Freakonomics Radio
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.
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What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Update)E126·
Yesterday
Yesterday
36 mins
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637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages)E637·
June 20
June 20
45 mins
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636. Why Aren’t We Having More Babies?E636·
June 13
June 13
50 mins
E236
An Economics Lesson from a Talking Pencil (Update)E236·
June 11
June 11
39 mins
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635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation?E635·
June 6
June 6
50 mins
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634. “Fault-Finder Is a Minimum-Wage Job”E634·
May 30
May 30
1h 2m
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633. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard OfE633·
May 23
May 23
1h 5m
E564
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency (Update)E564·
May 21
May 21
52 mins
E563
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)E563·
May 16
May 16
1h 3m
E562
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death (Update)E562·
May 14
May 14
53 mins