Freakonomics Radio

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Nate Silver Says: “Everyone Is Kind of Weird” 00:00 Tools
Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?! 00:00 Tools
This Idea Must Die 00:00 Tools
The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 00:00 Tools
When Willpower Isn’t Enough 00:00 Tools
Diamonds Are a Marriage Counselor’s Best Friend 00:00 Tools
Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do? 00:00 Tools
How to Create Suspense 00:00 Tools
Someone Else’s Acid Trip 00:00 Tools
The Maddest Men of All 00:00 Tools
How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare? 00:00 Tools
What You Don’t Know About Online Dating 00:00 Tools
How Efficient Is Energy Efficiency? 00:00 Tools
Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees? 00:00 Tools
Hacking the World Bank 00:00 Tools
Is There a Better Way to Fight Terrorism? 00:00 Tools
How Many Doctors Does It Take to Start a Healthcare Revolution? 00:00 Tools
Why Doesn’t Everyone Get the Flu Vaccine? 00:00 Tools
That’s a Great Question! 00:00 Tools
How Safe Is Your Job? 00:00 Tools
Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay 00:00 Tools
Time to Take Back the Toilet 00:00 Tools
The Economics of Sleep, Part 2 00:00 Tools
Make Me a Match 00:00 Tools
Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? 00:00 Tools
Ten Years of Freakonomics 00:00 Tools
Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush 00:00 Tools
Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk -- But Not for the Reasons You Think 00:00 Tools
How Did the Belt Win? 00:00 Tools
How Can This Possibly Be True? 00:00 Tools
Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? 00:00 Tools
How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps 00:00 Tools
The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Why Do We Really Follow the News? 00:00 Tools
Am I Boring You? 00:00 Tools
“I Don't Know What You've Done With My Husband, But He's a Changed Man.” 00:00 Tools
Preventing Crime for Pennies on the Dollar 00:00 Tools
How to Make a Smart TV Ad 00:00 Tools
The Cheeseburger Diet 00:00 Tools
Who Needs Handwriting? 00:00 Tools
The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap 00:00 Tools
Failure Is Your Friend (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. 00:00 Tools
How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future 00:00 Tools
Food + Science = Victory! 00:00 Tools
How to Be Happy (Ep. 345) 00:00 Tools
Are Payday Loans Really as Evil as People Say? 00:00 Tools
Why We Choke Under Pressure (and How Not To) 00:00 Tools
Meet the Woman Who Said Women Can’t Have It All 00:00 Tools
The No-Tipping Point 00:00 Tools
The Harvard President Will See You Now 00:00 Tools
Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? 00:00 Tools
Should Kids Pay Back Their Parents for Raising Them? 00:00 Tools
Do Boycotts Work? 00:00 Tools
The Perfect Crime (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Should Everyone Be in a Rock Band? 00:00 Tools
What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Is Migration a Basic Human Right? 00:00 Tools
Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Ep. 347) 00:00 Tools
Why Do People Keep Having Children? 00:00 Tools
Think Like a Child (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? 00:00 Tools
What’s the “Best” Exercise? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Whatever Happened to the Carpal Tunnel Epidemic? 00:00 Tools
Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet (Ep. 346) 00:00 Tools
A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
How To Win A Nobel Prize 00:00 Tools
How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask) 00:00 Tools
Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World? 00:00 Tools
The Future of Freakonomics Radio 00:00 Tools
How to Stop Being a Loser (Ep. 350) 00:00 Tools
The Man Who Would Be Everything 00:00 Tools
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Should the U.S. Merge With Mexico? 00:00 Tools
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing 00:00 Tools
Which Came First, the Chicken or the Avocado? 00:00 Tools
How to Be More Productive 00:00 Tools
Do Baby Girls Cause Divorce? 00:00 Tools
359. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? 00:00 Tools
Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean? 00:00 Tools
Would a Big Bucket of Cash Really Change Your Life? 00:00 Tools
Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade 00:00 Tools
The Three Hardest Words in the English Language 00:00 Tools
The Demonization of Gluten 00:00 Tools
The United States of Cory Booker 00:00 Tools
Are We Running Out of Ideas? 00:00 Tools
Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
358. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be 00:00 Tools
There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? (Ep. 285 Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Why Do People Keep Having Children? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Why the Trump Tax Cuts are Awesome/Terrible (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (Ep. 351) 00:00 Tools
How to Think About Money, Choose Your Hometown, and Buy an Electric Toothbrush 00:00 Tools
How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying 00:00 Tools
What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? 00:00 Tools
Why Don’t We All Speak the Same Language? (Earth 2.0 Series) 00:00 Tools
Ask Not What Your Podcast Can Do for You 00:00 Tools
How to Make People Quit Smoking 00:00 Tools
Does Religion Make You Happy? 00:00 Tools
Why Marry? (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
How to Win Games and Beat People 00:00 Tools
The Middle of Everywhere 00:00 Tools
How Can Tiny Norway Afford to Buy So Many Teslas? 00:00 Tools
How to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution 00:00 Tools
Reasons to Not Be Ugly 00:00 Tools
The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Why Everybody Who Doesn’t Hate Bitcoin Loves It 00:00 Tools
Fighting Poverty With Actual Evidence 00:00 Tools
What Does a C.E.O. Actually Do? 00:00 Tools
Thinking Is Expensive. Who’s Supposed to Pay for It? 00:00 Tools
The Perfect Crime 00:00 Tools
Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up? 00:00 Tools
“Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” 00:00 Tools
Is the Internet Being Ruined? 00:00 Tools
The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money 00:00 Tools
Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It? 00:00 Tools
“It’s Fun to Smoke Marijuana” 00:00 Tools
A Better Way to Eat 00:00 Tools
Regulate This! 00:00 Tools
How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google) 00:00 Tools
Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition 00:00 Tools
Can This Man Stop a Trade War? (Ep. 352) 00:00 Tools
Why Is My Life So Hard? 00:00 Tools
An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar… 00:00 Tools
What Can Vampires Teach Us About Economics? 00:00 Tools
Why Are Japanese Homes Disposable? 00:00 Tools
Is America Ready for a “No-Lose Lottery”? (Update) 00:00 Tools
What Do Skating Rinks, Ultimate Frisbee, and the World Have in Common? 00:00 Tools
Hacking the World Bank (Ep. 197 Update) 00:00 Tools
356. America’s Hidden Duopoly 00:00 Tools
What Would Be the Best Universal Language? (Earth 2.0 Series) 00:00 Tools
Think Like a Child 00:00 Tools
Why Marry? (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
Government Employees Gone Wild 00:00 Tools
These Shoes Are Killing Me! 00:00 Tools
Should Tipping be Banned? 00:00 Tools
A Burger a Day 00:00 Tools
What Are the Secrets of the German Economy — and Should We Steal Them? 00:00 Tools
354. How to Be Creative 00:00 Tools
Is the Government More Entrepreneurial Than You Think? (Ep. 348) 00:00 Tools
Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Why Are We Still Using Cash? 00:00 Tools
Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
367. The Future of Meat 00:00 Tools
How to Think Like a Freak -- and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions 00:00 Tools
How Much Does the President of the U.S. Really Matter? 00:00 Tools
366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One? 00:00 Tools
Jane Austen, Game Theorist 00:00 Tools
Outsiders by Design 00:00 Tools
The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat 00:00 Tools
“If Mayors Ruled the World” 00:00 Tools
Why Bad Environmentalism Is Such an Easy Sell 00:00 Tools
Can You Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions 00:00 Tools
Are We in a Mattress-Store Bubble? 00:00 Tools
Fitness Apartheid 00:00 Tools
How Sports Became Us (Ep. 349) 00:00 Tools
How Can I Do the Most Social Good With $100? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions 00:00 Tools
355. Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)? 00:00 Tools
People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Ep. 340 Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Chuck E. Cheese’s: Where a Kid Can Learn Price Theory 00:00 Tools
How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
The Dangers of Safety (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
The Economist’s Guide to Parenting (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Everybody Gossips (and That’s a Good Thing) 00:00 Tools
How to Be a Modern Democrat — and Win 00:00 Tools
The Most Ambitious Thing Humans Have Ever Attempted 00:00 Tools
The Folly of Prediction (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
How to Get More Grit in Your Life 00:00 Tools
How to Become Great at Just About Anything 00:00 Tools
The Most Vilified Industry in America Is Also the Most Charitable 00:00 Tools
Why You Should Bribe Your Kids 00:00 Tools
363. Think Like a Winner 00:00 Tools
"How Much Brain Damage Do I Have?" 00:00 Tools
Who Runs the Internet? 00:00 Tools
​Letting Go 00:00 Tools
How to Become a C.E.O. 00:00 Tools
Failure Is Your Friend 00:00 Tools
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Appetizer 00:00 Tools
How to Screen Job Applicants, Act Your Age, and Get Your Brain Off Autopilot 00:00 Tools
Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor? 00:00 Tools
How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten 00:00 Tools
Nurses to the Rescue! 00:00 Tools
Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream 00:00 Tools
Why Does Everyone Hate Flying? And Other Questions Only a Pilot Can Answer 00:00 Tools
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask) (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
When Willpower Isn’t Enough (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Baby, You Can Program My Car 00:00 Tools
The Church of "Scionology" (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
When Helping Hurts 00:00 Tools
Could Solving This One Problem Solve All the Others? 00:00 Tools
Evolution, Accelerated 00:00 Tools
How to Build a Smart City 00:00 Tools
Why America Doesn’t Love Soccer (Yet) 00:00 Tools
The Taboo Trifecta 00:00 Tools
Not Your Grandmother’s I.M.F. 00:00 Tools
The Patent Gap 00:00 Tools
Is Twitter a Two-Way Street? 00:00 Tools
362. Why Is This Man Running for President? 00:00 Tools
369. A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough 00:00 Tools
There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? 00:00 Tools
373. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work 00:00 Tools
374. How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians) 00:00 Tools
The Invisible Paw 00:00 Tools
How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? 00:00 Tools
Is the American Dream Really Dead? 00:00 Tools
375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World 00:00 Tools
What Do King Solomon and David Lee Roth Have in Common? 00:00 Tools
357. Can an Industrial Giant Become a Tech Darling? 00:00 Tools
Women Are Not Men (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 00:00 Tools
Trust Me 00:00 Tools
The Fracking Boom, a Baby Boom, and the Retreat From Marriage 00:00 Tools
After the Glass Ceiling, a Glass Cliff 00:00 Tools
360. Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real? 00:00 Tools
The Suicide Paradox 00:00 Tools
What Are Gender Barriers Made Of? 00:00 Tools
The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten 00:00 Tools
Does Doing Good Give You License to Be Bad? 00:00 Tools
The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution 00:00 Tools
Big Returns from Thinking Small 00:00 Tools
368. Where Do Good Ideas Come From? 00:00 Tools
How to Catch World Cup Fever 00:00 Tools
Trevor Noah Has a Lot to Say 00:00 Tools
Reading, Rockets, and 'Rithmetic 00:00 Tools
Things Our Fathers Gave Us 00:00 Tools
How to Make a Bad Decision 00:00 Tools
Do You Really Want to Know Your Future? 00:00 Tools
How to Win Games and Beat People (Ep. 247 Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It 00:00 Tools
REBROADCAST: The Upside of Quitting 00:00 Tools
Hoopers! Hoopers! Hoopers! 00:00 Tools
The Economics of Sleep, Part 2 (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
The Most Dangerous Machine 00:00 Tools
Why Family and Business Don’t Mix 00:00 Tools
Two Book Authors and A Microphone 00:00 Tools
How to Optimize Your Apology (Ep. 353) 00:00 Tools
Why the Trump Tax Cuts Are Terrible/Awesome (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think 00:00 Tools
Did China Eat America’s Jobs? 00:00 Tools
REBROADCAST: Legacy of a Jerk 00:00 Tools
383. The Zero-Minute Workout 00:00 Tools
No Hollywood Ending for the Visual-Effects Industry 00:00 Tools
How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of Time.” 00:00 Tools
Extra: Elvis Costello Full Interview 00:00 Tools
Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? 00:00 Tools
365. Not Just Another Labor Force 00:00 Tools
Ten Signs You Might Be a Libertarian 00:00 Tools
Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Ep. 347 Update) 00:00 Tools
Why Is My Life So Hard? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Why Is There So Much Ground Beef in the World? (Special Feature) 00:00 Tools
Should Tipping be Banned? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Why Do We Really Follow the News? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Confessions of a Pothole Politician 00:00 Tools
Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations 00:00 Tools
The Dangers of Safety 00:00 Tools
“I Wasn’t Stupid Enough to Say This Could Be Done Overnight” 00:00 Tools
Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth? (Ep. 344) 00:00 Tools
Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
364. Inside the Sports-Industrial Complex 00:00 Tools
Earth 2.0: What Would Our Economy Look Like? 00:00 Tools
Earth 2.0: Is Income Inequality Inevitable? 00:00 Tools
In Praise of Incrementalism 00:00 Tools
Parking Is Hell (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Trust Me (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
He’s One of the Most Famous Political Operatives in America. America Just Doesn’t Know It Yet. 00:00 Tools
384. Abortion and Crime, Revisited 00:00 Tools
How to Be Tim Ferriss 00:00 Tools
371. A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House 00:00 Tools
Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
A Conversation With PepsiCo C.E.O. Indra Nooyi (Ep. 316 Update) 00:00 Tools
How to Be Happy (Ep. 345 Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Why Larry Summers Is the Economist Everyone Hates to Love 00:00 Tools
How to Train Your Dragon Child 00:00 Tools
361. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon.” 00:00 Tools
Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
370. How to Fail Like a Pro 00:00 Tools
What Are You Waiting For? 00:00 Tools
The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Who Runs the Internet? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
It’s Your Problem Now 00:00 Tools
The Longest Long Shot 00:00 Tools
377. The $1.5 Trillion Question: How to Fix Student-Loan Debt? 00:00 Tools
Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth? 00:00 Tools
What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? 00:00 Tools
Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
379. How to Change Your Mind 00:00 Tools
What’s the “Best” Exercise? 00:00 Tools
It’s Crowded at the Top 00:00 Tools
How Much Does Your Name Matter? 00:00 Tools
Time to Take Back the Toilet (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Why Learn Esperanto? (Special Feature) 00:00 Tools
Extra: Full Interviews With Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Staley, Mike McGlinchey, and Kyle Juszczyk 00:00 Tools
Freakonomics Radio Live: “The World’s a Mess. But Oysters, They Hold it Down.” 00:00 Tools
How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
BONUS EPISODE: Being Malcolm Gladwell 00:00 Tools
Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis 00:00 Tools
What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
100 Ways to Fight Obesity 00:00 Tools
323. Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
388. The Economics of Sports Gambling 00:00 Tools
386. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War 00:00 Tools
Women Are Not Men 00:00 Tools
376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting 00:00 Tools
In Praise of Maintenance 00:00 Tools
Running to Do Evil 00:00 Tools
Help Wanted. No Smokers Need Apply 00:00 Tools
The Upside of Quitting 00:00 Tools
Fear Thy Nature (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It? 00:00 Tools
Is America's Obesity Epidemic for Real? 00:00 Tools
In Praise of Maintenance (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
How to Be More Productive (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Parking Is Hell 00:00 Tools
Pontiff-icating on the Free-Market System 00:00 Tools
Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
How Safe Is Your Job? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
In Praise of Incrementalism (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
389. How to Make Meetings Less Terrible 00:00 Tools
Are We Ready to Legalize Drugs? And Other FREAK-Quently Asked Questions 00:00 Tools
Are Gay Men Really Rich? 00:00 Tools
How to Think About Guns 00:00 Tools
The No-Tipping Point (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
The Tax Man Nudgeth 00:00 Tools
Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone? 00:00 Tools
REBROADCAST: The Hidden Cost of False Alarms 00:00 Tools
Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness? 00:00 Tools
When Is a Negative a Positive? 00:00 Tools
There’s Cake in the Breakroom! 00:00 Tools
382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution? 00:00 Tools
Faking It 00:00 Tools
387. Hello, My Name Is Marijuana Pepsi! 00:00 Tools
Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fear Live in the Brain?” 00:00 Tools
329. The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Professor Hendryx vs. Big Coal 00:00 Tools
What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge? 00:00 Tools
Save Me From Myself 00:00 Tools
The White House Gets Into the Nudge Business 00:00 Tools
How Deep Is the Shadow Economy? 00:00 Tools
“Tell Me Something I Don't Know” on the topic of Behavior Change (Special Feature) 00:00 Tools
Olympian Economics 00:00 Tools
The Season of Death 00:00 Tools
What's Wrong With Cash for Grades? 00:00 Tools
385. What Do Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, and Serena Williams Have in Common? 00:00 Tools
What Can Uber Teach Us About the Gender Pay Gap? 00:00 Tools
Extra: Mark Cuban Full Interview 00:00 Tools
How Biased Is Your Media? 00:00 Tools
391. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up 00:00 Tools
Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 00:00 Tools
This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One? 00:00 Tools
353. How to Optimize Your Apology 00:00 Tools
Who Stole All the Runs in Major League Baseball? 00:00 Tools
Would You Let a Coin Toss Decide Your Future? 00:00 Tools
Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better? 00:00 Tools
How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
The Tale of the $15 Tomato 00:00 Tools
The Downside of More Miles Per Gallon 00:00 Tools
Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat? 00:00 Tools
378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else) 00:00 Tools
372. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Would You Eat a Piece of Chocolate Shaped Like Dog Poop?” 00:00 Tools
The Folly of Prediction 00:00 Tools
This Is Your Brain on Podcasts 00:00 Tools
396. Why Does Tipping Still Exist? 00:00 Tools
397. How to Save $32 Million in One Hour 00:00 Tools
What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Extra: Shawn Johnson Full Interview 00:00 Tools
390. Fed Up 00:00 Tools
Weird Recycling 00:00 Tools
Mouse in the Salad 00:00 Tools
Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over 00:00 Tools
How to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul 00:00 Tools
Why Online Poker Should Be Legal 00:00 Tools
Lying to Ourselves 00:00 Tools
You Eat What You Are, Part 1 00:00 Tools
What You Don’t Know About Online Dating (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Extra: Richard Branson Full Interview 00:00 Tools
Extra: Jeremy Lin Full Interview 00:00 Tools
122. How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Extra: Mark Zuckerberg Full Interview 00:00 Tools
Misadventures in Baby-Making 00:00 Tools
Millionaires vs. Billionaires 00:00 Tools
Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 00:00 Tools
We the Sheeple 00:00 Tools
Please Steal My Car 00:00 Tools
Star-Spangled Banter? 00:00 Tools
A Cheap Employee Is … a Cheap Employee 00:00 Tools
Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say? 00:00 Tools
The Dilbert Index? 00:00 Tools
The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl 00:00 Tools
Playing the Nerd Card 00:00 Tools
Retirement Kills 00:00 Tools
How Much Does a Good Boss Really Matter? 00:00 Tools
Fear Thy Nature 00:00 Tools
Riding the Herd Mentality 00:00 Tools
356. America’s Hidden Duopoly (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Why the World Cup Is an Economist's Dream 00:00 Tools
359. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
I Consult, Therefore I Am 00:00 Tools
The Things They Taught Me 00:00 Tools
What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common? 00:00 Tools
Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas 00:00 Tools
Freakonomics FAQ, No. 1 00:00 Tools
Why Can’t We Predict Earthquakes? 00:00 Tools
How American Food Got So Bad 00:00 Tools
Mass Transit Hysteria 00:00 Tools
It’s Not the President, Stupid 00:00 Tools
Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line? 00:00 Tools
How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore) 00:00 Tools
Legacy of a Jerk 00:00 Tools
Soul Possession 00:00 Tools
The House of Dreams 00:00 Tools
Boo…Who? 00:00 Tools
The Power of Poop 00:00 Tools
Smarter Kids at 10 Bucks a Pop 00:00 Tools
Introducing “Freakonomics Experiments” 00:00 Tools
The Decline and Fall of Violence 00:00 Tools
Free-conomics 00:00 Tools
How Money Is March Madness? 00:00 Tools
What Makes a Donor Donate? 00:00 Tools
Does Money Really Buy Elections? 00:00 Tools
A Rose By Any Other Distance 00:00 Tools
Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers 00:00 Tools
394. Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem? 00:00 Tools
How to Become Great at Just About Anything (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Extra: Domonique Foxworth Full Interview 00:00 Tools
367. The Future of Meat (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Live From St. Paul! 00:00 Tools
How Did “Freakonomics” Get Its Name? … and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions 00:00 Tools
An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl 00:00 Tools
Our 100th Episode! 00:00 Tools
The Health of Nations 00:00 Tools
How to Live Longer 00:00 Tools
The Perils of Drunk Walking 00:00 Tools
Sure, I Remember That 00:00 Tools
The Economist’s Guide to Parenting 00:00 Tools
Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
Save Me From Myself (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
398. The Truth About the Vaping Crisis 00:00 Tools
173. A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
358. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? 00:00 Tools
Eating and Tweeting 00:00 Tools
Who Owns the Words That Come Out of Your Mouth? 00:00 Tools
The NFL's Best Real Estate Isn't For Sale. Yet. 00:00 Tools
Show and Yell 00:00 Tools
Why Cities Rock 00:00 Tools
To Catch a Fugitive 00:00 Tools
Death by Fire? Probably Not 00:00 Tools
Those Cheating Teachers! 00:00 Tools
The Hidden Cost of False Alarms 00:00 Tools
Unnatural Turkeys 00:00 Tools
Trashed 00:00 Tools
The Future of Meat 00:00 Tools
How to Get More Grit in Your Life (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
You Eat What You Are, Part 2 00:00 Tools
You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It! 00:00 Tools
The Cobra Effect 00:00 Tools
Is America Ready for a "No-Lose Lottery"? 00:00 Tools
Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
The "No-Lose Lottery," Part 2 00:00 Tools
Extra: Mark Teixeira Full Interview 00:00 Tools
The Church of "Scionology" 00:00 Tools
The Days of Wine and Mouses 00:00 Tools
BONUS EPISODE: Introducing Stephen J. Dubner's new podcast, "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" 00:00 Tools
Bring on the Pain! 00:00 Tools
Does College Still Matter? And Other Freaky Questions Answered ... 00:00 Tools
Extra: Ray Dalio Full Interview 00:00 Tools
Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors 00:00 Tools
Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)? 00:00 Tools
America’s Hidden Duopoly 00:00 Tools
Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You're Driving? 00:00 Tools
Growing Up Buffett 00:00 Tools
Where to Find Every Episode of Freakonomics Radio 00:00 Tools
The Harvard President Will See You Now (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
BONUS: “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” on the topic of Collections. 00:00 Tools
395. Speak Softly and Carry Big Data 00:00 Tools
380. Notes From an Imperfect Paradise 00:00 Tools
Can an Industrial Giant Become a Tech Darling? 00:00 Tools
Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? (Rebroadcast) 00:00 Tools
399. Honey, I Grew the Economy 00:00 Tools
Gambling With Your Life 00:00 Tools
Exit Interview: Schools Chancellor, NYC 00:00 Tools
The NFL's Best Real Estate Isn't For Sale. Yet. 00:00 Tools
Can Britain Get Its “Great” Back? 00:00 Tools
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In their books Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner use the tools of economics to explore real-world behavior. As boring as that may sound, what they really do is tell stories — about cheating schoolteachers, self-dealing real-estate agents, and crack-selling mama’s boys. American Public Media’s Marketplace and public-radio station WNYC are now bringing those Freakonomics stories — and plenty of new ones — to the radio, with Dubner as host. Just like the books, Freakonomics Radio will explore “the hidden side of everything.” It will tell you things you always thought you knew but didn’t, and things you never thought you wanted to know, but do. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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