Freakonomics, M.D.
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Each week, physician, economist, and author of "Random Acts of Medicine" Dr. Bapu Jena will dig into a fascinating study at the intersection of economics and healthcare. He takes on questions like: Why do kids with summer birthdays get the flu more often? Can surviving a hurricane help you live longer? What do heart surgery and grocery-store pricing have in common?
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Episodes (87)
34. Should We Have to Pay for Our Sins?
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33. What Do a Full Moon, the Super Bowl, and Tax Day Have in Common?
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From Against the Rules with Michael Lewis: Six Levels Down
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32. What is a Good Death — and Why Do So Few of Us Get One?
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31. Should You Trust Angelina Jolie or Your Doctor?
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30. How Do We Know if Alcohol Is Bad for Us?
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29. How to Save a Stranger’s Heart
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28. Is Daylight Saving Time Hazardous to Your Health?
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27. What Can Bin Laden Teach Us About Medicine?
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26. When is a ‘High-Risk’ Pregnancy a Good Thing?
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25. Would You Rather See a Computer or a Doctor?
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24. How Can You Choose the Best Doctor?
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23. Is the Placebo Effect for Real?
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22. What If TV Isn't Bad for Us?
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21. Should We Pay People to Be Healthier?
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20. Do Our Politics Need a Doctor?
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19. Do Your Doctor’s Political Views Affect Your Care?
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18. When Is a Natural Disaster Good for Your Health?
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17. How Does Retirement Affect Your Brain?
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16. An Exit Interview with N.I.H. Director Dr. Francis Collins
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15. The Most “Unique, Excellent, and Promising” Episode
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14. Is Uber Good (or Bad) for Your Health?
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13. When Bapu Met Levitt
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12. Where Do All the Bad Ideas Go?
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11. Why Do So Many Donated Kidneys End Up in the Trash?
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10. The Mystery of the Man with Confusion and Back Pain
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9. Why Fridays May Be Dangerous for Your Health
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8. A Playbook for Beating the Next Pandemic
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7. What Happens to Patients When Thousands of Cardiologists Leave Town?
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6. Are Barbershops the Cutting Edge of Healthcare Delivery?
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5. How to Solve a Medical Mystery
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4. What Do Grocery Store Prices and Heart Surgery Have in Common?
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3. Why Are Kids With Summer Birthdays More Likely to Get the Flu?
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2. Do As Docs Say, Not As They Do
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1. Covid and the “Birthday Effect”
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Introducing “Freakonomics, M.D.”
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Marathons Can Be Deadly — But Not For the Reasons You May Think
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