants, Act Your Age, and Get Your Brain Off Autopilot

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171

171. There’s No Such Thing as a Free Appetizer

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170

170. Why America Doesn’t Love Soccer (Yet)

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169

169. Failure Is Your Friend

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168

168. Think Like a Child

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167

167. The Three Hardest Words in the English Language

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166

166. How to Think Like a Freak -- and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions

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165

165. The Perfect Crime

May 1, 201428m
164

164. Which Came First, the Chicken or the Avocado?

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163

163. What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol?

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162

162. “If Mayors Ruled the World”

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161

161. How to Make People Quit Smoking

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160

160. Why Everybody Who Doesn’t Hate Bitcoin Loves It

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159

159. “It’s Fun to Smoke Marijuana”

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158

158. Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It?

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157

157. Why Are Japanese Homes Disposable?

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156

156. Why Marry? (Part 2)

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155

155. Why Marry? (Part 1)

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154

154. What You Don’t Know About Online Dating

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153

153. Reasons to Not Be Ugly

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152

152. Everybody Gossips (and That’s a Good Thing)

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151

151. Are We Ready to Legalize Drugs? And Other FREAK-Quently Asked Questions

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150. What’s the “Best” Exercise?

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149

149. Pontiff-icating on the Free-Market System

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148

148. Are Gay Men Really Rich?

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147

147. The Most Dangerous Machine

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146

146. Fighting Poverty With Actual Evidence

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145

145. What Do Skating Rinks, Ultimate Frisbee, and the World Have in Common?

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144

144. Who Runs the Internet?

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143

143. Why Bad Environmentalism Is Such an Easy Sell

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142

142. The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat

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141

141. How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten

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140

140. How to Think About Money, Choose Your Hometown, and Buy an Electric Toothbrush

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139

139. Would a Big Bucket of Cash Really Change Your Life?

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138

138. Whatever Happened to the Carpal Tunnel Epidemic?

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137

137. Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World?

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136

136. The Middle of Everywhere

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135

135. Do Baby Girls Cause Divorce?

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134

134. Government Employees Gone Wild

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133

133. A Burger a Day

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132

132. Jane Austen, Game Theorist

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131

131. Do You Really Want to Know Your Future?

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130

130. Why Family and Business Don’t Mix

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129

129. Should Tipping be Banned?

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128

128. Baby, You Can Program My Car

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127

127. Can You Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions

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126

126. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common?

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125

125. It’s Crowded at the Top

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124

124. Running to Do Evil

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123

123. Help Wanted. No Smokers Need Apply

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122

122. How Much Does Your Name Matter?

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121

121. The Tax Man Nudgeth

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120

120. 100 Ways to Fight Obesity

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119

119. How Money Is March Madness?

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118

118. Parking Is Hell

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117

117. When Is a Negative a Positive?

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116

116. Women Are Not Men

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115

115. The Downside of More Miles Per Gallon

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114

114. How to Think About Guns

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113

113. Sure, I Remember That

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112

112. Would You Let a Coin Toss Decide Your Future?

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111

111. Introducing “Freakonomics Experiments”

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110

110. Who Owns the Words That Come Out of Your Mouth?

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109

109. How to Live Longer

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108

108. How Did “Freakonomics” Get Its Name? … and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions

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107

107. How Much Does a Good Boss Really Matter?

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106

106. The House of Dreams

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105

105. Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas

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104

104. The Things They Taught Me

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103

103. Free-conomics

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102

102. I Consult, Therefore I Am

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101

101. Mass Transit Hysteria

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100

100. Our 100th Episode!

Nov 5, 201214m
99

99. How to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul

Oct 31, 20125m
98

98. We the Sheeple

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97

97. Lying to Ourselves

Oct 17, 20125m
96

96. The Cobra Effect

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95

95. Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over

Oct 3, 20125m
94

94. The Tale of the $15 Tomato

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93

93. Why Online Poker Should Be Legal

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92

92. Fear Thy Nature

Sep 12, 201237m
91

91. Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness?

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90

90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?

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89

89. There’s Cake in the Breakroom!

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88

88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2

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87

87. The Season of Death

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86

86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1

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85

85. Olympian Economics

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84

84. Legacy of a Jerk

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83

83. What's Wrong With Cash for Grades?

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82

82. Please Steal My Car

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81

81. Star-Spangled Banter?

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80

80. Riding the Herd Mentality

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79

79. A Cheap Employee Is … a Cheap Employee

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78

78. You Eat What You Are, Part 2

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77

77. Playing the Nerd Card

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76

76. You Eat What You Are, Part 1

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75

75. Retirement Kills

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74

74. Soul Possession

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73

73. A Rose By Any Other Distance

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72

72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors

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71

71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line?

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70

70. Eating and Tweeting

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69

69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms

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68

68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb

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67

67. The Patent Gap

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66

66. Show and Yell

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65

65. It’s Not the President, Stupid

Mar 7, 20125m
64

64. The Days of Wine and Mouses

Feb 27, 201256m
63

63. The Dilbert Index?

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62

62. How Biased Is Your Media?

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61

61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat?

Feb 8, 20125m
60

60. Save Me From Myself

Feb 1, 201233m
59

59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl

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58

58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common?

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57

57. Does Money Really Buy Elections?

Jan 11, 20125m
56

56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say?

Jan 4, 201215m
55

55. The Perils of Drunk Walking

Dec 27, 20115m
54

54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore)

Dec 21, 201129m
53

53. How American Food Got So Bad

Dec 13, 20114m
52

52. Weird Recycling

Dec 2, 201124m
51

51. What Makes a Donor Donate?

Nov 29, 20115m
50

50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It?

Nov 22, 201130m
49

49. Unnatural Turkeys

Nov 16, 20114m
48

48. Boo…Who?

Nov 8, 201129m
47

47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers

Nov 2, 20114m
46

46. Misadventures in Baby-Making

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45

45. Those Cheating Teachers!

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44

44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?

Oct 10, 201128m
43

43. The Decline and Fall of Violence

Oct 5, 20115m
42

42. The Upside of Quitting

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41

41. The Folly of Prediction

Sep 14, 201156m
40

40. The Suicide Paradox

Aug 31, 201156m
39

39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting

Aug 16, 201156m
38

38. The Church of "Scionology"

Aug 3, 201156m
37

37. Mouse in the Salad

Jul 20, 201127m
36

36. Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You're Driving?

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35

35. Live From St. Paul!

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34

34. Things Our Fathers Gave Us

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33

33. To Catch a Fugitive

May 25, 201118m
32

32. Growing Up Buffett

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31

31. Gambling With Your Life

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30

30. Does College Still Matter? And Other Freaky Questions Answered ...

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29

29. Smarter Kids at 10 Bucks a Pop

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28

28. Why Can’t We Predict Earthquakes?

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27

27. Death by Fire? Probably Not

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26

26. The Health of Nations

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25

25. Is Twitter a Two-Way Street?

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24

24. The Power of Poop

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23

23. Millionaires vs. Billionaires

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22

22. Why Cities Rock

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21

21. Bring on the Pain!

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20

20. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 2)

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19

19. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1)

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18

18. Freakonomics FAQ, No. 1

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17

17. Trashed

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16

16. Exit Interview: Schools Chancellor, NYC

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15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It!

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14. Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better?

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13. The "No-Lose Lottery," Part 2

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12

12. Is America Ready for a "No-Lose Lottery"?

Nov 17, 201025m
11

11. How Much Does the President of the U.S. Really Matter?

Nov 3, 201032m
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10. The NFL's Best Real Estate Isn't For Sale. Yet.

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9. Reading, Rockets, and 'Rithmetic

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8. Who Stole All the Runs in Major League Baseball?

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7. Two Book Authors and a Microphone

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6

6. Why the World Cup Is an Economist's Dream

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5

5. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System?

May 13, 201028m
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4. Faking It

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3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge?

Mar 24, 201019m
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2. Is America's Obesity Epidemic For Real?

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