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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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Episodes (936)

634. “Fault-Finder Is a Minimum-Wage Job”

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633. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of

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How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency (Update)

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How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

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How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death (Update)

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How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (Update)

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632. When Did We All Start Watching Documentaries?

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631. Will "3 Summers of Lincoln" Make It to Broadway?

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Apr 25, 202546:19pending

Is It a Theater Piece or a Psychological Experiment? (Update)

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630. On Broadway, Nobody Knows Nothing

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629. How Is Live Theater Still Alive?

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Apr 11, 202559:43pending

Policymaking Is Not a Science — Yet (Update)

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628. Sludge, Part 2: Is Government the Problem, or the Solution?

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627. Sludge, Part 1: The World Is Drowning in It

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Mar 28, 202554:34pending

Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Update)

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Mar 21, 202548:01pending

626. Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System

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625. The Biden Policy That Trump Hasn’t Touched

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EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

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624. The Animal No One Loves, Until They Do

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623. Can New York City Win Its War on Rats?

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The Show That Never Happened

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622. Why Does Everyone Hate Rats?

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621. Is Professional Licensing a Racket?

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When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

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620. Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore?

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619. How to Poison the A.I. Machine

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Is San Francisco a Failed State? (And Other Questions You Shouldn’t Ask the Mayo...

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618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis?

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617. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin?

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Highway Signs and Prison Labor

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Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (Update)

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Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update)

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Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think

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616. How to Make Something from Nothing

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Dec 19, 202448:12pending

615. Is Ozempic as Magical as It Sounds?

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How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update)

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Dec 9, 202438:53pending

614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China?

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613. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard.

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612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?

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Nov 21, 202453:18pending

How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)

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Nov 18, 202448:36pending

611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next

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Nov 14, 202459:13pending

610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?

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609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm?

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Oct 31, 202440:08pending

Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)

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Oct 28, 202454:46pending

608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?

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607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?

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606. How to Predict the Presidency

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Oct 11, 202455:38pending

Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)

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Oct 10, 202446:59pending

605. What Do People Do All Day?

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EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

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