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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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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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Feb 8, 201844:06pending

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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Feb 3, 201827:37pending

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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Jan 25, 201844:23pending

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

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Jan 18, 201838:37pending

313. How to Be a Modern Democrat — and Win

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Jan 11, 201838:07pending

Why Is My Life So Hard? (Rebroadcast)

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Jan 4, 201830:10pending

Trust Me (Rebroadcast)

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Dec 28, 201730:00pending

Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast)

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312. Not Your Grandmother’s I.M.F.

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Dec 14, 201738:22pending

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

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Dec 7, 201747:41pending

310. Are We Running Out of Ideas?

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Nov 30, 201737:00pending

Is America Ready for a “No-Lose Lottery”? (Update)

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Nov 23, 201745:16pending

309. Nurses to the Rescue!

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Nov 16, 201757:47pending

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

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Nov 9, 201743:28pending

Why Is There So Much Ground Beef in the World? (Special Feature)

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Nov 7, 201743:26pending

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

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Nov 2, 201738:50pending

306. How to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution

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Oct 26, 201744:44pending

305. The Demonization of Gluten

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Oct 19, 201743:58pending

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

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Oct 12, 201757:08pending

“Tell Me Something I Don't Know” on the topic of Behavior Change (Special Featur...

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Oct 1, 201754:11pending

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

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302. Why Learn Esperanto?

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Sep 26, 201730:59pending

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

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Sep 21, 201741:07pending

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

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Sep 14, 201743:06pending

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

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Sep 7, 201747:08pending

Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast)

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Aug 31, 201748:40pending

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

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Aug 24, 201745:39pending

Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast)

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Aug 17, 201744:05pending

What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast)

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Aug 10, 201736:22pending

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

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Aug 3, 201744:04pending

297. The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money

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Jul 27, 201748:04pending

296. These Shoes Are Killing Me!

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Jul 20, 201739:16pending

295. When Helping Hurts

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Jul 13, 201751:29pending

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

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Jul 6, 201743:58pending

The Harvard President Will See You Now (Rebroadcast)

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Jun 29, 201739:21pending

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

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Jun 23, 201737:15pending

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

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Jun 22, 201744:31pending

"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" on the topic of Rivalry

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Jun 20, 201757:16pending

291. Evolution, Accelerated

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Jun 15, 201735:43pending

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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Jun 1, 201728:01pending

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

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May 25, 201742:24pending

287. Hoopers! Hoopers! Hoopers!

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May 18, 201739:23pending

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

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May 11, 201734:02pending

Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast)

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May 4, 201736:46pending
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