Freakonomics Radio
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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 wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior.To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on App...
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388. The Economics of Sports Gambling
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The Future of Meat (Rebroadcast)
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Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Rebroadcast)
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387. Hello, My Name Is Marijuana Pepsi!
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How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast )
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386. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War
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America’s Hidden Duopoly (Rebroadcast)
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385. What Do Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, and Serena Williams Have in Common?
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384. Abortion and Crime, Revisited
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A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast )
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383. The Zero-Minute Workout
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382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution?
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381. Long-Term Thinking in a Start-Up Town
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380. Notes From an Imperfect Paradise
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379. How to Change Your Mind
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Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadc...
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378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)
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377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt?
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376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting
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The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast)
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375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World
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374. How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians)
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373. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work
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372. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Would You Eat a Piece of Chocolate Shaped Like Do...
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Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Update)
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371. A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House
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370. How to Fail Like a Pro
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369. A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough
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368. Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
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367. The Future of Meat
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366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One?
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Extra: Domonique Foxworth Full Interview
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365. Not Just Another Labor Force
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Extra: Mark Cuban Full Interview
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364. Inside the Sports-Industrial Complex
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Extra: Mark Teixeira Full Interview
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363. Think Like a Winner
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Hacking the World Bank (Update)
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362. Why Is This Man Running for President?
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How to Be Happy (Rebroadcast)
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How to Win Games and Beat People (Rebroadcast)
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People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Rebroadcast)
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Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fear Live in the Brain?”
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Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of T...
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Freakonomics Radio Live: “The World’s a Mess. But Oysters, They Hold it Down.”
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361. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon.”
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360. Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real?
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359. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s?
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There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? (Rebroadcast)
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358. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be
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