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Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you…

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692. What Will A.I. Do to (and for) Human Creativity? 2026-10-23 · 59m
Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy? (Update) 2026-10-22 · 48m
691. Is This What a “Good Billionaire” Looks Like? 2026-10-16 · 43m
690. It’s Show Business, Baby! 2026-10-09 · 62m
689. Here’s Why Your Hamburger Just Got So Pricey 2026-10-02 · 49m
688. When Is a Bet Not a Bet? 2026-09-25 · 51m
687. Are Prediction Markets the Best Forecasting Tool Ever — or Just Another Casino? 2026-09-18 · 49m
How to Be a Double Unicorn, with John Urschel | Better in Person 2026-09-16 · 33m
686. Why Is It So Hard to Find an NFL Quarterback? 2026-09-11 · 58m
Amazon Was Supposed to Kill the Bookstore. James Daunt Had Other Plans | Better in Person 2026-09-09 · 32m
685. How to Survive the A.I. Shock 2026-09-04 · 58m
How to Run an Institution in an Anti-Institution Era | Better in Person 2026-09-02 · 38m
How to Return Stolen Art (Update) 2026-08-28 · 51m
“I Trust Almost Anyone More Than Myself” | Better in Person 2026-08-26 · 43m
Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case? (Update) 2026-08-21 · 53m
Meet Warren Zanes, the Author and Rocker Behind the Springsteen Movie | Better in Person 2026-08-19 · 51m
The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin (Update) 2026-08-14 · 54m
What if Being a Stranger Is Actually Your Superpower? | Better in Person 2026-08-12 · 34m
684. He Helped Clean Up the Last Crash. Does He See Another One Coming? 2026-08-07 · 67m
Does it Take a Twisted Mind to Write Twisted Stories? | Better In Person 2026-08-05 · 45m
683. In the New Space Race, Who Makes the Rules? 2026-07-31 · 56m
How Gary Gulman Turned Depression Into Comedy Gold | Better in Person 2026-07-29 · 47m
682. Should A.I. Move to Space? 2026-07-24 · 48m
Why Cooking is Caregiving, with Chef Hillary Sterling | Better in Person 2026-07-22 · 43m
Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin? (Update) 2026-07-17 · 65m
How a Great Architect Thinks, with Bjarke Ingels | Better in Person 2026-07-14 · 43m
681. How to Host a Talk Show, with Dick Cavett 2026-07-09 · 43m
680. Can Universities Win Back Our Trust? 2026-07-03 · 50m
679. Why Does Vanderbilt Keep Winning? 2026-06-26 · 64m
The World Is (Still) Drowning in Sludge 2026-06-24 · 55m
678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”? 2026-06-19 · 50m
677. Can Backgammon Save Us from Ourselves? 2026-06-12 · 59m
This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Update) 2026-06-10 · 47m
676. Has America Lost the Plot? 2026-06-05 · 65m
The Vanishing Mr. Feynman (Update) 2026-05-29 · 61m
The Brilliant Mr. Feynman (Update) 2026-05-27 · 53m
The Curious Mr. Feynman (Update) 2026-05-22 · 63m
675. Has the New York Times Become a Games Company? 2026-05-15 · 57m
674. How Does a Composer Feel After the World Premiere? 2026-05-08 · 45m
Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update) 2026-05-06 · 68m
673. What Is Money? 2026-05-01 · 54m
672. What Makes Judy Faulkner Run? 2026-04-24 · 61m
Why Does Everyone Hate Rats? (Update) 2026-04-22 · 41m
671. Why Has There Been So Little Progress on Alzheimer’s Disease? 2026-04-17 · 61m
670. Beeconomics 101 2026-04-10 · 56m
Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System (Update) 2026-04-08 · 64m
669. Why Is 95 Percent of the World’s Bourbon Made in Kentucky? 2026-04-03 · 46m
668. Do Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny Have Blood on Their Hands? 2026-03-27 · 54m
In a Driverless World, Who Loses and Who Wins? 2026-03-25 · 66m
Are Human Drivers Finally Obsolete? 2026-03-20 · 71m
667. Here’s Why You Are Constantly Fighting Off Scammers 2026-03-13 · 47m
666. This Is How Progress Happens 2026-03-06 · 53m
The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of (Update) 2026-03-04 · 66m
665. Werner Herzog Isn’t Afraid ... 2026-02-27 · 49m
664. Are Thousands of Medical Cures Hiding in Plain Sight? 2026-02-20 · 52m
All You Need Is Nudge (Update) 2026-02-18 · 57m
663. Is Weed a Performance-Enhancing Drug? 2026-02-13 · 51m
662. If You’re Not Cheating, You’re Not Trying 2026-02-06 · 53m
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update) 2026-02-04 · 58m
661. Can A.I. Save Your Life? 2026-01-30 · 60m
660. The Wellness Industry Is Gigantic — and Mostly Wrong 2026-01-23 · 65m
Steve Levitt Quits His Podcast, Joins Ours 2026-01-21 · 46m
659. Can Marty Makary Fix the F.D.A.? 2026-01-16 · 55m
658. This Is Your Brain on Supplements 2026-01-09 · 53m
Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice? (Update) 2026-01-02 · 61m
Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Update) 2025-12-30 · 43m
Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor? (Update) 2025-12-26 · 44m
657. Whose “Messiah” Is It Anyway? 2025-12-19 · 48m
Who Pays for “Messiah”? 2025-12-17 · 42m
656. How Handel Got His Mojo Back 2025-12-12 · 57m
655. “The Greatest Piece of Participatory Art Ever Created” 2025-12-05 · 57m
Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard. (Update) 2025-11-28 · 62m
Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset? (Update) 2025-11-27 · 53m
654. Is the Public Ready for Private Equity? 2025-11-21 · 63m
653. Does Horse Racing Have a Future? 2025-11-14 · 62m
What Happens When You Turn 20 2025-11-12 · 63m
652. Inside the Horse-Industrial Complex 2025-11-07 · 61m
651. The Ultimate Dance Partner 2025-10-31 · 68m
Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One? (Update) 2025-10-29 · 48m
650. The Doctor Won’t See You Now 2025-10-24 · 52m
A Question-Asker Becomes a Question-Answerer 2025-10-17 · 74m
How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt? (Update) 2025-10-15 · 40m
649. Should Ohio State (and Michigan, and Clemson) Join the N.F.L.? 2025-10-10 · 55m
648. The Merger You Never Knew You Wanted 2025-10-03 · 66m
Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? (Update) 2025-09-26 · 58m
647. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers. 2025-09-19 · 62m
Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? (Update) 2025-09-17 · 36m
646. An Air Traffic Controller Walks Into a Radio Studio ... 2025-09-12 · 61m
645. Is the Air Traffic Control System Broken? 2025-09-05 · 63m
644. Has America Lost Its Appetite for the Common Good? 2025-08-29 · 77m
Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up (Update) 2025-08-27 · 27m
What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life? (Update) 2025-08-22 · 48m
Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? (Update) 2025-08-15 · 38m
The First Great American Industry (Update) 2025-08-08 · 45m
Why Does Tipping Still Exist? (Update) 2025-08-06 · 47m
643. Why Do Candles Still Exist? 2025-08-01 · 47m
642. How to Wage Peace, According to Tony Blinken 2025-07-25 · 66m
Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone? (Update) 2025-07-23 · 47m
641. What Does It Cost to Lead a Creative Life? 2025-07-18 · 46m
640. Why Governments Are Betting Big on Sports 2025-07-11 · 50m
How to Make Your Own Luck (Update) 2025-07-09 · 58m
639. “This Country Kicks My Ass All the Time” 2025-07-04 · 54m
638. Are You Ready for the Elder Swell? 2025-06-27 · 55m
What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Update) 2025-06-25 · 36m
637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages) 2025-06-20 · 46m
636. Why Aren’t We Having More Babies? 2025-06-13 · 50m
An Economics Lesson from a Talking Pencil (Update) 2025-06-11 · 40m
635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation? 2025-06-06 · 51m
634. “Fault-Finder Is a Minimum-Wage Job” 2025-05-30 · 62m
633. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of 2025-05-23 · 66m
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency (Update) 2025-05-21 · 53m
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update) 2025-05-16 · 64m
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death (Update) 2025-05-14 · 53m
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (Update) 2025-05-09 · 56m
632. When Did We All Start Watching Documentaries? 2025-05-02 · 54m
631. Will "3 Summers of Lincoln" Make It to Broadway? 2025-04-25 · 46m
Is It a Theater Piece or a Psychological Experiment? (Update) 2025-04-23 · 37m
630. On Broadway, Nobody Knows Nothing 2025-04-18 · 62m
629. How Is Live Theater Still Alive? 2025-04-11 · 60m
Policymaking Is Not a Science — Yet (Update) 2025-04-09 · 45m
628. Sludge, Part 2: Is Government the Problem, or the Solution? 2025-04-04 · 49m
627. Sludge, Part 1: The World Is Drowning in It 2025-03-28 · 55m
Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Update) 2025-03-21 · 48m
626. Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System 2025-03-14 · 64m
625. The Biden Policy That Trump Hasn’t Touched 2025-03-07 · 63m
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update) 2025-03-05 · 44m
624. The Animal No One Loves, Until They Do 2025-02-28 · 45m
623. Can New York City Win Its War on Rats? 2025-02-21 · 50m
The Show That Never Happened 2025-02-20 · 14m
622. Why Does Everyone Hate Rats? 2025-02-14 · 41m
621. Is Professional Licensing a Racket? 2025-02-07 · 55m
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee? 2025-02-05 · 69m
620. Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? 2025-01-31 · 61m
619. How to Poison the A.I. Machine 2025-01-24 · 52m
Is San Francisco a Failed State? (And Other Questions You Shouldn’t Ask the Mayor) 2025-01-22 · 59m
618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis? 2025-01-17 · 53m
617. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin? 2025-01-10 · 64m
Highway Signs and Prison Labor 2025-01-06 · 39m
Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (Update) 2025-01-02 · 69m
Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update) 2024-12-26 · 75m
Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think 2024-12-23 · 48m
616. How to Make Something from Nothing 2024-12-19 · 48m
615. Is Ozempic as Magical as It Sounds? 2024-12-12 · 57m
How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update) 2024-12-09 · 39m
614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China? 2024-12-05 · 51m
613. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard. 2024-11-28 · 62m
612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset? 2024-11-21 · 53m
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update) 2024-11-18 · 49m
611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next 2024-11-14 · 59m
610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed? 2024-11-07 · 43m
609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm? 2024-10-31 · 40m
Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update) 2024-10-28 · 55m
608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich? 2024-10-24 · 51m
607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed? 2024-10-17 · 46m
606. How to Predict the Presidency 2024-10-11 · 56m
Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update) 2024-10-10 · 47m
605. What Do People Do All Day? 2024-10-03 · 61m
EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update) 2024-09-30 · 60m
604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2) 2024-09-26 · 47m
603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1) 2024-09-19 · 48m
EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update) 2024-09-16 · 43m
602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think? 2024-09-12 · 40m
601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying? 2024-09-05 · 58m
What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update) 2024-08-29 · 49m
EXTRA: Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It 2024-08-26 · 40m
The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into (Update) 2024-08-22 · 71m
What Exactly Is College For? (Update) 2024-08-15 · 50m
EXTRA: Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (Update) 2024-08-12 · 66m
600. “If We’re All in It for Ourselves, Who Are We?” 2024-08-08 · 45m
599. The World's Most Valuable Unused Resource 2024-08-01 · 40m
EXTRA: Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Update) 2024-07-29 · 48m
598. Is Overconsolidation a Threat to Democracy? 2024-07-25 · 37m
597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000? 2024-07-18 · 55m
EXTRA: People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Update) 2024-07-15 · 53m
596. Farewell to a Generational Talent 2024-07-11 · 53m
595. Why Don't We Have Better Candidates for President? 2024-07-04 · 62m
594. Your Brand’s Spokesperson Just Got Arrested — Now What? 2024-06-27 · 44m
593. You Can Make a Killing, but Not a Living 2024-06-20 · 50m
EXTRA: The Fascinatingly Mundane Secrets of the World’s Most Exclusive Nightclub 2024-06-17 · 45m
592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway 2024-06-13 · 65m
591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time 2024-06-06 · 53m
EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here 2024-06-03 · 42m
590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic? 2024-05-30 · 41m
589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long? 2024-05-23 · 49m
Extra: Car Colors & Storage Units 2024-05-20 · 35m
588. Confessions of a Black Conservative 2024-05-16 · 57m
Should Companies Be Owned by Their Workers? 2024-05-09 · 47m
586. How Does the Lost World of Vienna Still Shape Our Lives? 2024-05-02 · 57m
Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update) 2024-04-29 · 62m
585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing 2024-04-25 · 52m
How to Pave the Road to Hell 2024-04-18 · 44m
Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update) 2024-04-14 · 35m
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? 2024-04-11 · 50m
583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History? 2024-04-04 · 63m
Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration? 2024-04-01 · 28m
582. Why Is Everyone Moving to Canada? 2024-03-28 · 50m
581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration 2024-03-21 · 56m
Extra: Madeleine Albright’s Warning on Immigration 2024-03-18 · 29m
580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System 2024-03-14 · 55m
579. Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap? 2024-03-07 · 42m
Extra: What Is Sportswashing — and Does It Work? (Update) 2024-03-04 · 65m
578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think 2024-02-29 · 52m
Is Google Getting Worse? (Update) 2024-02-22 · 57m
Extra: Mr. Feynman Takes a Trip — But Doesn’t Fall 2024-02-19 · 48m
The Vanishing Mr. Feynman 2024-02-15 · 61m
The Brilliant Mr. Feynman 2024-02-08 · 53m
How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Update) 2024-02-05 · 64m
The Curious Mr. Feynman 2024-02-01 · 62m
574. “A Low Moment in Higher Education” 2024-01-25 · 47m
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay) 2024-01-22 · 49m
573. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? 2024-01-18 · 63m
572. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? 2024-01-11 · 74m
571. Greeting Cards, Pizza Boxes, and Personal Injury Lawyers 2024-01-04 · 49m
570. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever? 2023-12-28 · 46m
569. Do You Need Closure? 2023-12-21 · 40m
568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? 2023-12-14 · 61m
567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem? 2023-12-07 · 48m
513. Should Public Transit Be Free? (Update) 2023-11-30 · 56m
566. Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America? 2023-11-23 · 55m
Extra: Jason Kelce Hates to Lose 2023-11-19 · 57m
565. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy? 2023-11-16 · 51m
480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay) 2023-11-09 · 58m
564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency 2023-11-02 · 52m
563. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit 2023-10-26 · 64m
562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death 2023-10-19 · 54m
561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events 2023-10-12 · 55m
232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay) 2023-10-10 · 45m
560. Is This “the Worst Job in Corporate America” — or Maybe the Best? 2023-10-05 · 40m
559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One? 2023-09-28 · 51m
558. The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than One 2023-09-21 · 64m
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee? 2023-09-14 · 61m
556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You? 2023-09-07 · 49m
555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different? 2023-08-31 · 48m
554. Can A.I. Take a Joke? 2023-08-24 · 48m
553. The Suddenly Diplomatic Rahm Emanuel 2023-08-17 · 56m
Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? (Ep. 454 Replay) 2023-08-10 · 47m
Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up 2023-08-06 · 27m
552. Freakonomics Radio Presents: The Economics of Everyday Things 2023-08-03 · 47m
551. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life? 2023-07-27 · 48m
550. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? 2023-07-20 · 37m
549. The First Great American Industry 2023-07-13 · 44m
548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians? 2023-07-06 · 45m
Why Did You Marry That Person? (Ep. 511 Replay) 2023-06-29 · 47m
547. Satya Nadella’s Intelligence Is Not Artificial 2023-06-22 · 37m
546. Are E.S.G. Investors Actually Helping the Environment? 2023-06-15 · 55m
545. Enough with the Slippery Slopes! 2023-06-08 · 44m
544. Ari Emanuel Is Never Indifferent 2023-06-01 · 66m
Make Me a Match (Ep. 209 Update) 2023-05-25 · 69m
543. How to Return Stolen Art 2023-05-18 · 52m
542. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case? 2023-05-11 · 52m
541. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin 2023-05-04 · 53m
Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay) 2023-04-27 · 43m
540. Swearing Is More Important Than You Think 2023-04-20 · 45m
539. Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone? 2023-04-13 · 47m
538. A Radically Simple Way to Boost a Neighborhood 2023-04-06 · 48m
How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less (Ep. 400 Replay) 2023-03-30 · 43m
537. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss. 2023-03-23 · 53m
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Ep. 495 Replay) 2023-03-16 · 50m
536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap? 2023-03-09 · 58m
535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving? 2023-03-02 · 56m
534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It? 2023-02-23 · 58m
Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million? (Ep. 493 Update) 2023-02-16 · 53m
The Economics of Everyday Things: Used Hotel Soaps 2023-02-13 · 17m
533. Will the Democrats “Make America Great Again”? 2023-02-09 · 51m
The Economics of Everyday Things: “My Sharona” 2023-02-06 · 18m
Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal? (Ep. 429 Update) 2023-02-02 · 42m
The Economics of Everyday Things: Girl Scout Cookies 2023-01-30 · 14m
532. Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet? 2023-01-26 · 47m
Introducing “The Economics of Everyday Things” 2023-01-23 · 15m
531. Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog? 2023-01-19 · 42m
Extra: Samin Nosrat Always Wanted to Be Famous 2023-01-16 · 39m
530. What's Wrong with Being a One-Hit Wonder? 2023-01-12 · 49m
529. Can Our Surroundings Make Us Smarter? 2023-01-05 · 47m
528. Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life is Meaningless and Amazing 2022-12-29 · 52m
527. Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy? 2022-12-22 · 49m
526. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? 2022-12-15 · 69m
Freakonomics Radio Needs Your Help 2022-12-12 · 6m
525. In Search of the Real Adam Smith 2022-12-08 · 47m
524. How Important Is Breastfeeding, Really? 2022-12-01 · 32m
523. Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky with “Moneyball”? 2022-11-24 · 53m
522. Is Google Getting Worse? 2022-11-17 · 53m
The Most Interesting Fruit in the World (Ep. 375 Update) 2022-11-10 · 39m
521. I’m Your Biggest Fan! 2022-11-03 · 44m
The Unintended Consequences of Working from Home 2022-10-27 · 40m
519. Has Globalization Failed? 2022-10-20 · 46m
518. Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice? 2022-10-13 · 62m
517. Are M.B.A.s to Blame for Wage Stagnation? 2022-10-06 · 48m
Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439 Update) 2022-09-29 · 52m
516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough? 2022-09-22 · 54m
Extra: Ken Burns | People I (Mostly) Admire 2022-09-19 · 46m
515. When You Pray to God Online, Who Else Is Listening? 2022-09-15 · 45m
This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Ep. 472 Update) 2022-09-08 · 48m
514. Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America 2022-09-01 · 60m
513. Should Public Transit Be Free? 2022-08-25 · 46m
Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? (Ep. 477 Replay) 2022-08-18 · 48m
The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism (Ep. 470 Replay) 2022-08-11 · 48m
The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not (Ep. 469 Replay) 2022-08-04 · 52m
512. Does Philosophy Still Matter? 2022-07-28 · 50m
511. Why Did You Marry That Person? 2022-07-21 · 46m
The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later (Ep. 479 Replay) 2022-07-14 · 51m
510. What Problems Does Crypto Solve, Anyway? 2022-07-07 · 52m
509. Are N.F.T.s All Scams? 2022-06-30 · 48m
508. Does the Crypto Crash Mean the Blockchain Is Over? 2022-06-23 · 50m
507. 103 Pieces of Advice That May or May Not Work 2022-06-16 · 40m
506. What Is Sportswashing (and Does It Work)? 2022-06-09 · 50m
505. Did Domestic Violence Really Spike During the Pandemic? 2022-06-02 · 51m
504. Introducing “Off Leash” 2022-05-26 · 39m
503. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? 2022-05-19 · 48m
Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Ep. 384 Update) 2022-05-12 · 58m
502. “I Don’t Think the Country Is Turning Away From College.” 2022-05-05 · 44m
501. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into 2022-04-28 · 59m
500. What Exactly Is College For? 2022-04-21 · 46m
Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China — and How About Russia? (Ep. 481 Update) 2022-04-14 · 68m
499. Don't Worry, Be Tacky 2022-04-07 · 38m
498. In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was … Electric 2022-03-31 · 43m
497. Can the Big Bad Wolf Save Your Life? 2022-03-24 · 47m
How to Change Your Mind (Ep. 379 Update) 2022-03-17 · 48m
Do Unions Still Work? 2022-03-10 · 52m
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? 2022-03-03 · 49m
494. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale? 2022-02-24 · 49m
Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (Ep. 475 Update) 2022-02-17 · 54m
493. Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million? 2022-02-10 · 51m
Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455 Replay) 2022-02-03 · 45m
492. How Did a Hayfield Become One of America’s Hottest Cities? 2022-01-27 · 39m
491. Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas? 2022-01-20 · 48m
490. What Do Broken-Hearted Knitters, Urinating Goalkeepers, and the C.I.A. Have in Common? 2022-01-13 · 47m
489. Is “Toxic Positivity” a Thing? 2022-01-06 · 36m
488. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? 2021-12-30 · 54m
487. Is It Okay to Have a Party Yet? 2021-12-23 · 31m
486. “The Art Market Is in Massive Disruption.” 2021-12-16 · 42m
485. “I’ve Been Working My Ass Off for You to Make that Profit?” 2021-12-09 · 46m
484. “A Fascinating, Sexy, Intellectually Compelling, Unregulated Global Market.” 2021-12-02 · 53m
How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444 Replay) 2021-11-25 · 51m
483. What’s Wrong With Shortcuts? 2021-11-18 · 43m
482. Is Venture Capital the Secret Sauce of the American Economy? 2021-11-11 · 46m
481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? 2021-11-04 · 56m
480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? 2021-10-28 · 53m
479. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later 2021-10-21 · 51m
478. How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt? 2021-10-14 · 42m
477. Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? 2021-10-07 · 47m
That’s a Great Question! (Ep. 192 Rebroadcast) 2021-09-30 · 19m
“This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.” 2021-09-27 · 33m
“This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.” (Bonus) 2021-09-27 · 33m
476. What Are the Police for, Anyway? 2021-09-23 · 46m
475. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? 2021-09-16 · 49m
474. All You Need Is Nudge 2021-09-09 · 59m
Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? (Ep. 407 Rebroadcast) 2021-09-02 · 36m
473. These Jobs Were Not Posted on ZipRecruiter 2021-08-26 · 47m
Reasons to Be Cheerful (Ep. 417 Rebroadcast) 2021-08-19 · 53m
472. This Is Your Brain on Pollution 2021-08-12 · 46m
471. Mayor Pete and Elaine Chao Hit the Road 2021-08-05 · 49m
Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet (Rebroadcast) 2021-07-29 · 53m
470. The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism 2021-07-22 · 48m
469. The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not 2021-07-15 · 50m
468. Nap Time for Everyone! 2021-07-08 · 37m
How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Ep. 289 Rebroadcast) 2021-07-01 · 27m
467. Is the Future of Farming in the Ocean? 2021-06-24 · 43m
466. She’s From the Government, and She’s Here to Help 2021-06-17 · 45m
465. Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast 2021-06-10 · 23m
464. Will Work-from-Home Work Forever? 2021-06-03 · 48m
463. How to Get Anyone to Do Anything 2021-05-27 · 58m
These Shoes Are Killing Me! (Ep. 296 Rebroadcast) 2021-05-20 · 40m
462. The Future of New York City Is in Question. Could Andrew Yang Be the Answer? 2021-05-13 · 43m
461. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse 2021-05-06 · 48m
460. The True Story of the Minimum-Wage Fight 2021-04-29 · 44m
459. Let’s Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers 2021-04-22 · 35m
458. How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy 2021-04-15 · 51m
457. Is Dialysis a Test Case of Medicare for All? 2021-04-08 · 53m
456. How to Fix the Hot Mess of U.S. Healthcare 2021-04-01 · 50m
Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405 Rebroadcast) 2021-03-25 · 46m
How Does New York City Keep Reinventing Itself? (Bonus) 2021-03-21 · 52m
455. Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? 2021-03-18 · 42m
454. Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? 2021-03-11 · 45m
453. A Rescue Plan for Black America 2021-03-04 · 57m
Am I Boring You? (Ep. 225 Rebroadcast) 2021-02-25 · 39m
452. Jeff Immelt Knows He Let You Down 2021-02-18 · 46m
451. Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question? 2021-02-11 · 43m
450. How to Be Better at Death 2021-02-04 · 58m
449. How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research 2021-01-28 · 44m
448. The Downside of Disgust 2021-01-21 · 46m
447. How Much Do We Really Care About Children? 2021-01-14 · 48m
446. “We Get All Our Great Stuff from Europe — Including Witch Hunting.” 2021-01-07 · 40m
Trust Me (Ep. 266 Rebroadcast) 2020-12-31 · 31m
445. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? 2020-12-24 · 37m
444. How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? 2020-12-17 · 49m
443. A Sneak Peek at Biden’s Top Economist 2020-12-10 · 43m
PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?! 2020-12-06 · 57m
442. Is it Too Late for General Motors to Go Electric? 2020-12-03 · 45m
441. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 2: Digital) 2020-11-26 · 48m
440. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV) 2020-11-19 · 37m
439. Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears 2020-11-12 · 50m
438. How to Succeed by Being Authentic (Hint: Carefully) 2020-11-05 · 48m
Why the Left Had to Steal the Right’s Dark-Money Playbook 2020-10-31 · 45m
437. Many Businesses Thought They Were Insured for a Pandemic. They Weren’t. 2020-10-29 · 41m
436. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog 2020-10-22 · 58m
435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive? 2020-10-15 · 45m
434. Is New York City Over? 2020-10-08 · 49m
“Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Ken Jennings 2020-10-03 · 47m
433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? 2020-10-01 · 54m
432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger 2020-09-24 · 48m
“One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Kerwin Charles 2020-09-19 · 39m
Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (Ep. 408 Rebroadcast) 2020-09-17 · 44m
What if Your Company Had No Rules? 2020-09-12 · 55m
431. Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has? 2020-09-10 · 50m
"I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is” | People I (Mostly) Admire Ep. 2: Mayim Bialik 2020-09-05 · 45m
America’s Hidden Duopoly (Ep. 356 Rebroadcast) 2020-09-03 · 53m
430. Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? 2020-08-27 · 58m
Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire" 2020-08-22 · 43m
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast) 2020-08-20 · 55m
429. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal? 2020-08-13 · 41m
How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast) 2020-08-06 · 44m
428. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest 2020-07-30 · 32m
427. The Pros and Cons of Reparations 2020-07-23 · 40m
426. Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? 2020-07-16 · 44m
425. Remembrance of Economic Crises Past 2020-07-09 · 52m
424. How to Make Your Own Luck 2020-07-02 · 60m
423. The Doctor Will Zoom You Now 2020-06-25 · 53m
422. Introducing "No Stupid Questions" 2020-06-18 · 34m
421. How to Prevent Another Great Depression 2020-06-11 · 38m
420. Which Jobs Will Come Back, and When? 2020-06-04 · 42m
How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389 Rebroadcast) 2020-05-28 · 43m
419. 68 Ways to Be Better at Life 2020-05-21 · 37m
418. What Will College Look Like in the Fall (and Beyond)? 2020-05-14 · 56m
417. Reasons to Be Cheerful 2020-05-07 · 50m
416. How Do You Reopen a Country? 2020-04-30 · 54m
415. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World 2020-04-27 · 47m
414. Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China? 2020-04-23 · 58m
413. Who Gets the Ventilator? 2020-04-16 · 48m
412. What Happens When Everyone Stays Home to Eat? 2020-04-09 · 46m
411. Is $2 Trillion the Right Medicine for a Sick Economy? 2020-04-02 · 53m
410. What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)? 2020-03-26 · 40m
409. The Side Effects of Social Distancing 2020-03-19 · 48m
Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Ep. 373 Rebroadcast) 2020-03-12 · 47m
408. Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? 2020-03-05 · 43m
407. Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? 2020-02-27 · 33m
406. Can You Hear Me Now? 2020-02-20 · 48m
405. Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) 2020-02-13 · 45m
404. Does the President Matter as Much as You Think? 2020-02-06 · 52m
How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Ep. 350 Update) 2020-01-30 · 61m
403. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 2: “It’s Not a Death Sentence” 2020-01-23 · 46m
402. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 1: “We’ve Addicted an Entire Generation” 2020-01-16 · 48m
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Rebroadcast) 2020-01-09 · 48m
The Zero-Minute Workout (Rebroadcast) 2020-01-02 · 39m
401. How Many Prince Charleses Can There Be in One Room? 2019-12-26 · 34m
Why Is This Man Running for President? (Update) 2019-12-19 · 59m
400. How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less 2019-12-12 · 43m
399. Honey, I Grew the Economy 2019-12-05 · 43m
How to Change Your Mind (Rebroadcast) 2019-11-28 · 45m
398. The Truth About the Vaping Crisis 2019-11-21 · 44m
397. How to Save $32 Million in One Hour 2019-11-14 · 45m
396. Why Does Tipping Still Exist? 2019-11-07 · 47m
395. Speak Softly and Carry Big Data 2019-10-31 · 63m
394. Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem? 2019-10-24 · 50m
393. Can Britain Get Its “Great” Back? 2019-10-17 · 60m
392. The Prime Minister Who Cried Brexit 2019-10-10 · 52m
391. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up 2019-10-03 · 46m
390. Fed Up 2019-09-26 · 42m
389. How to Make Meetings Less Terrible 2019-09-19 · 42m
Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be 2019-09-12 · 42m
388. The Economics of Sports Gambling 2019-09-05 · 55m
The Future of Meat (Rebroadcast) 2019-08-29 · 53m
Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Rebroadcast) 2019-08-22 · 48m
387. Hello, My Name Is Marijuana Pepsi! 2019-08-15 · 39m
How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast ) 2019-08-08 · 51m
386. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War 2019-08-01 · 40m
America’s Hidden Duopoly (Rebroadcast) 2019-07-25 · 53m
385. What Do Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, and Serena Williams Have in Common? 2019-07-18 · 36m
384. Abortion and Crime, Revisited 2019-07-11 · 55m
A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast ) 2019-07-04 · 27m
383. The Zero-Minute Workout 2019-06-27 · 37m
382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution? 2019-06-20 · 51m
381. Long-Term Thinking in a Start-Up Town 2019-06-13 · 50m
380. Notes From an Imperfect Paradise 2019-06-06 · 50m
379. How to Change Your Mind 2019-05-30 · 46m
Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadcast) 2019-05-23 · 42m
378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else) 2019-05-16 · 49m
377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt? 2019-05-09 · 48m
376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting 2019-05-02 · 50m
The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast) 2019-04-25 · 47m
375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World 2019-04-18 · 37m
374. How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians) 2019-04-11 · 58m
373. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work 2019-04-04 · 48m
372. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Would You Eat a Piece of Chocolate Shaped Like Dog Poop?” 2019-03-28 · 54m
Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Update) 2019-03-21 · 49m
371. A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House 2019-03-14 · 48m
370. How to Fail Like a Pro 2019-03-07 · 41m
369. A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough 2019-02-28 · 54m
368. Where Do Good Ideas Come From? 2019-02-21 · 62m
367. The Future of Meat 2019-02-14 · 52m
366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One? 2019-02-07 · 49m
Extra: Domonique Foxworth Full Interview 2019-02-02 · 90m
365. Not Just Another Labor Force 2019-01-31 · 60m
Extra: Mark Cuban Full Interview 2019-01-26 · 42m
364. Inside the Sports-Industrial Complex 2019-01-24 · 53m
Extra: Mark Teixeira Full Interview 2019-01-19 · 59m
363. Think Like a Winner 2019-01-17 · 55m
Hacking the World Bank (Update) 2019-01-12 · 36m
362. Why Is This Man Running for President? 2019-01-10 · 52m
How to Be Happy (Rebroadcast) 2019-01-03 · 38m
How to Win Games and Beat People (Rebroadcast) 2018-12-27 · 52m
People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Rebroadcast) 2018-12-20 · 58m
Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of Time.” 2018-12-15 · 57m
Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fear Live in the Brain?” 2018-12-15 · 55m
Freakonomics Radio Live: “The World’s a Mess. But Oysters, They Hold it Down.” 2018-12-15 · 57m
361. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon.” 2018-12-13 · 60m
360. Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real? 2018-12-06 · 41m
359. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? 2018-11-29 · 47m
There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? (Rebroadcast) 2018-11-22 · 47m
358. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be 2018-11-15 · 41m
357. Can an Industrial Giant Become a Tech Darling? 2018-11-08 · 54m
356. America’s Hidden Duopoly 2018-11-01 · 54m
Extra: Elvis Costello Full Interview 2018-10-27 · 80m
355. Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)? 2018-10-25 · 74m
Extra: Jeremy Lin Full Interview 2018-10-20 · 43m
354. How to Be Creative 2018-10-18 · 53m
353. How to Optimize Your Apology 2018-10-11 · 49m
352. Can This Man Stop a Trade War? 2018-10-04 · 43m
Extra: Shawn Johnson Full Interview 2018-10-01 · 67m
351. Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete 2018-09-27 · 68m
Extra: Full Interviews With Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Staley, Mike McGlinchey, and Kyle Juszczyk 2018-09-23 · 80m
350. How to Stop Being a Loser 2018-09-20 · 61m
349. How Sports Became Us 2018-09-13 · 52m
348. Is the Government More Entrepreneurial Than You Think? 2018-09-06 · 35m
347. Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant 2018-08-30 · 37m
346. Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet 2018-08-23 · 51m
345. How to Be Happy 2018-08-16 · 38m
344. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth? 2018-08-09 · 38m
A Conversation With PepsiCo C.E.O. Indra Nooyi (Ep. 316 Update) 2018-08-07 · 46m
343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar… 2018-08-02 · 54m
342. Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean? 2018-07-26 · 51m
341. Why We Choke Under Pressure (and How Not To) 2018-07-19 · 45m
340. People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. 2018-07-12 · 57m
339. The Future of Freakonomics Radio 2018-07-03 · 36m
In Praise of Incrementalism (Rebroadcast) 2018-06-28 · 49m
In Praise of Maintenance (Rebroadcast) 2018-06-21 · 42m
338. How to Catch World Cup Fever 2018-06-14 · 57m
337. How to Build a Smart City 2018-06-07 · 39m
How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Rebroadcast) 2018-05-31 · 28m
336. The Most Vilified Industry in America Is Also the Most Charitable 2018-05-24 · 33m
335. Does Doing Good Give You License to Be Bad? 2018-05-17 · 37m
334. 5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing 2018-05-10 · 50m
Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast) 2018-05-03 · 36m
333. The Most Ambitious Thing Humans Have Ever Attempted 2018-04-26 · 52m
332. Why the Trump Tax Cuts Are Terrible/Awesome (Part 2) 2018-04-19 · 45m
331. Why the Trump Tax Cuts are Awesome/Terrible (Part 1) 2018-04-12 · 45m
330. Extra: Ray Dalio Full Interview 2018-04-09 · 77m
329. The Invisible Paw 2018-04-05 · 48m
328. Extra: Mark Zuckerberg Full Interview 2018-04-02 · 46m
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask) (Rebroadcast) 2018-03-29 · 45m
327. Extra: Carol Bartz Full Interview 2018-03-26 · 51m
The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money (Rebroadcast) 2018-03-22 · 47m
326. Extra: Jack Welch Full Interview 2018-03-19 · 56m
325. How to Train Your Dragon Child 2018-03-15 · 36m
324. Extra: Satya Nadella Full Interview 2018-03-12 · 40m
323. Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It 2018-03-08 · 41m
322. Extra: David Rubenstein Full Interview 2018-03-05 · 89m
Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? (Rebroadcast) 2018-03-01 · 47m
321. Extra: Richard Branson Full Interview 2018-02-26 · 54m
320. Letting Go 2018-02-22 · 45m
319. After the Glass Ceiling, a Glass Cliff 2018-02-15 · 52m
318. It’s Your Problem Now 2018-02-08 · 44m
317. What Can Uber Teach Us About the Gender Pay Gap? 2018-02-06 · 43m
An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl (Rebroadcast) 2018-02-03 · 28m
316. “I Wasn’t Stupid Enough to Say This Could Be Done Overnight” 2018-02-01 · 48m
315. How to Become a C.E.O. 2018-01-25 · 44m
What Does a C.E.O. Actually Do? 2018-01-18 · 39m
313. How to Be a Modern Democrat — and Win 2018-01-11 · 38m
Why Is My Life So Hard? (Rebroadcast) 2018-01-04 · 30m
Trust Me (Rebroadcast) 2017-12-28 · 30m
Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast) 2017-12-21 · 53m
312. Not Your Grandmother’s I.M.F. 2017-12-14 · 38m
311. Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up? 2017-12-07 · 48m
310. Are We Running Out of Ideas? 2017-11-30 · 37m
Is America Ready for a “No-Lose Lottery”? (Update) 2017-11-23 · 45m
309. Nurses to the Rescue! 2017-11-16 · 58m
308. How Can I Do the Most Social Good With $100? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions 2017-11-09 · 43m
Why Is There So Much Ground Beef in the World? (Special Feature) 2017-11-07 · 43m
307. Thinking Is Expensive. Who’s Supposed to Pay for It? 2017-11-02 · 39m
306. How to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution 2017-10-26 · 45m
305. The Demonization of Gluten 2017-10-19 · 44m
304. What Are the Secrets of the German Economy — and Should We Steal Them? 2017-10-12 · 57m
“Tell Me Something I Don't Know” on the topic of Behavior Change (Special Feature) 2017-10-01 · 54m
303. Why Larry Summers Is the Economist Everyone Hates to Love 2017-09-28 · 50m
302. Why Learn Esperanto? 2017-09-26 · 31m
301. What Would Be the Best Universal Language? (Earth 2.0 Series) 2017-09-21 · 41m
300. Why Don’t We All Speak the Same Language? (Earth 2.0 Series) 2017-09-14 · 43m
299. "How Much Brain Damage Do I Have?" 2017-09-07 · 47m
Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast) 2017-08-31 · 49m
Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations (Rebroadcast) 2017-08-24 · 46m
Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast) 2017-08-17 · 44m
What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast) 2017-08-10 · 36m
298. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask) 2017-08-03 · 44m
297. The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money 2017-07-27 · 48m
296. These Shoes Are Killing Me! 2017-07-20 · 39m
295. When Helping Hurts 2017-07-13 · 51m
294. The Fracking Boom, a Baby Boom, and the Retreat From Marriage 2017-07-06 · 44m
The Harvard President Will See You Now (Rebroadcast) 2017-06-29 · 39m
293. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 2) 2017-06-23 · 37m
292. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1) 2017-06-22 · 45m
"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" on the topic of Rivalry 2017-06-20 · 57m
291. Evolution, Accelerated 2017-06-15 · 36m
290. He’s One of the Most Famous Political Operatives in America. America Just Doesn’t Know It Yet. 2017-06-08 · 42m
289. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? 2017-06-01 · 28m
288. Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor? 2017-05-25 · 42m
287. Hoopers! Hoopers! Hoopers! 2017-05-18 · 39m
286. How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google) 2017-05-11 · 34m
Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast) 2017-05-04 · 37m
285. There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? 2017-04-27 · 46m
284. Is Income Inequality Inevitable? (Earth 2.0 Series) 2017-04-20 · 41m
283. What Would Our Economy Look Like? (Earth 2.0 Series) 2017-04-13 · 43m
282. Could Solving This One Problem Solve All the Others? 2017-04-06 · 35m
281. Big Returns from Thinking Small 2017-03-30 · 31m
280. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” on the topic of Collections. 2017-03-28 · 51m
How Safe Is Your Job? (Rebroadcast) 2017-03-23 · 33m
279. Why Is My Life So Hard? 2017-03-16 · 31m
278. Chuck E. Cheese’s: Where a Kid Can Learn Price Theory 2017-03-09 · 31m
277. The Taboo Trifecta 2017-03-02 · 32m
276. No Hollywood Ending for the Visual-Effects Industry 2017-02-23 · 56m
275. Professor Hendryx vs. Big Coal 2017-02-16 · 37m
How to Get More Grit in Your Life 2017-02-09 · 42m
274. An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl 2017-02-02 · 28m
273. Did China Eat America’s Jobs? 2017-01-26 · 38m
Is the American Dream Really Dead? 2017-01-19 · 39m
272. Trevor Noah Has a Lot to Say 2017-01-12 · 35m
271. The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution 2017-01-05 · 35m
How to Become Great at Just About Anything (Rebroadcast) 2016-12-29 · 50m
How to Be More Productive (Rebroadcast) 2016-12-22 · 39m
270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis 2016-12-15 · 49m
269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations 2016-12-08 · 45m
268. Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 2016-12-01 · 45m
The No-Tipping Point (Rebroadcast) 2016-11-24 · 44m
267. How to Make a Bad Decision 2016-11-17 · 36m
Introducing Stephen J. Dubner's new podcast, "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" 2016-11-15 · 53m
266. Trust Me 2016-11-10 · 28m
How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast ) 2016-11-09 · 33m
265. The White House Gets Into the Nudge Business 2016-11-03 · 42m
264. In Praise of Incrementalism 2016-10-27 · 49m
263. In Praise of Maintenance 2016-10-20 · 42m
262. This Is Your Brain on Podcasts 2016-10-13 · 45m
How To Win A Nobel Prize (Rebroadcast) 2016-10-06 · 45m
261. Why Are We Still Using Cash? 2016-09-29 · 43m
260. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? 2016-09-22 · 48m
259. Ten Signs You Might Be a Libertarian 2016-09-15 · 51m
258. Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream 2016-09-08 · 38m
257. The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think 2016-09-01 · 35m
Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? (Rebroadcast) 2016-08-25 · 38m
Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush (Rebroadcast) 2016-08-18 · 31m
256. What Are You Waiting For? 2016-08-11 · 35m
Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees? (Rebroadcast) 2016-08-04 · 52m
255. Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten 2016-07-28 · 43m
254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of? 2016-07-21 · 37m
253. Is the Internet Being Ruined? 2016-07-14 · 48m
252. Confessions of a Pothole Politician 2016-07-07 · 44m
The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast ) 2016-06-30 · 57m
How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast) 2016-06-23 · 33m
Why Do We Really Follow the News? (Rebroadcast) 2016-06-16 · 36m
251. Are We in a Mattress-Store Bubble? 2016-06-09 · 37m
Time to Take Back the Toilet 2016-06-09 · 32m
250. Why Does Everyone Hate Flying? And Other Questions Only a Pilot Can Answer 2016-06-02 · 44m
249. The Longest Long Shot 2016-05-26 · 43m
248. How to Be Tim Ferriss 2016-05-19 · 42m
247. How to Win Games and Beat People 2016-05-12 · 53m
246. How to Get More Grit in Your Life 2016-05-05 · 44m
245. Being Malcolm Gladwell 2016-05-02 · 28m
244. How to Become Great at Just About Anything 2016-04-28 · 48m
243. How to Be More Productive 2016-04-21 · 39m
242. Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? 2016-04-14 · 37m
241. Are Payday Loans Really as Evil as People Say? 2016-04-07 · 50m
The Economics of Sleep, Part 2 (Rebroadcast) 2016-03-31 · 43m
The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 (Rebroadcast) 2016-03-24 · 46m
240. Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk -- But Not for the Reasons You Think 2016-03-17 · 34m
239. The No-Tipping Point 2016-03-11 · 43m
238. The United States of Cory Booker 2016-03-03 · 39m
237. Ask Not What Your Podcast Can Do for You 2016-02-25 · 42m
236. How Can This Possibly Be True? 2016-02-18 · 41m
235. Who Needs Handwriting? 2016-02-11 · 40m
How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps (Rebroadcast) 2016-02-04 · 29m
Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? (Rebroadcast) 2016-01-28 · 37m
234. Do Boycotts Work? 2016-01-21 · 37m
233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future 2016-01-14 · 47m
232. The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap 2016-01-07 · 43m
When Willpower Isn’t Enough (Rebroadcast) 2015-12-31 · 31m
Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition (Rebroadcast) 2015-12-24 · 42m
231. Is Migration a Basic Human Right? 2015-12-17 · 61m
230. The Cheeseburger Diet 2015-12-10 · 32m
229. Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade 2015-12-03 · 47m
Why Do People Keep Having Children? (Rebroadcast) 2015-11-26 · 40m
228. Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? 2015-11-19 · 46m
227. Should Everyone Be in a Rock Band? 2015-11-12 · 46m
226. Food + Science = Victory! 2015-11-05 · 38m
225. Am I Boring You? 2015-10-29 · 40m
How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying (Rebroadcast) 2015-10-22 · 36m
224. How To Win A Nobel Prize 2015-10-15 · 45m
223. Should Kids Pay Back Their Parents for Raising Them? 2015-10-08 · 47m
222. Meet the Woman Who Said Women Can’t Have It All 2015-10-01 · 42m
221. How Did the Belt Win? 2015-09-24 · 31m
220. “I Don't Know What You've Done With My Husband, But He's a Changed Man.” 2015-09-17 · 47m
219. Preventing Crime for Pennies on the Dollar 2015-09-10 · 42m
218. The Harvard President Will See You Now 2015-09-03 · 39m
217. Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? 2015-08-27 · 37m
216. How to Make a Smart TV Ad 2015-08-20 · 31m
The Dangers of Safety (Rebroadcast) 2015-08-13 · 31m
215. Why Do We Really Follow the News? 2015-08-06 · 36m
214. How to Create Suspense 2015-07-30 · 39m
213. Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush 2015-07-23 · 32m
212. The Economics of Sleep, Part 2 2015-07-16 · 43m
211. The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 2015-07-09 · 45m
A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast) 2015-07-02 · 28m
210. Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees? 2015-06-25 · 54m
209. Make Me a Match 2015-06-18 · 50m
208. Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay 2015-06-11 · 35m
207. Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do? 2015-06-04 · 55m
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (Rebroadcast) 2015-05-28 · 63m
Failure Is Your Friend (Rebroadcast) 2015-05-21 · 32m
206. Ten Years of Freakonomics 2015-05-14 · 46m
205. Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?! 2015-05-07 · 55m
Think Like a Child (Rebroadcast) 2015-04-30 · 30m
204. Nate Silver Says: “Everyone Is Kind of Weird” 2015-04-23 · 39m
203. Diamonds Are a Marriage Counselor’s Best Friend 2015-04-16 · 40m
202. How Many Doctors Does It Take to Start a Healthcare Revolution? 2015-04-09 · 54m
201. How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare? 2015-04-02 · 42m
The Perfect Crime (Rebroadcast) 2015-03-26 · 30m
What You Don’t Know About Online Dating (Rebroadcast) 2015-03-19 · 40m
200. When Willpower Isn’t Enough 2015-03-12 · 33m
199. This Idea Must Die 2015-03-05 · 55m
198. The Maddest Men of All 2015-02-26 · 33m
197. Hacking the World Bank 2015-02-19 · 36m
196. Is There a Better Way to Fight Terrorism? 2015-02-12 · 43m
195. How Efficient Is Energy Efficiency? 2015-02-05 · 33m
194. How Safe Is Your Job? 2015-01-29 · 34m
193. Someone Else’s Acid Trip 2015-01-22 · 29m
192. That’s a Great Question! 2015-01-15 · 25m
191. Why Doesn’t Everyone Get the Flu Vaccine? 2015-01-08 · 36m
What’s the “Best” Exercise? (Rebroadcast) 2015-01-01 · 15m
What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? (Rebroadcast) 2014-12-25 · 25m
190. Time to Take Back the Toilet 2014-12-18 · 35m
The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat (Rebroadcast) 2014-12-11 · 45m
189. How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps 2014-12-04 · 29m
188. Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? 2014-11-27 · 34m
187. The Man Who Would Be Everything 2014-11-20 · 28m
186. Why Do People Keep Having Children? 2014-11-13 · 39m
185. Should the U.S. Merge With Mexico? 2014-11-06 · 56m
184. What Can Vampires Teach Us About Economics? 2014-10-30 · 25m
183. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” 2014-10-23 · 62m
182. How Can Tiny Norway Afford to Buy So Many Teslas? 2014-10-16 · 36m
How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten (Rebroadcast) 2014-10-09 · 33m
181. Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition 2014-10-02 · 42m
180. Fitness Apartheid 2014-09-25 · 31m
179. Outsiders by Design 2014-09-18 · 40m
178. How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying 2014-09-11 · 34m
177. Regulate This! 2014-09-04 · 56m
Who Runs the Internet? (Rebroadcast) 2014-08-28 · 32m
Parking Is Hell (Rebroadcast) 2014-08-21 · 35m
What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Rebroadcast) 2014-08-14 · 39m
Should Tipping be Banned? (Rebroadcast) 2014-08-07 · 41m
How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast) 2014-07-31 · 52m
176. Does Religion Make You Happy? 2014-07-24 · 29m
175. Why You Should Bribe Your Kids 2014-07-17 · 28m
174. What Do King Solomon and David Lee Roth Have in Common? 2014-07-10 · 33m
173. A Better Way to Eat 2014-07-03 · 26m
172. How to Screen Job Applicants, Act Your Age, and Get Your Brain Off Autopilot 2014-06-26 · 26m
171. There’s No Such Thing as a Free Appetizer 2014-06-19 · 36m
170. Why America Doesn’t Love Soccer (Yet) 2014-06-12 · 37m
169. Failure Is Your Friend 2014-06-05 · 31m
The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast ) 2014-05-29 · 58m
168. Think Like a Child 2014-05-22 · 28m
167. The Three Hardest Words in the English Language 2014-05-15 · 29m
166. How to Think Like a Freak -- and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions 2014-05-08 · 27m
165. The Perfect Crime 2014-05-01 · 28m
164. Which Came First, the Chicken or the Avocado? 2014-04-24 · 29m
163. What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? 2014-04-17 · 25m
162. “If Mayors Ruled the World” 2014-04-10 · 31m
161. How to Make People Quit Smoking 2014-04-03 · 33m
160. Why Everybody Who Doesn’t Hate Bitcoin Loves It 2014-03-27 · 35m
Women Are Not Men (Rebroadcast) 2014-03-20 · 37m
159. “It’s Fun to Smoke Marijuana” 2014-03-13 · 23m
158. Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It? 2014-03-06 · 21m
157. Why Are Japanese Homes Disposable? 2014-02-27 · 23m
156. Why Marry? (Part 2) 2014-02-20 · 23m
155. Why Marry? (Part 1) 2014-02-13 · 20m
154. What You Don’t Know About Online Dating 2014-02-06 · 36m
153. Reasons to Not Be Ugly 2014-01-30 · 25m
152. Everybody Gossips (and That’s a Good Thing) 2014-01-23 · 35m
Fear Thy Nature (Rebroadcast) 2014-01-16 · 37m
151. Are We Ready to Legalize Drugs? And Other FREAK-Quently Asked Questions 2014-01-09 · 28m
150. What’s the “Best” Exercise? 2014-01-02 · 15m
Save Me From Myself (Rebroadcast) 2013-12-26 · 36m
149. Pontiff-icating on the Free-Market System 2013-12-19 · 37m
148. Are Gay Men Really Rich? 2013-12-12 · 20m
147. The Most Dangerous Machine 2013-12-05 · 32m
146. Fighting Poverty With Actual Evidence 2013-11-27 · 37m
145. What Do Skating Rinks, Ultimate Frisbee, and the World Have in Common? 2013-11-21 · 46m
144. Who Runs the Internet? 2013-11-14 · 32m
Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 (Rebroadcast) 2013-11-07 · 33m
Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 (Rebroadcast) 2013-10-31 · 30m
143. Why Bad Environmentalism Is Such an Easy Sell 2013-10-24 · 24m
142. The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat 2013-10-14 · 46m
141. How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten 2013-10-10 · 33m
140. How to Think About Money, Choose Your Hometown, and Buy an Electric Toothbrush 2013-10-03 · 25m
139. Would a Big Bucket of Cash Really Change Your Life? 2013-09-26 · 28m
The Economist’s Guide to Parenting (Rebroadcast) 2013-09-19 · 57m
138. Whatever Happened to the Carpal Tunnel Epidemic? 2013-09-12 · 17m
The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast) 2013-09-05 · 57m
137. Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World? 2013-08-29 · 26m
The Folly of Prediction (Rebroadcast) 2013-08-22 · 57m
136. The Middle of Everywhere 2013-08-15 · 30m
The Church of "Scionology" (Rebroadcast) 2013-08-08 · 57m
135. Do Baby Girls Cause Divorce? 2013-08-01 · 19m
The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast) 2013-07-22 · 58m
134. Government Employees Gone Wild 2013-07-18 · 19m
133. A Burger a Day 2013-07-11 · 7m
132. Jane Austen, Game Theorist 2013-07-03 · 27m
Legacy of a Jerk (Rebroadcast) 2013-06-27 · 43m
131. Do You Really Want to Know Your Future? 2013-06-20 · 31m
130. Why Family and Business Don’t Mix 2013-06-12 · 6m
129. Should Tipping be Banned? 2013-06-03 · 37m
128. Baby, You Can Program My Car 2013-05-29 · 6m
127. Can You Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions 2013-05-23 · 26m
The Hidden Cost of False Alarms (Rebroadcast) 2013-05-15 · 6m
126. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? 2013-05-09 · 38m
125. It’s Crowded at the Top 2013-05-01 · 6m
124. Running to Do Evil 2013-04-25 · 25m
123. Help Wanted. No Smokers Need Apply 2013-04-17 · 6m
122. How Much Does Your Name Matter? 2013-04-08 · 50m
121. The Tax Man Nudgeth 2013-04-03 · 10m
120. 100 Ways to Fight Obesity 2013-03-27 · 36m
119. How Money Is March Madness? 2013-03-21 · 6m
118. Parking Is Hell 2013-03-13 · 35m
117. When Is a Negative a Positive? 2013-03-06 · 8m
116. Women Are Not Men 2013-02-24 · 37m
115. The Downside of More Miles Per Gallon 2013-02-20 · 6m
114. How to Think About Guns 2013-02-13 · 29m
113. Sure, I Remember That 2013-02-06 · 6m
112. Would You Let a Coin Toss Decide Your Future? 2013-01-30 · 26m
111. Introducing “Freakonomics Experiments” 2013-01-23 · 5m
110. Who Owns the Words That Come Out of Your Mouth? 2013-01-16 · 31m
109. How to Live Longer 2013-01-09 · 6m
108. How Did “Freakonomics” Get Its Name? … and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions 2013-01-02 · 27m
107. How Much Does a Good Boss Really Matter? 2012-12-26 · 14m
106. The House of Dreams 2012-12-19 · 22m
105. Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas 2012-12-12 · 15m
104. The Things They Taught Me 2012-12-05 · 23m
103. Free-conomics 2012-11-28 · 6m
102. I Consult, Therefore I Am 2012-11-21 · 36m
101. Mass Transit Hysteria 2012-11-14 · 7m
100. Our 100th Episode! 2012-11-05 · 15m
99. How to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul 2012-10-31 · 6m
98. We the Sheeple 2012-10-24 · 23m
97. Lying to Ourselves 2012-10-17 · 6m
96. The Cobra Effect 2012-10-10 · 34m
95. Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over 2012-10-03 · 6m
94. The Tale of the $15 Tomato 2012-09-23 · 9m
93. Why Online Poker Should Be Legal 2012-09-19 · 5m
92. Fear Thy Nature 2012-09-12 · 37m
91. Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness? 2012-09-05 · 6m
90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy? 2012-08-29 · 19m
89. There’s Cake in the Breakroom! 2012-08-22 · 6m
88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 2012-08-15 · 34m
87. The Season of Death 2012-08-08 · 6m
86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 2012-07-29 · 29m
85. Olympian Economics 2012-07-25 · 7m
84. Legacy of a Jerk 2012-07-18 · 43m
83. What's Wrong With Cash for Grades? 2012-07-10 · 6m
82. Please Steal My Car 2012-07-04 · 23m
81. Star-Spangled Banter? 2012-06-26 · 7m
80. Riding the Herd Mentality 2012-06-20 · 36m
79. A Cheap Employee Is … a Cheap Employee 2012-06-13 · 6m
78. You Eat What You Are, Part 2 2012-06-06 · 29m
77. Playing the Nerd Card 2012-05-30 · 5m
76. You Eat What You Are, Part 1 2012-05-23 · 30m
75. Retirement Kills 2012-05-16 · 6m
74. Soul Possession 2012-05-07 · 28m
73. A Rose By Any Other Distance 2012-05-02 · 6m
72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors 2012-04-25 · 57m
71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line? 2012-04-18 · 6m
70. Eating and Tweeting 2012-04-11 · 57m
69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms 2012-04-03 · 6m
68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb 2012-03-28 · 57m
67. The Patent Gap 2012-03-22 · 5m
66. Show and Yell 2012-03-14 · 58m
65. It’s Not the President, Stupid 2012-03-07 · 5m
64. The Days of Wine and Mouses 2012-02-27 · 56m
63. The Dilbert Index? 2012-02-22 · 5m
62. How Biased Is Your Media? 2012-02-15 · 36m
61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat? 2012-02-08 · 5m
60. Save Me From Myself 2012-02-01 · 34m
59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl 2012-01-25 · 5m
58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common? 2012-01-19 · 34m
57. Does Money Really Buy Elections? 2012-01-11 · 6m
56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say? 2012-01-04 · 16m
55. The Perils of Drunk Walking 2011-12-27 · 5m
54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore) 2011-12-21 · 30m
53. How American Food Got So Bad 2011-12-13 · 5m
52. Weird Recycling 2011-12-02 · 24m
51. What Makes a Donor Donate? 2011-11-29 · 5m
50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It? 2011-11-22 · 30m
49. Unnatural Turkeys 2011-11-16 · 5m
48. Boo…Who? 2011-11-08 · 30m
47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers 2011-11-02 · 5m
46. Misadventures in Baby-Making 2011-10-25 · 27m
45. Those Cheating Teachers! 2011-10-18 · 5m
44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone? 2011-10-10 · 28m
43. The Decline and Fall of Violence 2011-10-05 · 6m
42. The Upside of Quitting 2011-09-28 · 57m
41. The Folly of Prediction 2011-09-14 · 57m
40. The Suicide Paradox 2011-08-31 · 57m
39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting 2011-08-16 · 57m
38. The Church of "Scionology" 2011-08-03 · 57m
37. Mouse in the Salad 2011-07-20 · 27m
36. Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You're Driving? 2011-07-06 · 27m
35. Live From St. Paul! 2011-06-22 · 28m
34. Things Our Fathers Gave Us 2011-06-08 · 14m
33. To Catch a Fugitive 2011-05-25 · 19m
32. Growing Up Buffett 2011-05-11 · 15m
31. Gambling With Your Life 2011-04-27 · 19m
30. Does College Still Matter? And Other Freaky Questions Answered ... 2011-04-13 · 16m
29. Smarter Kids at 10 Bucks a Pop 2011-04-06 · 20m
28. Why Can’t We Predict Earthquakes? 2011-03-30 · 21m
27. Death by Fire? Probably Not 2011-03-23 · 20m
26. The Health of Nations 2011-03-16 · 23m
25. Is Twitter a Two-Way Street? 2011-03-09 · 26m
24. The Power of Poop 2011-03-02 · 19m
23. Millionaires vs. Billionaires 2011-02-24 · 28m
22. Why Cities Rock 2011-02-17 · 17m
21. Bring on the Pain! 2011-02-09 · 25m
20. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 2) 2011-02-02 · 27m
19. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1) 2011-01-26 · 25m
18. Freakonomics FAQ, No. 1 2011-01-19 · 16m
17. Trashed 2011-01-13 · 21m
16. Exit Interview: Schools Chancellor, NYC 2011-01-05 · 15m
15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It! 2010-12-29 · 26m
14. Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better? 2010-12-15 · 25m
13. The "No-Lose Lottery," Part 2 2010-12-01 · 21m
12. Is America Ready for a "No-Lose Lottery"? 2010-11-17 · 25m
11. How Much Does the President of the U.S. Really Matter? 2010-11-03 · 32m
10. The NFL's Best Real Estate Isn't For Sale. Yet. 2010-10-28 · 22m
9. Reading, Rockets, and 'Rithmetic 2010-10-21 · 20m
8. Who Stole All the Runs in Major League Baseball? 2010-10-07 · 14m
7. Two Book Authors and a Microphone 2010-09-30 · 12m
6. Why the World Cup Is an Economist's Dream 2010-06-10 · 9m
5. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? 2010-05-13 · 29m
4. Faking It 2010-04-13 · 19m
3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge? 2010-03-24 · 20m
2. Is America's Obesity Epidemic For Real? 2010-02-26 · 21m
1. The Dangers of Safety 2010-02-06 · 26m
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