Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics Radio + StitcherFreakonomics 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.
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642. How to Wage Peace, According to Tony Blinken
Jul 25 • 1h 6m
641. What Does It Cost to Lead a Creative Life?
Jul 18 • 46m
640. Why Governments Are Betting Big on Sports
Jul 11 • 50m
How to Make Your Own Luck (Update)
Jul 9 • 58m
638. Are You Ready for the Elder Swell?
Jun 27 • 54m
636. Why Aren’t We Having More Babies?
Jun 13 • 50m
634. “Fault-Finder Is a Minimum-Wage Job”
May 30 • 1h 2m
633. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of
May 23 • 1h 5m
630. On Broadway, Nobody Knows Nothing
Apr 18 • 1h 1m
629. How Is Live Theater Still Alive?
Apr 11 • 59m
Policymaking Is Not a Science — Yet (Update)
Apr 9 • 45m
627. Sludge, Part 1: The World Is Drowning in It
Mar 28 • 54m
626. Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System
Mar 14 • 1h 3m
625. The Biden Policy That Trump Hasn’t Touched
Mar 7 • 1h 3m
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)
Mar 5 • 44m
624. The Animal No One Loves, Until They Do
Feb 28 • 45m
623. Can New York City Win Its War on Rats?
Feb 21 • 50m
The Show That Never Happened
Feb 20 • 13m
622. Why Does Everyone Hate Rats?
Feb 14 • 41m
621. Is Professional Licensing a Racket?
Feb 7 • 55m
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?
Feb 5 • 1h 8m
620. Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore?
Jan 31 • 1h 1m
619. How to Poison the A.I. Machine
Jan 24 • 52m
618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis?
Jan 17 • 53m
617. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin?
Jan 10 • 1h 3m
Highway Signs and Prison Labor
Jan 6 • 38m
Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (Update)
Jan 2 • 1h 8m
Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update)
Dec 26, 2024 • 1h 15m
Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think
Dec 23, 2024 • 47m
616. How to Make Something from Nothing
Dec 19, 2024 • 48m
615. Is Ozempic as Magical as It Sounds?
Dec 12, 2024 • 56m
How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update)
Dec 9, 2024 • 38m
614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China?
Dec 5, 2024 • 51m
613. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard.
Nov 28, 2024 • 1h 1m
612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?
Nov 21, 2024 • 53m
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)
Nov 18, 2024 • 48m
611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next
Nov 14, 2024 • 59m
610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?
Nov 7, 2024 • 43m
609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm?
Oct 31, 2024 • 40m
Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)
Oct 28, 2024 • 54m
608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?
Oct 24, 2024 • 50m
607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?
Oct 17, 2024 • 46m
606. How to Predict the Presidency
Oct 11, 2024 • 55m
Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)
Oct 10, 2024 • 46m
605. What Do People Do All Day?
Oct 3, 2024 • 1h 0m
EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)
Sep 30, 2024 • 1h 0m
604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)
Sep 26, 2024 • 47m
603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)
Sep 19, 2024 • 47m
EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)
Sep 16, 2024 • 42m
602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think?
Sep 12, 2024 • 40m
601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying?
Sep 5, 2024 • 58m
What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update)
Aug 29, 2024 • 49m
EXTRA: Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It
Aug 26, 2024 • 40m
The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into (Update)
Aug 22, 2024 • 1h 11m
What Exactly Is College For? (Update)
Aug 15, 2024 • 50m
EXTRA: Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (Update)
Aug 12, 2024 • 1h 5m
600. “If We’re All in It for Ourselves, Who Are We?”
Aug 8, 2024 • 44m
599. The World's Most Valuable Unused Resource
Aug 1, 2024 • 40m
EXTRA: Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Update)
Jul 29, 2024 • 48m
598. Is Overconsolidation a Threat to Democracy?
Jul 25, 2024 • 37m
597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000?
Jul 18, 2024 • 54m
EXTRA: People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Update)
Jul 15, 2024 • 53m
596. Farewell to a Generational Talent
Jul 11, 2024 • 52m
595. Why Don't We Have Better Candidates for President?
Jul 4, 2024 • 1h 1m
594. Your Brand’s Spokesperson Just Got Arrested — Now What?
Jun 27, 2024 • 43m
593. You Can Make a Killing, but Not a Living
Jun 20, 2024 • 49m
592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway
Jun 13, 2024 • 1h 5m
591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time
Jun 6, 2024 • 53m
EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here
Jun 3, 2024 • 41m
590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic?
May 30, 2024 • 40m
589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long?
May 23, 2024 • 48m
Extra: Car Colors & Storage Units
May 20, 2024 • 35m
588. Confessions of a Black Conservative
May 16, 2024 • 56m
Should Companies Be Owned by Their Workers?
May 9, 2024 • 46m
586. How Does the Lost World of Vienna Still Shape Our Lives?
May 2, 2024 • 57m
Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update)
Apr 29, 2024 • 1h 2m
585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing
Apr 25, 2024 • 52m
How to Pave the Road to Hell
Apr 18, 2024 • 43m
Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update)
Apr 14, 2024 • 34m
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?
Apr 11, 2024 • 49m
583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History?
Apr 4, 2024 • 1h 2m
Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration?
Apr 1, 2024 • 27m
582. Why Is Everyone Moving to Canada?
Mar 28, 2024 • 49m
581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration
Mar 21, 2024 • 55m
Extra: Madeleine Albright’s Warning on Immigration
Mar 18, 2024 • 29m
580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System
Mar 14, 2024 • 55m
579. Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap?
Mar 7, 2024 • 42m
Extra: What Is Sportswashing — and Does It Work? (Update)
Mar 4, 2024 • 1h 5m
578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think
Feb 29, 2024 • 52m
Is Google Getting Worse? (Update)
Feb 22, 2024 • 56m
Extra: Mr. Feynman Takes a Trip — But Doesn’t Fall
Feb 19, 2024 • 47m
The Vanishing Mr. Feynman
Feb 15, 2024 • 1h 1m
The Brilliant Mr. Feynman
Feb 8, 2024 • 52m
How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Update)
Feb 5, 2024 • 1h 3m
The Curious Mr. Feynman
Feb 1, 2024 • 1h 2m
574. “A Low Moment in Higher Education”
Jan 25, 2024 • 46m
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay)
Jan 22, 2024 • 49m
573. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped?
Jan 18, 2024 • 1h 2m
572. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia?
Jan 11, 2024 • 1h 14m
571. Greeting Cards, Pizza Boxes, and Personal Injury Lawyers
Jan 4, 2024 • 49m
570. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever?
Dec 28, 2023 • 46m
569. Do You Need Closure?
Dec 21, 2023 • 39m
568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis?
Dec 14, 2023 • 1h 0m
567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem?
Dec 7, 2023 • 47m
513. Should Public Transit Be Free? (Update)
Nov 30, 2023 • 56m
566. Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America?
Nov 23, 2023 • 54m
Extra: Jason Kelce Hates to Lose
Nov 19, 2023 • 56m
565. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?
Nov 16, 2023 • 51m
480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay)
Nov 9, 2023 • 57m
564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency
Nov 2, 2023 • 52m
563. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit
Oct 26, 2023 • 1h 3m
562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death
Oct 19, 2023 • 54m
561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events
Oct 12, 2023 • 55m
232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay)
Oct 10, 2023 • 44m
559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One?
Sep 28, 2023 • 50m
558. The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than One
Sep 21, 2023 • 1h 4m
When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?
Sep 14, 2023 • 1h 0m
556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You?
Sep 7, 2023 • 48m
555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different?
Aug 31, 2023 • 47m
554. Can A.I. Take a Joke?
Aug 24, 2023 • 48m
553. The Suddenly Diplomatic Rahm Emanuel
Aug 17, 2023 • 56m
Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? (Ep. 454 Replay)
Aug 10, 2023 • 46m
Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up
Aug 6, 2023 • 26m
552. Freakonomics Radio Presents: The Economics of Everyday Things
Aug 3, 2023 • 47m
550. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales?
Jul 20, 2023 • 37m
549. The First Great American Industry
Jul 13, 2023 • 43m
548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?
Jul 6, 2023 • 44m
Why Did You Marry That Person? (Ep. 511 Replay)
Jun 29, 2023 • 47m
547. Satya Nadella’s Intelligence Is Not Artificial
Jun 22, 2023 • 36m
546. Are E.S.G. Investors Actually Helping the Environment?
Jun 15, 2023 • 54m
545. Enough with the Slippery Slopes!
Jun 8, 2023 • 44m
544. Ari Emanuel Is Never Indifferent
Jun 1, 2023 • 1h 5m
Make Me a Match (Ep. 209 Update)
May 25, 2023 • 1h 8m
543. How to Return Stolen Art
May 18, 2023 • 51m
542. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case?
May 11, 2023 • 52m
541. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin
May 4, 2023 • 53m
540. Swearing Is More Important Than You Think
Apr 20, 2023 • 45m
539. Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone?
Apr 13, 2023 • 46m
538. A Radically Simple Way to Boost a Neighborhood
Apr 6, 2023 • 47m
How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less (Ep. 400 Replay)
Mar 30, 2023 • 43m
537. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss.
Mar 23, 2023 • 52m
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Ep. 495 Replay)
Mar 16, 2023 • 49m
536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap?
Mar 9, 2023 • 58m
535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving?
Mar 2, 2023 • 56m
534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It?
Feb 23, 2023 • 58m
The Economics of Everyday Things: Used Hotel Soaps
Feb 13, 2023 • 16m
533. Will the Democrats “Make America Great Again”?
Feb 9, 2023 • 50m
The Economics of Everyday Things: “My Sharona”
Feb 6, 2023 • 18m
Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal? (Ep. 429 Update)
Feb 2, 2023 • 41m
The Economics of Everyday Things: Girl Scout Cookies
Jan 30, 2023 • 14m
532. Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet?
Jan 26, 2023 • 46m
Introducing “The Economics of Everyday Things”
Jan 23, 2023 • 15m
531. Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog?
Jan 19, 2023 • 42m
Extra: Samin Nosrat Always Wanted to Be Famous
Jan 16, 2023 • 39m
530. What's Wrong with Being a One-Hit Wonder?
Jan 12, 2023 • 49m
529. Can Our Surroundings Make Us Smarter?
Jan 5, 2023 • 46m
528. Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life is Meaningless and Amazing
Dec 29, 2022 • 51m
527. Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy?
Dec 22, 2022 • 48m
526. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger?
Dec 15, 2022 • 1h 9m
Freakonomics Radio Needs Your Help
Dec 12, 2022 • 5m
525. In Search of the Real Adam Smith
Dec 8, 2022 • 46m
524. How Important Is Breastfeeding, Really?
Dec 1, 2022 • 31m
523. Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky with “Moneyball”?
Nov 24, 2022 • 52m
522. Is Google Getting Worse?
Nov 17, 2022 • 53m
The Most Interesting Fruit in the World (Ep. 375 Update)
Nov 10, 2022 • 39m
521. I’m Your Biggest Fan!
Nov 3, 2022 • 44m
The Unintended Consequences of Working from Home
Oct 27, 2022 • 40m
519. Has Globalization Failed?
Oct 20, 2022 • 46m
518. Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice?
Oct 13, 2022 • 1h 1m
517. Are M.B.A.s to Blame for Wage Stagnation?
Oct 6, 2022 • 47m
Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439 Update)
Sep 29, 2022 • 51m
516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough?
Sep 22, 2022 • 54m
Extra: Ken Burns | People I (Mostly) Admire
Sep 19, 2022 • 46m
515. When You Pray to God Online, Who Else Is Listening?
Sep 15, 2022 • 44m
This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Ep. 472 Update)
Sep 8, 2022 • 48m
514. Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America
Sep 1, 2022 • 59m
513. Should Public Transit Be Free?
Aug 25, 2022 • 45m
Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? (Ep. 477 Replay)
Aug 18, 2022 • 47m
The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism (Ep. 470 Replay)
Aug 11, 2022 • 48m
512. Does Philosophy Still Matter?
Jul 28, 2022 • 49m
511. Why Did You Marry That Person?
Jul 21, 2022 • 46m
The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later (Ep. 479 Replay)
Jul 14, 2022 • 51m
510. What Problems Does Crypto Solve, Anyway?
Jul 7, 2022 • 52m
509. Are N.F.T.s All Scams?
Jun 30, 2022 • 48m
508. Does the Crypto Crash Mean the Blockchain Is Over?
Jun 23, 2022 • 49m
507. 103 Pieces of Advice That May or May Not Work
Jun 16, 2022 • 40m
506. What Is Sportswashing (and Does It Work)?
Jun 9, 2022 • 50m
505. Did Domestic Violence Really Spike During the Pandemic?
Jun 2, 2022 • 50m
504. Introducing “Off Leash”
May 26, 2022 • 38m
503. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men?
May 19, 2022 • 48m
Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Ep. 384 Update)
May 12, 2022 • 58m
502. “I Don’t Think the Country Is Turning Away From College.”
May 5, 2022 • 44m
501. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into
Apr 28, 2022 • 59m
500. What Exactly Is College For?
Apr 21, 2022 • 45m
499. Don't Worry, Be Tacky
Apr 7, 2022 • 37m
498. In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was … Electric
Mar 31, 2022 • 43m
497. Can the Big Bad Wolf Save Your Life?
Mar 24, 2022 • 46m
How to Change Your Mind (Ep. 379 Update)
Mar 17, 2022 • 47m
Do Unions Still Work?
Mar 10, 2022 • 51m
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?
Mar 3, 2022 • 48m
494. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?
Feb 24, 2022 • 48m
493. Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million?
Feb 10, 2022 • 50m
Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455 Replay)
Feb 3, 2022 • 44m
492. How Did a Hayfield Become One of America’s Hottest Cities?
Jan 27, 2022 • 39m
491. Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas?
Jan 20, 2022 • 48m
489. Is “Toxic Positivity” a Thing?
Jan 6, 2022 • 36m
488. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?
Dec 30, 2021 • 53m
487. Is It Okay to Have a Party Yet?
Dec 23, 2021 • 31m
486. “The Art Market Is in Massive Disruption.”
Dec 16, 2021 • 42m
485. “I’ve Been Working My Ass Off for You to Make that Profit?”
Dec 9, 2021 • 46m
How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444 Replay)
Nov 25, 2021 • 51m
483. What’s Wrong With Shortcuts?
Nov 18, 2021 • 43m
482. Is Venture Capital the Secret Sauce of the American Economy?
Nov 11, 2021 • 45m
481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China?
Nov 4, 2021 • 55m
480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy?
Oct 28, 2021 • 53m
479. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later
Oct 21, 2021 • 51m
478. How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt?
Oct 14, 2021 • 42m
477. Why Is U.S. Media So Negative?
Oct 7, 2021 • 47m
That’s a Great Question! (Ep. 192 Rebroadcast)
Sep 30, 2021 • 19m
“This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.” (Bonus)
Sep 27, 2021 • 32m
“This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.”
Sep 27, 2021 • 32m
476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?
Sep 23, 2021 • 45m
475. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids?
Sep 16, 2021 • 48m
474. All You Need Is Nudge
Sep 9, 2021 • 58m
Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? (Ep. 407 Rebroadcast)
Sep 2, 2021 • 35m
473. These Jobs Were Not Posted on ZipRecruiter
Aug 26, 2021 • 47m
Reasons to Be Cheerful (Ep. 417 Rebroadcast)
Aug 19, 2021 • 52m
472. This Is Your Brain on Pollution
Aug 12, 2021 • 46m
471. Mayor Pete and Elaine Chao Hit the Road
Aug 5, 2021 • 49m
Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet (Rebroadcast)
Jul 29, 2021 • 53m
470. The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism
Jul 22, 2021 • 47m
469. The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not
Jul 15, 2021 • 50m
468. Nap Time for Everyone!
Jul 8, 2021 • 36m
How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Ep. 289 Rebroadcast)
Jul 1, 2021 • 27m
467. Is the Future of Farming in the Ocean?
Jun 24, 2021 • 42m
466. She’s From the Government, and She’s Here to Help
Jun 17, 2021 • 45m
465. Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast
Jun 10, 2021 • 23m
464. Will Work-from-Home Work Forever?
Jun 3, 2021 • 48m
463. How to Get Anyone to Do Anything
May 27, 2021 • 58m
These Shoes Are Killing Me! (Ep. 296 Rebroadcast)
May 20, 2021 • 39m
461. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse
May 6, 2021 • 48m
460. The True Story of the Minimum-Wage Fight
Apr 29, 2021 • 44m
459. Let’s Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers
Apr 22, 2021 • 35m
458. How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy
Apr 15, 2021 • 51m
457. Is Dialysis a Test Case of Medicare for All?
Apr 8, 2021 • 53m
456. How to Fix the Hot Mess of U.S. Healthcare
Apr 1, 2021 • 49m
Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405 Rebroadcast)
Mar 25, 2021 • 46m
How Does New York City Keep Reinventing Itself? (Bonus)
Mar 21, 2021 • 52m
455. Are You Ready for a Fresh Start?
Mar 18, 2021 • 42m
454. Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished?
Mar 11, 2021 • 44m
453. A Rescue Plan for Black America
Mar 4, 2021 • 56m
Am I Boring You? (Ep. 225 Rebroadcast)
Feb 25, 2021 • 39m
452. Jeff Immelt Knows He Let You Down
Feb 18, 2021 • 45m
451. Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question?
Feb 11, 2021 • 42m
450. How to Be Better at Death
Feb 4, 2021 • 57m
449. How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research
Jan 28, 2021 • 44m
448. The Downside of Disgust
Jan 21, 2021 • 45m
447. How Much Do We Really Care About Children?
Jan 14, 2021 • 47m
Trust Me (Ep. 266 Rebroadcast)
Dec 31, 2020 • 30m
445. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?
Dec 24, 2020 • 36m
444. How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis?
Dec 17, 2020 • 48m
443. A Sneak Peek at Biden’s Top Economist
Dec 10, 2020 • 43m
PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?!
Dec 6, 2020 • 57m
442. Is it Too Late for General Motors to Go Electric?
Dec 3, 2020 • 44m
441. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 2: Digital)
Nov 26, 2020 • 48m
440. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV)
Nov 19, 2020 • 37m
439. Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears
Nov 12, 2020 • 49m
438. How to Succeed by Being Authentic (Hint: Carefully)
Nov 5, 2020 • 47m
Why the Left Had to Steal the Right’s Dark-Money Playbook
Oct 31, 2020 • 45m
436. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog
Oct 22, 2020 • 57m
435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive?
Oct 15, 2020 • 44m
434. Is New York City Over?
Oct 8, 2020 • 49m
433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry?
Oct 1, 2020 • 53m
432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger
Sep 24, 2020 • 47m
Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (Ep. 408 Rebroadcast)
Sep 17, 2020 • 44m
What if Your Company Had No Rules?
Sep 12, 2020 • 55m
431. Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has?
Sep 10, 2020 • 49m
America’s Hidden Duopoly (Ep. 356 Rebroadcast)
Sep 3, 2020 • 53m
430. Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research?
Aug 27, 2020 • 58m
Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire"
Aug 22, 2020 • 42m
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast)
Aug 20, 2020 • 54m
429. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal?
Aug 13, 2020 • 41m
428. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest
Jul 30, 2020 • 32m
427. The Pros and Cons of Reparations
Jul 23, 2020 • 40m
426. Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations?
Jul 16, 2020 • 44m
425. Remembrance of Economic Crises Past
Jul 9, 2020 • 51m
424. How to Make Your Own Luck
Jul 2, 2020 • 1h 0m
423. The Doctor Will Zoom You Now
Jun 25, 2020 • 52m
422. Introducing "No Stupid Questions"
Jun 18, 2020 • 33m
421. How to Prevent Another Great Depression
Jun 11, 2020 • 37m
420. Which Jobs Will Come Back, and When?
Jun 4, 2020 • 42m
How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389 Rebroadcast)
May 28, 2020 • 42m
419. 68 Ways to Be Better at Life
May 21, 2020 • 37m
418. What Will College Look Like in the Fall (and Beyond)?
May 14, 2020 • 55m
417. Reasons to Be Cheerful
May 7, 2020 • 49m
416. How Do You Reopen a Country?
Apr 30, 2020 • 53m
415. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World
Apr 27, 2020 • 46m
414. Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China?
Apr 23, 2020 • 57m
413. Who Gets the Ventilator?
Apr 16, 2020 • 48m
412. What Happens When Everyone Stays Home to Eat?
Apr 9, 2020 • 45m
411. Is $2 Trillion the Right Medicine for a Sick Economy?
Apr 2, 2020 • 53m
410. What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)?
Mar 26, 2020 • 40m
409. The Side Effects of Social Distancing
Mar 19, 2020 • 47m
Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Ep. 373 Rebroadcast)
Mar 12, 2020 • 47m
408. Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is?
Mar 5, 2020 • 43m
407. Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”?
Feb 27, 2020 • 33m
406. Can You Hear Me Now?
Feb 20, 2020 • 48m
405. Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet)
Feb 13, 2020 • 44m
404. Does the President Matter as Much as You Think?
Feb 6, 2020 • 52m
How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Ep. 350 Update)
Jan 30, 2020 • 1h 1m
403. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 2: “It’s Not a Death Sentence”
Jan 23, 2020 • 46m
402. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 1: “We’ve Addicted an Entire Generation”
Jan 16, 2020 • 47m
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Rebroadcast)
Jan 9, 2020 • 48m
The Zero-Minute Workout (Rebroadcast)
Jan 2, 2020 • 38m
401. How Many Prince Charleses Can There Be in One Room?
Dec 26, 2019 • 33m
Why Is This Man Running for President? (Update)
Dec 19, 2019 • 59m
400. How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less
Dec 12, 2019 • 42m
399. Honey, I Grew the Economy
Dec 5, 2019 • 43m
How to Change Your Mind (Rebroadcast)
Nov 28, 2019 • 45m
398. The Truth About the Vaping Crisis
Nov 21, 2019 • 44m
397. How to Save $32 Million in One Hour
Nov 14, 2019 • 45m
396. Why Does Tipping Still Exist?
Nov 7, 2019 • 47m
395. Speak Softly and Carry Big Data
Oct 31, 2019 • 1h 3m
394. Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem?
Oct 24, 2019 • 50m
393. Can Britain Get Its “Great” Back?
Oct 17, 2019 • 1h 0m
392. The Prime Minister Who Cried Brexit
Oct 10, 2019 • 52m
391. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up
Oct 3, 2019 • 45m
390. Fed Up
Sep 26, 2019 • 41m
389. How to Make Meetings Less Terrible
Sep 19, 2019 • 41m
Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be
Sep 12, 2019 • 41m
388. The Economics of Sports Gambling
Sep 5, 2019 • 54m
The Future of Meat (Rebroadcast)
Aug 29, 2019 • 53m
Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Rebroadcast)
Aug 22, 2019 • 47m
387. Hello, My Name Is Marijuana Pepsi!
Aug 15, 2019 • 38m
How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast )
Aug 8, 2019 • 51m
386. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War
Aug 1, 2019 • 39m
America’s Hidden Duopoly (Rebroadcast)
Jul 25, 2019 • 52m
384. Abortion and Crime, Revisited
Jul 11, 2019 • 55m
A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast )
Jul 4, 2019 • 26m
383. The Zero-Minute Workout
Jun 27, 2019 • 37m
382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution?
Jun 20, 2019 • 51m
381. Long-Term Thinking in a Start-Up Town
Jun 13, 2019 • 49m
380. Notes From an Imperfect Paradise
Jun 6, 2019 • 50m
379. How to Change Your Mind
May 30, 2019 • 45m
378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)
May 16, 2019 • 49m
377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt?
May 9, 2019 • 48m
376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting
May 2, 2019 • 49m
The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast)
Apr 25, 2019 • 47m
375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World
Apr 18, 2019 • 36m
373. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work
Apr 4, 2019 • 48m
Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Update)
Mar 21, 2019 • 48m
371. A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House
Mar 14, 2019 • 48m
370. How to Fail Like a Pro
Mar 7, 2019 • 40m
369. A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough
Feb 28, 2019 • 54m
368. Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
Feb 21, 2019 • 1h 1m
367. The Future of Meat
Feb 14, 2019 • 51m
366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One?
Feb 7, 2019 • 49m
Extra: Domonique Foxworth Full Interview
Feb 2, 2019 • 1h 29m
365. Not Just Another Labor Force
Jan 31, 2019 • 1h 0m
Extra: Mark Cuban Full Interview
Jan 26, 2019 • 42m
364. Inside the Sports-Industrial Complex
Jan 24, 2019 • 52m
Extra: Mark Teixeira Full Interview
Jan 19, 2019 • 58m
363. Think Like a Winner
Jan 17, 2019 • 55m
Hacking the World Bank (Update)
Jan 12, 2019 • 35m
362. Why Is This Man Running for President?
Jan 10, 2019 • 52m
How to Be Happy (Rebroadcast)
Jan 3, 2019 • 37m
How to Win Games and Beat People (Rebroadcast)
Dec 27, 2018 • 52m
People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Rebroadcast)
Dec 20, 2018 • 57m
Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fear Live in the Brain?”
Dec 15, 2018 • 55m
361. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon.”
Dec 13, 2018 • 1h 0m
360. Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real?
Dec 6, 2018 • 40m
359. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s?
Nov 29, 2018 • 47m
There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? (Rebroadcast)
Nov 22, 2018 • 47m
358. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be
Nov 15, 2018 • 40m
357. Can an Industrial Giant Become a Tech Darling?
Nov 8, 2018 • 54m
356. America’s Hidden Duopoly
Nov 1, 2018 • 54m
Extra: Elvis Costello Full Interview
Oct 27, 2018 • 1h 19m
355. Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)?
Oct 25, 2018 • 1h 13m
Extra: Jeremy Lin Full Interview
Oct 20, 2018 • 43m
354. How to Be Creative
Oct 18, 2018 • 52m
353. How to Optimize Your Apology
Oct 11, 2018 • 49m
352. Can This Man Stop a Trade War?
Oct 4, 2018 • 42m
Extra: Shawn Johnson Full Interview
Oct 1, 2018 • 1h 7m
351. Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete
Sep 27, 2018 • 1h 7m
350. How to Stop Being a Loser
Sep 20, 2018 • 1h 0m
349. How Sports Became Us
Sep 13, 2018 • 52m
348. Is the Government More Entrepreneurial Than You Think?
Sep 6, 2018 • 34m
347. Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant
Aug 30, 2018 • 37m
346. Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet
Aug 23, 2018 • 51m
345. How to Be Happy
Aug 16, 2018 • 37m
344. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth?
Aug 9, 2018 • 38m
A Conversation With PepsiCo C.E.O. Indra Nooyi (Ep. 316 Update)
Aug 7, 2018 • 45m
343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…
Aug 2, 2018 • 53m
342. Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean?
Jul 26, 2018 • 50m
341. Why We Choke Under Pressure (and How Not To)
Jul 19, 2018 • 44m
340. People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard.
Jul 12, 2018 • 57m
339. The Future of Freakonomics Radio
Jul 3, 2018 • 35m
In Praise of Incrementalism (Rebroadcast)
Jun 28, 2018 • 49m
In Praise of Maintenance (Rebroadcast)
Jun 21, 2018 • 42m
338. How to Catch World Cup Fever
Jun 14, 2018 • 56m
337. How to Build a Smart City
Jun 7, 2018 • 39m
How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Rebroadcast)
May 31, 2018 • 28m
336. The Most Vilified Industry in America Is Also the Most Charitable
May 24, 2018 • 33m
335. Does Doing Good Give You License to Be Bad?
May 17, 2018 • 36m
334. 5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing
May 10, 2018 • 49m
Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast)
May 3, 2018 • 35m
333. The Most Ambitious Thing Humans Have Ever Attempted
Apr 26, 2018 • 52m
332. Why the Trump Tax Cuts Are Terrible/Awesome (Part 2)
Apr 19, 2018 • 44m
331. Why the Trump Tax Cuts are Awesome/Terrible (Part 1)
Apr 12, 2018 • 45m
330. Extra: Ray Dalio Full Interview
Apr 9, 2018 • 1h 17m
329. The Invisible Paw
Apr 5, 2018 • 48m
328. Extra: Mark Zuckerberg Full Interview
Apr 2, 2018 • 45m
327. Extra: Carol Bartz Full Interview
Mar 26, 2018 • 50m
The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money (Rebroadcast)
Mar 22, 2018 • 46m
326. Extra: Jack Welch Full Interview
Mar 19, 2018 • 55m
325. How to Train Your Dragon Child
Mar 15, 2018 • 35m
324. Extra: Satya Nadella Full Interview
Mar 12, 2018 • 39m
322. Extra: David Rubenstein Full Interview
Mar 5, 2018 • 1h 28m
Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? (Rebroadcast)
Mar 1, 2018 • 46m
321. Extra: Richard Branson Full Interview
Feb 26, 2018 • 53m
320. Letting Go
Feb 22, 2018 • 45m
319. After the Glass Ceiling, a Glass Cliff
Feb 15, 2018 • 52m
318. It’s Your Problem Now
Feb 8, 2018 • 44m
317. What Can Uber Teach Us About the Gender Pay Gap?
Feb 6, 2018 • 42m
An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl (Rebroadcast)
Feb 3, 2018 • 27m
316. “I Wasn’t Stupid Enough to Say This Could Be Done Overnight”
Feb 1, 2018 • 48m
315. How to Become a C.E.O.
Jan 25, 2018 • 44m
What Does a C.E.O. Actually Do?
Jan 18, 2018 • 38m
313. How to Be a Modern Democrat — and Win
Jan 11, 2018 • 38m
Why Is My Life So Hard? (Rebroadcast)
Jan 4, 2018 • 30m
Trust Me (Rebroadcast)
Dec 28, 2017 • 30m
Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast)
Dec 21, 2017 • 52m
312. Not Your Grandmother’s I.M.F.
Dec 14, 2017 • 38m
311. Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up?
Dec 7, 2017 • 47m
310. Are We Running Out of Ideas?
Nov 30, 2017 • 37m
Is America Ready for a “No-Lose Lottery”? (Update)
Nov 23, 2017 • 45m
309. Nurses to the Rescue!
Nov 16, 2017 • 57m
Why Is There So Much Ground Beef in the World? (Special Feature)
Nov 7, 2017 • 43m
307. Thinking Is Expensive. Who’s Supposed to Pay for It?
Nov 2, 2017 • 38m
306. How to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution
Oct 26, 2017 • 44m
305. The Demonization of Gluten
Oct 19, 2017 • 43m
303. Why Larry Summers Is the Economist Everyone Hates to Love
Sep 28, 2017 • 50m
302. Why Learn Esperanto?
Sep 26, 2017 • 30m
301. What Would Be the Best Universal Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)
Sep 21, 2017 • 41m
300. Why Don’t We All Speak the Same Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)
Sep 14, 2017 • 43m
299. "How Much Brain Damage Do I Have?"
Sep 7, 2017 • 47m
Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast)
Aug 31, 2017 • 48m
Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations (Rebroadcast)
Aug 24, 2017 • 45m
Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast)
Aug 17, 2017 • 44m
What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast)
Aug 10, 2017 • 36m
297. The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money
Jul 27, 2017 • 48m
296. These Shoes Are Killing Me!
Jul 20, 2017 • 39m
295. When Helping Hurts
Jul 13, 2017 • 51m
294. The Fracking Boom, a Baby Boom, and the Retreat From Marriage
Jul 6, 2017 • 43m
The Harvard President Will See You Now (Rebroadcast)
Jun 29, 2017 • 39m
293. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 2)
Jun 23, 2017 • 37m
292. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1)
Jun 22, 2017 • 44m
"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" on the topic of Rivalry
Jun 20, 2017 • 57m
291. Evolution, Accelerated
Jun 15, 2017 • 35m
289. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns?
Jun 1, 2017 • 28m
288. Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor?
May 25, 2017 • 42m
287. Hoopers! Hoopers! Hoopers!
May 18, 2017 • 39m
286. How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google)
May 11, 2017 • 34m
Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast)
May 4, 2017 • 36m
285. There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified?
Apr 27, 2017 • 45m
284. Is Income Inequality Inevitable? (Earth 2.0 Series)
Apr 20, 2017 • 40m
283. What Would Our Economy Look Like? (Earth 2.0 Series)
Apr 13, 2017 • 42m
282. Could Solving This One Problem Solve All the Others?
Apr 6, 2017 • 35m
281. Big Returns from Thinking Small
Mar 30, 2017 • 30m
280. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” on the topic of Collections.
Mar 28, 2017 • 51m
How Safe Is Your Job? (Rebroadcast)
Mar 23, 2017 • 33m
279. Why Is My Life So Hard?
Mar 16, 2017 • 30m
278. Chuck E. Cheese’s: Where a Kid Can Learn Price Theory
Mar 9, 2017 • 31m
277. The Taboo Trifecta
Mar 2, 2017 • 32m
276. No Hollywood Ending for the Visual-Effects Industry
Feb 23, 2017 • 55m
275. Professor Hendryx vs. Big Coal
Feb 16, 2017 • 37m
How to Get More Grit in Your Life
Feb 9, 2017 • 42m
274. An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl
Feb 2, 2017 • 28m
273. Did China Eat America’s Jobs?
Jan 26, 2017 • 38m
Is the American Dream Really Dead?
Jan 19, 2017 • 39m
272. Trevor Noah Has a Lot to Say
Jan 12, 2017 • 35m
271. The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution
Jan 5, 2017 • 35m
How to Become Great at Just About Anything (Rebroadcast)
Dec 29, 2016 • 50m
How to Be More Productive (Rebroadcast)
Dec 22, 2016 • 39m
270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis
Dec 15, 2016 • 48m
269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations
Dec 8, 2016 • 45m
268. Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6
Dec 1, 2016 • 44m
The No-Tipping Point (Rebroadcast)
Nov 24, 2016 • 44m
267. How to Make a Bad Decision
Nov 17, 2016 • 35m
266. Trust Me
Nov 10, 2016 • 27m
How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast )
Nov 9, 2016 • 33m
265. The White House Gets Into the Nudge Business
Nov 3, 2016 • 42m
264. In Praise of Incrementalism
Oct 27, 2016 • 48m
263. In Praise of Maintenance
Oct 20, 2016 • 41m
262. This Is Your Brain on Podcasts
Oct 13, 2016 • 45m
How To Win A Nobel Prize (Rebroadcast)
Oct 6, 2016 • 44m
261. Why Are We Still Using Cash?
Sep 29, 2016 • 42m
260. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship?
Sep 22, 2016 • 47m
259. Ten Signs You Might Be a Libertarian
Sep 15, 2016 • 50m
258. Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream
Sep 8, 2016 • 38m
257. The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think
Sep 1, 2016 • 35m
Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? (Rebroadcast)
Aug 25, 2016 • 37m
Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush (Rebroadcast)
Aug 18, 2016 • 31m
256. What Are You Waiting For?
Aug 11, 2016 • 34m
255. Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten
Jul 28, 2016 • 43m
254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of?
Jul 21, 2016 • 36m
253. Is the Internet Being Ruined?
Jul 14, 2016 • 47m
252. Confessions of a Pothole Politician
Jul 7, 2016 • 43m
The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast )
Jun 30, 2016 • 57m
How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast)
Jun 23, 2016 • 33m
Why Do We Really Follow the News? (Rebroadcast)
Jun 16, 2016 • 35m
Time to Take Back the Toilet
Jun 9, 2016 • 31m
251. Are We in a Mattress-Store Bubble?
Jun 9, 2016 • 36m
249. The Longest Long Shot
May 26, 2016 • 43m
248. How to Be Tim Ferriss
May 19, 2016 • 41m
247. How to Win Games and Beat People
May 12, 2016 • 52m
246. How to Get More Grit in Your Life
May 5, 2016 • 44m
245. Being Malcolm Gladwell
May 2, 2016 • 28m
244. How to Become Great at Just About Anything
Apr 28, 2016 • 48m
243. How to Be More Productive
Apr 21, 2016 • 38m
242. Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income?
Apr 14, 2016 • 36m
241. Are Payday Loans Really as Evil as People Say?
Apr 7, 2016 • 49m
The Economics of Sleep, Part 2 (Rebroadcast)
Mar 31, 2016 • 42m
The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 (Rebroadcast)
Mar 24, 2016 • 45m
239. The No-Tipping Point
Mar 11, 2016 • 43m
238. The United States of Cory Booker
Mar 3, 2016 • 39m
237. Ask Not What Your Podcast Can Do for You
Feb 25, 2016 • 41m
236. How Can This Possibly Be True?
Feb 18, 2016 • 40m
235. Who Needs Handwriting?
Feb 11, 2016 • 39m
How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps (Rebroadcast)
Feb 4, 2016 • 29m
234. Do Boycotts Work?
Jan 21, 2016 • 37m
233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future
Jan 14, 2016 • 46m
232. The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap
Jan 7, 2016 • 43m
When Willpower Isn’t Enough (Rebroadcast)
Dec 31, 2015 • 31m
Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition (Rebroadcast)
Dec 24, 2015 • 41m
231. Is Migration a Basic Human Right?
Dec 17, 2015 • 1h 0m
230. The Cheeseburger Diet
Dec 10, 2015 • 32m
229. Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade
Dec 3, 2015 • 47m
Why Do People Keep Having Children? (Rebroadcast)
Nov 26, 2015 • 40m
228. Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?
Nov 19, 2015 • 45m
227. Should Everyone Be in a Rock Band?
Nov 12, 2015 • 45m
226. Food + Science = Victory!
Nov 5, 2015 • 38m
225. Am I Boring You?
Oct 29, 2015 • 39m
How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying (Rebroadcast)
Oct 22, 2015 • 36m
224. How To Win A Nobel Prize
Oct 15, 2015 • 45m
223. Should Kids Pay Back Their Parents for Raising Them?
Oct 8, 2015 • 47m
222. Meet the Woman Who Said Women Can’t Have It All
Oct 1, 2015 • 42m
221. How Did the Belt Win?
Sep 24, 2015 • 30m
219. Preventing Crime for Pennies on the Dollar
Sep 10, 2015 • 41m
218. The Harvard President Will See You Now
Sep 3, 2015 • 38m
217. Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset?
Aug 27, 2015 • 36m
216. How to Make a Smart TV Ad
Aug 20, 2015 • 30m
The Dangers of Safety (Rebroadcast)
Aug 13, 2015 • 30m
215. Why Do We Really Follow the News?
Aug 6, 2015 • 35m
214. How to Create Suspense
Jul 30, 2015 • 39m
213. Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush
Jul 23, 2015 • 32m
212. The Economics of Sleep, Part 2
Jul 16, 2015 • 43m
211. The Economics of Sleep, Part 1
Jul 9, 2015 • 45m
A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast)
Jul 2, 2015 • 28m
210. Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees?
Jun 25, 2015 • 53m
209. Make Me a Match
Jun 18, 2015 • 50m
208. Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay
Jun 11, 2015 • 35m
207. Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do?
Jun 4, 2015 • 54m
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (Rebroadcast)
May 28, 2015 • 1h 2m
Failure Is Your Friend (Rebroadcast)
May 21, 2015 • 31m
206. Ten Years of Freakonomics
May 14, 2015 • 46m
205. Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?!
May 7, 2015 • 55m
Think Like a Child (Rebroadcast)
Apr 30, 2015 • 29m
204. Nate Silver Says: “Everyone Is Kind of Weird”
Apr 23, 2015 • 39m
203. Diamonds Are a Marriage Counselor’s Best Friend
Apr 16, 2015 • 40m
202. How Many Doctors Does It Take to Start a Healthcare Revolution?
Apr 9, 2015 • 53m
201. How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare?
Apr 2, 2015 • 41m
The Perfect Crime (Rebroadcast)
Mar 26, 2015 • 29m
What You Don’t Know About Online Dating (Rebroadcast)
Mar 19, 2015 • 40m
200. When Willpower Isn’t Enough
Mar 12, 2015 • 33m
199. This Idea Must Die
Mar 5, 2015 • 54m
198. The Maddest Men of All
Feb 26, 2015 • 32m
197. Hacking the World Bank
Feb 19, 2015 • 36m
196. Is There a Better Way to Fight Terrorism?
Feb 12, 2015 • 42m
195. How Efficient Is Energy Efficiency?
Feb 5, 2015 • 32m
194. How Safe Is Your Job?
Jan 29, 2015 • 33m
193. Someone Else’s Acid Trip
Jan 22, 2015 • 29m
192. That’s a Great Question!
Jan 15, 2015 • 25m
191. Why Doesn’t Everyone Get the Flu Vaccine?
Jan 8, 2015 • 36m
What’s the “Best” Exercise? (Rebroadcast)
Jan 1, 2015 • 15m
What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? (Rebroadcast)
Dec 25, 2014 • 25m
190. Time to Take Back the Toilet
Dec 18, 2014 • 34m
The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat (Rebroadcast)
Dec 11, 2014 • 44m
189. How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps
Dec 4, 2014 • 29m
188. Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem?
Nov 27, 2014 • 34m
187. The Man Who Would Be Everything
Nov 20, 2014 • 27m
186. Why Do People Keep Having Children?
Nov 13, 2014 • 38m
185. Should the U.S. Merge With Mexico?
Nov 6, 2014 • 55m
184. What Can Vampires Teach Us About Economics?
Oct 30, 2014 • 24m
183. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”
Oct 23, 2014 • 1h 2m
182. How Can Tiny Norway Afford to Buy So Many Teslas?
Oct 16, 2014 • 36m
How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten (Rebroadcast)
Oct 9, 2014 • 33m
181. Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition
Oct 2, 2014 • 41m
180. Fitness Apartheid
Sep 25, 2014 • 30m
179. Outsiders by Design
Sep 18, 2014 • 40m
178. How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying
Sep 11, 2014 • 33m
177. Regulate This!
Sep 4, 2014 • 56m
Who Runs the Internet? (Rebroadcast)
Aug 28, 2014 • 32m
Parking Is Hell (Rebroadcast)
Aug 21, 2014 • 35m
What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Rebroadcast)
Aug 14, 2014 • 39m
Should Tipping be Banned? (Rebroadcast)
Aug 7, 2014 • 40m
How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast)
Jul 31, 2014 • 52m
176. Does Religion Make You Happy?
Jul 24, 2014 • 28m
175. Why You Should Bribe Your Kids
Jul 17, 2014 • 27m
174. What Do King Solomon and David Lee Roth Have in Common?
Jul 10, 2014 • 33m
173. A Better Way to Eat
Jul 3, 2014 • 26m
171. There’s No Such Thing as a Free Appetizer
Jun 19, 2014 • 36m
170. Why America Doesn’t Love Soccer (Yet)
Jun 12, 2014 • 37m
169. Failure Is Your Friend
Jun 5, 2014 • 31m
The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast )
May 29, 2014 • 58m
168. Think Like a Child
May 22, 2014 • 28m
167. The Three Hardest Words in the English Language
May 15, 2014 • 28m
165. The Perfect Crime
May 1, 2014 • 28m
164. Which Came First, the Chicken or the Avocado?
Apr 24, 2014 • 29m
163. What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol?
Apr 17, 2014 • 24m
162. “If Mayors Ruled the World”
Apr 10, 2014 • 31m
161. How to Make People Quit Smoking
Apr 3, 2014 • 32m
160. Why Everybody Who Doesn’t Hate Bitcoin Loves It
Mar 27, 2014 • 35m
Women Are Not Men (Rebroadcast)
Mar 20, 2014 • 37m
159. “It’s Fun to Smoke Marijuana”
Mar 13, 2014 • 22m
158. Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It?
Mar 6, 2014 • 21m
157. Why Are Japanese Homes Disposable?
Feb 27, 2014 • 23m
156. Why Marry? (Part 2)
Feb 20, 2014 • 23m
155. Why Marry? (Part 1)
Feb 13, 2014 • 19m
154. What You Don’t Know About Online Dating
Feb 6, 2014 • 35m
153. Reasons to Not Be Ugly
Jan 30, 2014 • 25m
152. Everybody Gossips (and That’s a Good Thing)
Jan 23, 2014 • 35m
Fear Thy Nature (Rebroadcast)
Jan 16, 2014 • 37m
150. What’s the “Best” Exercise?
Jan 2, 2014 • 15m
Save Me From Myself (Rebroadcast)
Dec 26, 2013 • 35m
149. Pontiff-icating on the Free-Market System
Dec 19, 2013 • 37m
148. Are Gay Men Really Rich?
Dec 12, 2013 • 19m
147. The Most Dangerous Machine
Dec 5, 2013 • 31m
146. Fighting Poverty With Actual Evidence
Nov 27, 2013 • 36m
144. Who Runs the Internet?
Nov 14, 2013 • 32m
Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 (Rebroadcast)
Nov 7, 2013 • 33m
Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 (Rebroadcast)
Oct 31, 2013 • 30m
143. Why Bad Environmentalism Is Such an Easy Sell
Oct 24, 2013 • 24m
142. The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat
Oct 14, 2013 • 46m
141. How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten
Oct 10, 2013 • 32m
139. Would a Big Bucket of Cash Really Change Your Life?
Sep 26, 2013 • 27m
The Economist’s Guide to Parenting (Rebroadcast)
Sep 19, 2013 • 56m
138. Whatever Happened to the Carpal Tunnel Epidemic?
Sep 12, 2013 • 16m
The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast)
Sep 5, 2013 • 56m
137. Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World?
Aug 29, 2013 • 25m
The Folly of Prediction (Rebroadcast)
Aug 22, 2013 • 57m
136. The Middle of Everywhere
Aug 15, 2013 • 29m
The Church of "Scionology" (Rebroadcast)
Aug 8, 2013 • 56m
135. Do Baby Girls Cause Divorce?
Aug 1, 2013 • 18m
The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast)
Jul 22, 2013 • 58m
134. Government Employees Gone Wild
Jul 18, 2013 • 18m
133. A Burger a Day
Jul 11, 2013 • 6m
132. Jane Austen, Game Theorist
Jul 3, 2013 • 27m
Legacy of a Jerk (Rebroadcast)
Jun 27, 2013 • 43m
131. Do You Really Want to Know Your Future?
Jun 20, 2013 • 31m
130. Why Family and Business Don’t Mix
Jun 12, 2013 • 6m
129. Should Tipping be Banned?
Jun 3, 2013 • 37m
128. Baby, You Can Program My Car
May 29, 2013 • 5m
The Hidden Cost of False Alarms (Rebroadcast)
May 15, 2013 • 6m
126. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common?
May 9, 2013 • 37m
125. It’s Crowded at the Top
May 1, 2013 • 6m
124. Running to Do Evil
Apr 25, 2013 • 25m
123. Help Wanted. No Smokers Need Apply
Apr 17, 2013 • 5m
122. How Much Does Your Name Matter?
Apr 8, 2013 • 49m
121. The Tax Man Nudgeth
Apr 3, 2013 • 10m
120. 100 Ways to Fight Obesity
Mar 27, 2013 • 35m
119. How Money Is March Madness?
Mar 21, 2013 • 6m
118. Parking Is Hell
Mar 13, 2013 • 35m
117. When Is a Negative a Positive?
Mar 6, 2013 • 7m
116. Women Are Not Men
Feb 24, 2013 • 36m
115. The Downside of More Miles Per Gallon
Feb 20, 2013 • 6m
114. How to Think About Guns
Feb 13, 2013 • 29m
113. Sure, I Remember That
Feb 6, 2013 • 6m
112. Would You Let a Coin Toss Decide Your Future?
Jan 30, 2013 • 25m
111. Introducing “Freakonomics Experiments”
Jan 23, 2013 • 5m
110. Who Owns the Words That Come Out of Your Mouth?
Jan 16, 2013 • 30m
109. How to Live Longer
Jan 9, 2013 • 6m
107. How Much Does a Good Boss Really Matter?
Dec 26, 2012 • 14m
106. The House of Dreams
Dec 19, 2012 • 21m
105. Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas
Dec 12, 2012 • 15m
104. The Things They Taught Me
Dec 5, 2012 • 23m
103. Free-conomics
Nov 28, 2012 • 6m
102. I Consult, Therefore I Am
Nov 21, 2012 • 35m
101. Mass Transit Hysteria
Nov 14, 2012 • 6m
100. Our 100th Episode!
Nov 5, 2012 • 14m
99. How to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul
Oct 31, 2012 • 5m
98. We the Sheeple
Oct 24, 2012 • 23m
97. Lying to Ourselves
Oct 17, 2012 • 5m
96. The Cobra Effect
Oct 10, 2012 • 34m
95. Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over
Oct 3, 2012 • 5m
94. The Tale of the $15 Tomato
Sep 23, 2012 • 9m
93. Why Online Poker Should Be Legal
Sep 19, 2012 • 5m
92. Fear Thy Nature
Sep 12, 2012 • 37m
91. Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness?
Sep 5, 2012 • 5m
90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?
Aug 29, 2012 • 19m
89. There’s Cake in the Breakroom!
Aug 22, 2012 • 6m
88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2
Aug 15, 2012 • 33m
87. The Season of Death
Aug 8, 2012 • 6m
86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1
Jul 29, 2012 • 29m
85. Olympian Economics
Jul 25, 2012 • 6m
84. Legacy of a Jerk
Jul 18, 2012 • 43m
83. What's Wrong With Cash for Grades?
Jul 10, 2012 • 6m
82. Please Steal My Car
Jul 4, 2012 • 22m
81. Star-Spangled Banter?
Jun 26, 2012 • 7m
80. Riding the Herd Mentality
Jun 20, 2012 • 35m
79. A Cheap Employee Is … a Cheap Employee
Jun 13, 2012 • 6m
78. You Eat What You Are, Part 2
Jun 6, 2012 • 28m
77. Playing the Nerd Card
May 30, 2012 • 5m
76. You Eat What You Are, Part 1
May 23, 2012 • 29m
75. Retirement Kills
May 16, 2012 • 5m
74. Soul Possession
May 7, 2012 • 28m
73. A Rose By Any Other Distance
May 2, 2012 • 5m
72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors
Apr 25, 2012 • 56m
71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line?
Apr 18, 2012 • 6m
70. Eating and Tweeting
Apr 11, 2012 • 57m
69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms
Apr 3, 2012 • 5m
68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb
Mar 28, 2012 • 57m
67. The Patent Gap
Mar 22, 2012 • 4m
66. Show and Yell
Mar 14, 2012 • 57m
65. It’s Not the President, Stupid
Mar 7, 2012 • 5m
64. The Days of Wine and Mouses
Feb 27, 2012 • 56m
63. The Dilbert Index?
Feb 22, 2012 • 5m
62. How Biased Is Your Media?
Feb 15, 2012 • 35m
61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat?
Feb 8, 2012 • 5m
60. Save Me From Myself
Feb 1, 2012 • 33m
59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl
Jan 25, 2012 • 5m
58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common?
Jan 19, 2012 • 34m
57. Does Money Really Buy Elections?
Jan 11, 2012 • 5m
56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say?
Jan 4, 2012 • 15m
55. The Perils of Drunk Walking
Dec 27, 2011 • 5m
54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore)
Dec 21, 2011 • 29m
53. How American Food Got So Bad
Dec 13, 2011 • 4m
52. Weird Recycling
Dec 2, 2011 • 24m
51. What Makes a Donor Donate?
Nov 29, 2011 • 5m
50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It?
Nov 22, 2011 • 30m
49. Unnatural Turkeys
Nov 16, 2011 • 4m
48. Boo…Who?
Nov 8, 2011 • 29m
47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers
Nov 2, 2011 • 4m
46. Misadventures in Baby-Making
Oct 25, 2011 • 26m
45. Those Cheating Teachers!
Oct 18, 2011 • 4m
44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?
Oct 10, 2011 • 28m
43. The Decline and Fall of Violence
Oct 5, 2011 • 5m
42. The Upside of Quitting
Sep 28, 2011 • 56m
41. The Folly of Prediction
Sep 14, 2011 • 56m
40. The Suicide Paradox
Aug 31, 2011 • 56m
39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting
Aug 16, 2011 • 56m
38. The Church of "Scionology"
Aug 3, 2011 • 56m
37. Mouse in the Salad
Jul 20, 2011 • 27m
36. Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You're Driving?
Jul 6, 2011 • 26m
35. Live From St. Paul!
Jun 22, 2011 • 28m
34. Things Our Fathers Gave Us
Jun 8, 2011 • 14m
33. To Catch a Fugitive
May 25, 2011 • 18m
32. Growing Up Buffett
May 11, 2011 • 14m
31. Gambling With Your Life
Apr 27, 2011 • 18m
30. Does College Still Matter? And Other Freaky Questions Answered ...
Apr 13, 2011 • 16m
29. Smarter Kids at 10 Bucks a Pop
Apr 6, 2011 • 20m
28. Why Can’t We Predict Earthquakes?
Mar 30, 2011 • 21m
27. Death by Fire? Probably Not
Mar 23, 2011 • 19m
26. The Health of Nations
Mar 16, 2011 • 22m
25. Is Twitter a Two-Way Street?
Mar 9, 2011 • 26m
24. The Power of Poop
Mar 2, 2011 • 19m
23. Millionaires vs. Billionaires
Feb 24, 2011 • 28m
22. Why Cities Rock
Feb 17, 2011 • 16m
21. Bring on the Pain!
Feb 9, 2011 • 25m
20. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 2)
Feb 2, 2011 • 26m
19. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1)
Jan 26, 2011 • 24m
18. Freakonomics FAQ, No. 1
Jan 19, 2011 • 16m
17. Trashed
Jan 13, 2011 • 21m
16. Exit Interview: Schools Chancellor, NYC
Jan 5, 2011 • 14m
15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It!
Dec 29, 2010 • 26m
14. Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better?
Dec 15, 2010 • 24m
13. The "No-Lose Lottery," Part 2
Dec 1, 2010 • 21m
12. Is America Ready for a "No-Lose Lottery"?
Nov 17, 2010 • 25m
11. How Much Does the President of the U.S. Really Matter?
Nov 3, 2010 • 32m
10. The NFL's Best Real Estate Isn't For Sale. Yet.
Oct 28, 2010 • 21m
9. Reading, Rockets, and 'Rithmetic
Oct 21, 2010 • 19m
8. Who Stole All the Runs in Major League Baseball?
Oct 7, 2010 • 14m
7. Two Book Authors and a Microphone
Sep 30, 2010 • 11m
6. Why the World Cup Is an Economist's Dream
Jun 10, 2010 • 8m
5. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System?
May 13, 2010 • 28m
4. Faking It
Apr 13, 2010 • 19m
3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge?
Mar 24, 2010 • 19m
2. Is America's Obesity Epidemic For Real?
Feb 26, 2010 • 21m
1. The Dangers of Safety
Feb 6, 2010 • 26m
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