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 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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Episodes (938)
321. Extra: Richard Branson Full Interview
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320. Letting Go
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319. After the Glass Ceiling, a Glass Cliff
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318. It’s Your Problem Now
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317. What Can Uber Teach Us About the Gender Pay Gap?
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An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl (Rebroadcast)
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316. “I Wasn’t Stupid Enough to Say This Could Be Done Overnight”
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315. How to Become a C.E.O.
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What Does a C.E.O. Actually Do?
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313. How to Be a Modern Democrat — and Win
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Why Is My Life So Hard? (Rebroadcast)
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Trust Me (Rebroadcast)
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Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast)
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312. Not Your Grandmother’s I.M.F.
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311. Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up?
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310. Are We Running Out of Ideas?
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Is America Ready for a “No-Lose Lottery”? (Update)
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309. Nurses to the Rescue!
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308. How Can I Do the Most Social Good With $100? And Other FREAK-quently Asked...
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Why Is There So Much Ground Beef in the World? (Special Feature)
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307. Thinking Is Expensive. Who’s Supposed to Pay for It?
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306. How to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution
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305. The Demonization of Gluten
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304. What Are the Secrets of the German Economy — and Should We Steal Them?
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“Tell Me Something I Don't Know” on the topic of Behavior Change (Special Featur...
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303. Why Larry Summers Is the Economist Everyone Hates to Love
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302. Why Learn Esperanto?
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301. What Would Be the Best Universal Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)
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300. Why Don’t We All Speak the Same Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)
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299. "How Much Brain Damage Do I Have?"
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Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast)
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Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations (Rebroadcast)
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Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast)
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What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast)
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298. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask)
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297. The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money
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296. These Shoes Are Killing Me!
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295. When Helping Hurts
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294. The Fracking Boom, a Baby Boom, and the Retreat From Marriage
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The Harvard President Will See You Now (Rebroadcast)
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293. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 2)
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292. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1)
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"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" on the topic of Rivalry
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291. Evolution, Accelerated
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290. He’s One of the Most Famous Political Operatives in America. America Just D...
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289. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns?
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288. Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor?
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287. Hoopers! Hoopers! Hoopers!
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286. How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google)
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Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast)
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