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Discover the hidden side of everything with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books. Each week, Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn’t) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do) — from the economics of sleep to…
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- This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Ep. 472 Update)
- 514. Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America
- 513. Should Public Transit Be Free?
- Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? (Ep. 477 Replay)
- The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism (Ep. 470 Replay)
- The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not (Ep. 469 Replay)
- 512. Does Philosophy Still Matter?
- 511. Why Did You Marry That Person?
- The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later (Ep. 479 Replay)
- 510. What Problems Does Crypto Solve, Anyway?
- 509. Are N.F.T.s All Scams?
- 508. Does the Crypto Crash Mean the Blockchain Is Over?
- 507. 103 Pieces of Advice That May or May Not Work
- 506. What Is Sportswashing (and Does It Work)?
- 505. Did Domestic Violence Really Spike During the Pandemic?
- 504. Introducing “Off Leash”
- 503. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men?
- Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Ep. 384 Update)
- 502. “I Don’t Think the Country Is Turning Away From College.”
- 501. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into
- 500. What Exactly Is College for?
- Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China — and How About Russia? (Ep. 481 Update)
- 499. Don't Worry, Be Tacky
- 498. In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was … Electric
- 497. Can the Big Bad Wolf Save Your Life?
- How to Change Your Mind (Ep. 379 Update)
- 496. Do Unions Still Work?
- 495. Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?
- 494. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?
- Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (Ep. 475 Update)
- 493. Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million?
- Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455 Replay)
- 492. How Did a Hayfield Become One of America’s Hottest Cities?
- 491. Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas?
- 490. What Do Broken-Hearted Knitters, Urinating Goalkeepers, and the C.I.A. Have in Common?
- 489. Is “Toxic Positivity” a Thing?
- 488. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?
- 487. Is It Okay to Have a Party Yet?
- 486. “the Art Market Is in Massive Disruption.”
- 485. “I’ve Been Working My Ass Off for You to Make that Profit?”
- 484. “a Fascinating, Sexy, Intellectually Compelling, Unregulated Global Market.”
- How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444 Replay)
- 483. What’s Wrong With Shortcuts?
- 482. Is Venture Capital the Secret Sauce of the American Economy?
- 481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China?
- 480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy?
- 479. the Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later
- 478. How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt?
- 477. Why Is U.S. Media So Negative?
- That’s a Great Question! (Ep. 192 Rebroadcast)
- “This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.”
- “This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.”
- 476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?
- 475. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids?
- 474. All You Need Is Nudge
- Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? (Ep. 407 Rebroadcast)
- 473. These Jobs Were Not Posted on ZipRecruiter
- Reasons to Be Cheerful (Ep. 417 Rebroadcast)
- 472. This Is Your Brain on Pollution
- 471. Mayor Pete and Elaine Chao Hit the Road
- Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet (Ep. 346 Rebroadcast)
- 470. The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism
- 469. The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not
- 468. Nap Time for Everyone!
- How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Ep. 289 Rebroadcast)
- 467. Is the Future of Farming in the Ocean?
- 466. She’s From the Government, and She’s Here to Help
- Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast
- 464. Will Work-from-Home Work Forever?
- 463. How to Get Anyone to Do Anything
- These Shoes Are Killing Me! (Ep. 296 Rebroadcast)
- 462. the Future of New York City Is in Question. Could Andrew Yang Be the Answer?
- 461. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse
- 460. The True Story of the Minimum-Wage Fight
- 459. Let’s Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers
- 458. How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy
- 457. Is Dialysis a Test Case of Medicare for All?
- 456. How to Fix the Hot Mess of U.S. Healthcare
- Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405 Rebroadcast)
- How Does New York City Keep Reinventing Itself? (Bonus)
- 455. Are You Ready for a Fresh Start?
- 454. Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished?
- 453. a Rescue Plan for Black America
- Am I Boring You? (Ep. 225 Rebroadcast)
- 452. Jeff Immelt Knows He Let You Down
- 451. Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question?
- 450. How to Be Better at Death
- 449. How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research
- 448. the Downside of Disgust
- 178. How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying (Rebroadcast)
- 224. How to Win a Nobel Prize
- 223. Should Kids Pay Back Their Parents for Raising Them?
- 222. Meet the Woman Who Said Women Can’t Have It All
- 221. How Did the Belt Win?
- 220. “I Don't Know What You've Done With My Husband, But He's a Changed Man.”
- 219. Preventing Crime for Pennies on the Dollar
- 218. the Harvard President Will See You Now
- 217. Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset?
- 216. How to Make a Smart TV Ad
- 1. The Dangers of Safety (Rebroadcast)
- 215. Why Do We Really Follow the News?
- 214. How to Create Suspense
- 213. Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush
- 212. the Economics of Sleep, Part 2
- 211. the Economics of Sleep, Part 1
- 173. A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast)
- 210. Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees?
- 209. Make Me a Match
- 208. Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay
- 207. Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do?
- 183. Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (Rebroadcast)
- 169. Failure Is Your Friend (Rebroadcast)
- 206. Ten Years of Freakonomics
- 205. Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?!
- 168. Think Like a Child (Rebroadcast)
- 204. Nate Silver Says: “Everyone Is Kind of Weird”
- 203. Diamonds Are a Marriage Counselor’s Best Friend
- 202. How Many Doctors Does It Take to Start a Healthcare Revolution?
- 201. How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare?
- 165. The Perfect Crime (Rebroadcast)
- 154. What You Don’t Know About Online Dating (Rebroadcast)
- 200. When Willpower Isn’t Enough
- 199. This Idea Must Die
- 198. the Maddest Men of All
- 197. Hacking the World Bank
- 196. Is There a Better Way to Fight Terrorism?
- 195. How Efficient Is Energy Efficiency?
- 194. How Safe Is Your Job?
- 193. Someone Else’s Acid Trip
- 192. That’s a Great Question!
- 191. Why Doesn’t Everyone Get the Flu Vaccine?
- 150. What’s the “Best” Exercise? (Rebroadcast)
- 163. What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? (Rebroadcast)
- 190. Time to Take Back the Toilet
- 142. The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat (Rebroadcast)
- 189. How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps
- 188. Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem?
- 187. the Man Who Would Be Everything
- 186. Why Do People Keep Having Children?
- 185. Should the U.S. Merge With Mexico?
- 184. What Can Vampires Teach Us About Economics?
- 183. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”
- 182. How Can Tiny Norway Afford to Buy So Many Teslas?
- 141. How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten (Rebroadcast)
- 181. Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition
- 180. Fitness Apartheid
- 179. Outsiders by Design
- 178. How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying
- 177. Regulate This!
- 193. Who Runs the Internet? (Rebroadcast)
- 192. Parking Is Hell (Rebroadcast)
- 191. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Rebroadcast)
- 190. Should Tipping be Banned? (Rebroadcast)
- 122. How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast)
- 176. Does Religion Make You Happy?
- 175. Why You Should Bribe Your Kids
- 174. What Do King Solomon and David Lee Roth Have in Common?
- 173. a Better Way to Eat
- 172. How to Screen Job Applicants, Act Your Age, and Get Your Brain Off Autopilot
- 171. There’s No Such Thing as a Free Appetizer
- 170. Why America Doesn’t Love Soccer (Yet)
- 169. Failure Is Your Friend
- 42. The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast )
- 168. Think Like a Child
- 167. the Three Hardest Words in the English Language
- 166. How to Think Like a Freak -- and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions
- 165. the Perfect Crime
- 164. Which Came First, the Chicken or the Avocado?
- 163. What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol?
- 162. “If Mayors Ruled the World”
- 161. How to Make People Quit Smoking
- 160. Why Everybody Who Doesn’t Hate Bitcoin Loves It
- 116. Women Are Not Men (Rebroadcast)
- 159. “It’s Fun to Smoke Marijuana”
- 158. Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It?
- 157. Why Are Japanese Homes Disposable?
- 156. Why Marry? (Part 2)
- 155. Why Marry? (Part 1)
- 154. What You Don’t Know About Online Dating
- 153. Reasons to Not Be Ugly
- 152. Everybody Gossips (and That’s a Good Thing)
- 92. Fear Thy Nature (Rebroadcast)
- 151. Are We Ready to Legalize Drugs? And Other FREAK-Quently Asked Questions
- 150. What’s the “Best” Exercise?
- 60. Save Me From Myself (Rebroadcast)
- 149. Pontiff-icating on the Free-Market System
- 148. Are Gay Men Really Rich?
- 147. the Most Dangerous Machine
- 146. Fighting Poverty With Actual Evidence
- 145. What Do Skating Rinks, Ultimate Frisbee, and the World Have in Common?
- 144. Who Runs the Internet?
- 88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 (Rebroadcast)
- 86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 (Rebroadcast)
- 143. Why Bad Environmentalism Is Such an Easy Sell
- 142. the Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat
- 141. How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten
- 140. How to Think About Money, Choose Your Hometown, and Buy an Electric Toothbrush
- 139. Would a Big Bucket of Cash Really Change Your Life?
- 39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting (Rebroadcast)
- 138. Whatever Happened to the Carpal Tunnel Epidemic?
- 40. The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast)
- 137. Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World?
- 41. The Folly of Prediction (Rebroadcast)
- 136. the Middle of Everywhere
- 38. The Church of "Scionology" (Rebroadcast)
- 135. Do Baby Girls Cause Divorce?
- 42. The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast)
- 134. Government Employees Gone Wild
- 133. a Burger a Day
- 132. Jane Austen, Game Theorist
- 84. Legacy of a Jerk (Rebroadcast)
- 131. Do You Really Want to Know Your Future?
- 130. Why Family and Business Don’t Mix
- 129. Should Tipping be Banned?
- 128. Baby, You Can Program My Car
- 127. Can You Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions
- 69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms (Rebroadcast)
- 126. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common?
- 125. It’s Crowded at the Top
- 124. Running to Do Evil
- 123. Help Wanted. No Smokers Need Apply
- 122. How Much Does Your Name Matter?
- 121. the Tax Man Nudgeth
- 120. 100 Ways to Fight Obesity
- 119. How Money Is March Madness?
- 118. Parking Is Hell
- 117. When Is a Negative a Positive?
- 116. Women Are Not Men
- 115. the Downside of More Miles Per Gallon
- 114. How to Think About Guns
- 113. Sure, I Remember That
- 112. Would You Let a Coin Toss Decide Your Future?
- 111. Introducing “Freakonomics Experiments”
- 110. Who Owns the Words That Come Out of Your Mouth?
- 109. How to Live Longer
- 108. How Did “Freakonomics” Get Its Name? … and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions
- 107. How Much Does a Good Boss Really Matter?
- 106. the House of Dreams
- 105. Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas
- 104. the Things They Taught Me
- 103. Free-conomics
- 102. I Consult, Therefore I Am
- 101. Mass Transit Hysteria
- 100. Our 100th Episode!
- 99. How to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul
- 98. We the Sheeple
- 97. Lying to Ourselves
- 96. the Cobra Effect
- 95. Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over
- 94. the Tale of the $15 Tomato
- 93. Why Online Poker Should Be Legal
- 92. Fear Thy Nature
- 91. Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness?
- 90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?
- 89. There’s Cake in the Breakroom!
- 88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2
- 87. the Season of Death
- 86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1
- 85. Olympian Economics
- 84. Legacy of a Jerk
- 83. What's Wrong With Cash for Grades?
- 82. Please Steal My Car
- 81. Star-Spangled Banter?
- 80. Riding the Herd Mentality
- 79. a Cheap Employee Is … a Cheap Employee
- 78. You Eat What You Are, Part 2
- 77. Playing the Nerd Card
- 76. You Eat What You Are, Part 1
- 75. Retirement Kills
- 74. Soul Possession
- 73. a Rose by Any Other Distance
- 72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors
- 71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line?
- 70. Eating and Tweeting
- 69. the Hidden Cost of False Alarms
- 68. the Power of the President -- and the Thumb
- 67. the Patent Gap
- 66. Show and Yell
- 65. It’s Not the President, Stupid
- 64. the Days of Wine and Mouses
- 63. the Dilbert Index?
- 62. How Biased Is Your Media?
- 61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat?
- 60. Save Me From Myself
- 59. the Hidden Side of the Super Bowl
- 58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common?
- 57. Does Money Really Buy Elections?
- 56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say?
- 55. the Perils of Drunk Walking
- 54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore)
- 53. How American Food Got So Bad
- 52. Weird Recycling
- 51. What Makes a Donor Donate?
- 50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It?
- 49. Unnatural Turkeys
- 48. Boo…Who?
- 47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers
- 46. Misadventures in Baby-Making
- 45. Those Cheating Teachers!
- 44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?
- 43. the Decline and Fall of Violence
- 42. the Upside of Quitting
- 41. the Folly of Prediction
- 40. the Suicide Paradox
- 39. the Economist’s Guide to Parenting
- 38. The Church of "Scionology"
- 37. Mouse in the Salad
- 36. Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You're Driving?
- 35. Live From St. Paul!
- 34. Things Our Fathers Gave Us
- 33. to Catch a Fugitive
- 32. Growing Up Buffett
- 31. Gambling With Your Life
- 30. Does College Still Matter? and Other Freaky Questions Answered ...
- 29. Smarter Kids at 10 Bucks a Pop
- 28. Why Can’t We Predict Earthquakes?
- 27. Death by Fire? Probably Not
- 26. the Health of Nations
- 25. Is Twitter a Two-Way Street?
- 24. the Power of Poop
- 23. Millionaires vs. Billionaires
- 22. Why Cities Rock
- 21. Bring on the Pain!
- 20. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 2)
- 19. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1)
- 18. Freakonomics FAQ, No. 1
- 17. Trashed
- 16. Exit Interview: Schools Chancellor, NYC
- 15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It!
- 14. Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better?
- 13. The "No-Lose Lottery," Part 2
- 12. Is America Ready for a "No-Lose Lottery"?
- 11. How Much Does the President of the U.S. Really Matter?
- 10. The NFL's Best Real Estate Isn't For Sale. Yet.
- 9. Reading, Rockets, and 'Rithmetic
- 8. Who Stole All the Runs in Major League Baseball?
- 7. Two Book Authors and a Microphone
- 6. Why the World Cup Is an Economist's Dream
- 5. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System?
- 4. Faking It
- 3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge?
- 2. Is America's Obesity Epidemic for Real?
- 1. the Dangers of Safety
- 367. the Future of Meat
- 366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One?
- Extra: Domonique Foxworth Full Interview
- 365. Not Just Another Labor Force
- Extra: Mark Cuban Full Interview
- 364. Inside the Sports-Industrial Complex
- Extra: Mark Teixeira Full Interview
- 363. Think Like a Winner
- 197. Hacking the World Bank (Update)
- 362. Why Is This Man Running for President?
- 345. How to Be Happy (Rebroadcast)
- 247. How to Win Games and Beat People (Rebroadcast)
- 340. People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Rebroadcast)
- Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of Time.”
- Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fear Live in the Brain?”
- Freakonomics Radio Live: “The World’s a Mess. But Oysters, They Hold it Down.”
- 361. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon.”
- 360. Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real?
- 359. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s?
- 285. There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? (Rebroadcast)
- 358. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — but It Doesn’t Have to Be
- 357. Can an Industrial Giant Become a Tech Darling?
- 356. America’s Hidden Duopoly
- Extra: Elvis Costello Full Interview
- 355. Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)?
- Extra: Jeremy Lin Full Interview
- 354. How to Be Creative
- 353. How to Optimize Your Apology
- 352. Can This Man Stop a Trade War?
- Extra: Shawn Johnson Full Interview
- 351. Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete
- Extra: Full Interviews With Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Staley, Mike McGlinchey, and Kyle Juszczyk
- 350. How to Stop Being a Loser
- 349. How Sports Became Us
- A Conversation With PepsiCo C.E.O. Indra Nooyi (Ep. 316 Update)
- 343. an Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…
- 342. Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean?
- 341. Why We Choke Under Pressure (and How Not to)
- 340. People Aren’t Dumb. the World Is Hard.
- 339. the Future of Freakonomics Radio
- 264. In Praise of Incrementalism (Rebroadcast)
- 263. In Praise of Maintenance (Rebroadcast)
- 338. How to Catch World Cup Fever
- 337. How to Build a Smart City
- 289. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Rebroadcast)
- 336. the Most Vilified Industry in America Is Also the Most Charitable
- 291. Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast)
- 333. the Most Ambitious Thing Humans Have Ever Attempted
- 332. Why the Trump Tax Cuts Are Terrible/Awesome (Part 2)
- 331. Why the Trump Tax Cuts are Awesome/Terrible (Part 1)
- 330. Extra: Ray Dalio Full Interview
- 329. the Invisible Paw
- 328. Extra: Mark Zuckerberg Full Interview
- 298. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask) (Rebroadcast)
- 327. Extra: Carol Bartz Full Interview
- 297. The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money (Rebroadcast)
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