Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio

562 episodes

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. Join the Freakonomics Radio Plus membership program for weekly member-only episodes of Freakonomics Radio. You’ll also get every show in our network without ads. To sign up, visit our show page on Apple Podcasts or go to freakonomics.com/plus.

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571. Greeting Cards, Pizza Boxes, and Personal Injury Lawyers

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 25 seconds

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570. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever?

Published: Dec. 28, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 2 seconds

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569. Do You Need Closure?

Published: Dec. 21, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 34 seconds

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568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis?

Published: Dec. 14, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 seconds

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567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem?

Published: Dec. 7, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 39 seconds

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513. Should Public Transit Be Free? (Update)

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 10 seconds

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566. Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America?

Published: Nov. 23, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 45 seconds

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Extra: Jason Kelce Hates to Lose

Published: Nov. 19, 2023, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 39 seconds

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565. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?

Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 17 seconds

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480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay)

Published: Nov. 9, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 50 seconds

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564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency

Published: Nov. 2, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes

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563. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit

Published: Oct. 26, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 37 seconds

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562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death

Published: Oct. 19, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 3 seconds

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561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events

Published: Oct. 12, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 18 seconds

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232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay)

Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds

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560. Is This the Worst Job in Corporate America or Maybe the Best?

Published: Oct. 5, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 7 seconds

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559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One?

Published: Sept. 28, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 35 seconds

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558. The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than One

Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 7 seconds

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557. When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

Published: Sept. 14, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 seconds

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556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You?

Published: Sept. 7, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 34 seconds

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555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different?

Published: Aug. 31, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 33 seconds

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554. Can A.I. Take a Joke?

Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 5 seconds

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553. The Suddenly Diplomatic Rahm Emanuel

Published: Aug. 17, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 21 seconds

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Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? (Ep. 454 Replay)

Published: Aug. 10, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 48 seconds

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Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up

Published: Aug. 6, 2023, 9 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 42 seconds

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552. Freakonomics Radio Presents: The Economics of Everyday Things

Published: Aug. 3, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 17 seconds

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551. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life?

Published: July 27, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 45 seconds

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550. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales?

Published: July 20, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 11 seconds

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549. The First Great American Industry

Published: July 13, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 51 seconds

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548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?

Published: July 6, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 57 seconds

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Why Did You Marry That Person? (Ep. 511 Replay)

Published: June 29, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 4 seconds

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547. Satya Nadellas Intelligence Is Not Artificial

Published: June 22, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 45 seconds

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546. Are E.S.G. Investors Actually Helping the Environment?

Published: June 15, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 38 seconds

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545. Enough with the Slippery Slopes!

Published: June 8, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 11 seconds

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544. Ari Emanuel Is Never Indifferent

Published: June 1, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 47 seconds

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Make Me a Match (Ep. 209 Update)

Published: May 25, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 49 seconds

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543. How to Return Stolen Art

Published: May 18, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 38 seconds

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542. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case?

Published: May 11, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 11 seconds

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541. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin

Published: May 4, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 29 seconds

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Why Your Projects Are Always Late and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay)

Published: April 27, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 58 seconds

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540. Swearing Is More Important Than You Think

Published: April 20, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 10 seconds

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539. Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone?

Published: April 13, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 59 seconds

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538. A Radically Simple Way to Boost a Neighborhood

Published: April 6, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 30 seconds

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How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less (Ep. 400 Replay)

Published: March 30, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 29 seconds

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537. Insurance Is Sexy. Discuss.

Published: March 23, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 32 seconds

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Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Ep. 495 Replay)

Published: March 16, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 53 seconds

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536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive or Too Cheap?

Published: March 9, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes

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535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving?

Published: March 2, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 20 seconds

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534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It?

Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 20 seconds

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Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million? (Ep. 493 Update)

Published: Feb. 16, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes

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The Economics of Everyday Things: Used Hotel Soaps

Published: Feb. 13, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 59 seconds

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533. Will the Democrats Make America Great Again?

Published: Feb. 9, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 39 seconds

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The Economics of Everyday Things: My Sharona

Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 18 seconds

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Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal? (Ep. 429 Update)

Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 45 seconds

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The Economics of Everyday Things: Girl Scout Cookies

Published: Jan. 30, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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532. Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet?

Published: Jan. 26, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 42 seconds

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Introducing The Economics of Everyday Things

Published: Jan. 23, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 23 seconds

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531. Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog?

Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 5 seconds

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Extra: Samin Nosrat Always Wanted to Be Famous

Published: Jan. 16, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 6 seconds

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530. What's Wrong with Being a One-Hit Wonder?

Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 16 seconds

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529. Can Our Surroundings Make Us Smarter?

Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 42 seconds

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528. Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life is Meaningless and Amazing

Published: Dec. 29, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 59 seconds

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527. Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy?

Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 49 seconds

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526. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger?

Published: Dec. 15, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 1 second

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Freakonomics Radio Needs Your Help

Published: Dec. 12, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 55 seconds

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525. In Search of the Real Adam Smith

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 42 seconds

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524. How Important Is Breastfeeding, Really?

Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 30 seconds

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523. Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky with Moneyball?

Published: Nov. 24, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 58 seconds

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522. Is Google Getting Worse?

Published: Nov. 17, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 5 seconds

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The Most Interesting Fruit in the World (Ep. 375 Update)

Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 4 seconds

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521. Im Your Biggest Fan!

Published: Nov. 3, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 18 seconds

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520. The Unintended Consequences of Working from Home

Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 10 seconds

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519. Has Globalization Failed?

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 3 seconds

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518. Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice?

Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 38 seconds

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517. Are M.B.A.s to Blame for Wage Stagnation?

Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 35 seconds

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Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439 Update)

Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 34 seconds

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516. Nuclear Power Isnt Perfect. Is It Good Enough?

Published: Sept. 22, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 16 seconds

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Extra: Ken Burns | People I (Mostly) Admire

Published: Sept. 19, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 8 seconds

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515. When You Pray to God Online, Who Else Is Listening?

Published: Sept. 15, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 32 seconds

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This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Ep. 472 Update)

Published: Sept. 8, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 18 seconds

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514. Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America

Published: Sept. 1, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 54 seconds

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513. Should Public Transit Be Free?

Published: Aug. 25, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 32 seconds

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Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? (Ep. 477 Replay)

Published: Aug. 18, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 47 seconds

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The Pros and Cons of Americas (Extreme) Individualism (Ep. 470 Replay)

Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 6 seconds

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The U.S. Is Just Different So Lets Stop Pretending Were Not (Ep. 469 Replay)

Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 36 seconds

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512. Does Philosophy Still Matter?

Published: July 28, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 52 seconds

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511. Why Did You Marry That Person?

Published: July 21, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 6 seconds

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The Economists Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later (Ep. 479 Replay)

Published: July 14, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 23 seconds

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510. What Problems Does Crypto Solve, Anyway?

Published: July 7, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 11 seconds

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509. Are N.F.T.s All Scams?

Published: June 30, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 4 seconds

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508. Does the Crypto Crash Mean the Blockchain Is Over?

Published: June 23, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 30 seconds

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507. 103 Pieces of Advice That May or May Not Work

Published: June 16, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 23 seconds

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506. What Is Sportswashing (and Does It Work)?

Published: June 9, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 16 seconds

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505. Did Domestic Violence Really Spike During the Pandemic?

Published: June 2, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 59 seconds

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504. Introducing Off Leash

Published: May 26, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds

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503. What Is the Future of College and Does It Have Room for Men?

Published: May 19, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 27 seconds

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Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Ep. 384 Update)

Published: May 12, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 1 second

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502. I Dont Think the Country Is Turning Away From College.

Published: May 5, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 27 seconds

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501. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into

Published: April 28, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 6 seconds

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500. What Exactly Is College For?

Published: April 21, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 44 seconds

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Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China and How About Russia? (Ep. 481 Update)

Published: April 14, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 34 seconds

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499. Don't Worry, Be Tacky

Published: April 7, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 37 seconds

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498. In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was ... Electric

Published: March 31, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 17 seconds

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497. Can the Big Bad Wolf Save Your Life?

Published: March 24, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 40 seconds

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How to Change Your Mind (Ep. 379 Update)

Published: March 17, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 59 seconds

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496. Do Unions Still Work?

Published: March 10, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 32 seconds

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495. Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?

Published: March 3, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 34 seconds

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494. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?

Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 54 seconds

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Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (Ep. 475 Update)

Published: Feb. 17, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 40 seconds

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493. Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million?

Published: Feb. 10, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 48 seconds

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Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455 Replay)

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 43 seconds

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492. How Did a Hayfield Become One of Americas Hottest Cities?

Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 19 seconds

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491. Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas?

Published: Jan. 20, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 27 seconds

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490. What Do Broken-Hearted Knitters, Urinating Goalkeepers, and the C.I.A. Have in Common?

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 1 second

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489. Is Toxic Positivity a Thing?

Published: Jan. 6, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 19 seconds

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488. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?

Published: Dec. 30, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 58 seconds

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487. Is It Okay to Have a Party Yet?

Published: Dec. 23, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 11 seconds

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486. The Art Market Is in Massive Disruption.

Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 21 seconds

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485. Ive Been Working My Ass Off for You to Make that Profit?

Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 24 seconds

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484. A Fascinating, Sexy, Intellectually Compelling, Unregulated Global Market.

Published: Dec. 2, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 42 seconds

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How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444 Replay)

Published: Nov. 25, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes

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483. Whats Wrong With Shortcuts?

Published: Nov. 18, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 20 seconds

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482. Is Venture Capital the Secret Sauce of the American Economy?

Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 35 seconds

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481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China?

Published: Nov. 4, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 44 seconds

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480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy?

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 19 seconds

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479. The Economists Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 2 seconds

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478. How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt?

Published: Oct. 14, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 20 seconds

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477. Why Is U.S. Media So Negative?

Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 13 seconds

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Thats a Great Question! (Ep. 192 Rebroadcast)

Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 28 seconds

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This Didn't End the Way Its Supposed to End. (Bonus)

Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 40 seconds

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476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?

Published: Sept. 23, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 58 seconds

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475. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids?

Published: Sept. 16, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 51 seconds

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474. All You Need Is Nudge

Published: Sept. 9, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 47 seconds

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Is There Really a Loneliness Epidemic? (Ep. 407 Rebroadcast)

Published: Sept. 2, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 54 seconds

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473. These Jobs Were Not Posted on ZipRecruiter

Published: Aug. 26, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 2 seconds

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Reasons to Be Cheerful (Ep. 417 Rebroadcast)

Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 35 seconds

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472. This Is Your Brain on Pollution

Published: Aug. 12, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 1 second

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471. Mayor Pete and Elaine Chao Hit the Road

Published: Aug. 5, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 8 seconds

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Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet (Ep. 346 Rebroadcast)

Published: July 29, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 28 seconds

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470. The Pros and Cons of Americas (Extreme) Individualism

Published: July 22, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 30 seconds

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469. The U.S. Is Just Different So Lets Stop Pretending Were Not

Published: July 15, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 19 seconds

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468. Nap Time for Everyone!

Published: July 8, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 50 seconds

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How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Ep. 289 Rebroadcast)

Published: July 1, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 23 seconds

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467. Is the Future of Farming in the Ocean?

Published: June 24, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 55 seconds

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466. Shes From the Government, and Shes Here to Help

Published: June 17, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 13 seconds

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465. Introducing a New Freakonomics of Medicine Podcast

Published: June 10, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 9 seconds

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464. Will Work-from-Home Work Forever?

Published: June 3, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 4 seconds

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463. How to Get Anyone to Do Anything

Published: May 27, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 3 seconds

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These Shoes Are Killing Me! (Ep. 296 Rebroadcast)

Published: May 20, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 51 seconds

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462. The Future of New York City Is in Question. Could Andrew Yang Be the Answer?

Published: May 13, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 38 seconds

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461. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse

Published: May 6, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 22 seconds

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460. The True Story of the Minimum-Wage Fight

Published: April 29, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 15 seconds

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459. Lets Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers

Published: April 22, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 24 seconds

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458. How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy

Published: April 15, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 26 seconds

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457. Is Dialysis a Test Case of Medicare for All?

Published: April 8, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 28 seconds

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456. How to Fix the Hot Mess of U.S. Healthcare

Published: April 1, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 50 seconds

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Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405 Rebroadcast)

Published: March 25, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 1 second

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How Does New York City Keep Reinventing Itself? (Bonus)

Published: March 21, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 28 seconds

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455. Are You Ready for a Fresh Start?

Published: March 18, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 3 seconds

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454. Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished?

Published: March 11, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 48 seconds

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453. A Rescue Plan for Black America

Published: March 4, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 47 seconds

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Am I Boring You? (Ep. 225 Rebroadcast)

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 12 seconds

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452. Jeff Immelt Knows He Let You Down

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 48 seconds

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451. Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question?

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 44 seconds

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450. How to Be Better at Death

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 38 seconds

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449. How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 16 seconds

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448. The Downside of Disgust

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 39 seconds

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447. How Much Do We Really Care About Children?

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 45 seconds

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446. We Get All Our Great Stuff from Europe Including Witch Hunting.

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 20 seconds

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Trust Me (Ep. 266 Rebroadcast)

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 55 seconds

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Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 56 seconds

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445. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 56 seconds

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444. How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis?

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 50 seconds

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443. A Sneak Peek at Bidens Top Economist

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 16 seconds

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PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?!

Published: Dec. 6, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 2 seconds

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442. Is it Too Late for General Motors to Go Electric?

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165. The Perfect Crime (Rebroadcast)

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187. The Man Who Would Be Everything

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185. Should the U.S. Merge With Mexico?

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193. Who Runs the Internet? (Rebroadcast)

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192. Parking Is Hell (Rebroadcast)

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190. Should Tipping be Banned? (Rebroadcast)

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122. How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast)

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175. Why You Should Bribe Your Kids

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168. Think Like a Child

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167. The Three Hardest Words in the English Language

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165. The Perfect Crime

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164. Which Came First, the Chicken or the Avocado?

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163. Whats More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol?

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162. If Mayors Ruled the World

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161. How to Make People Quit Smoking

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160. Why Everybody Who Doesnt Hate Bitcoin Loves It

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116. Women Are Not Men (Rebroadcast)

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159. Its Fun to Smoke Marijuana

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158. Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It?

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157. Why Are Japanese Homes Disposable?

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156. Why Marry? (Part 2)

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155. Why Marry? (Part 1)

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154. What You Dont Know About Online Dating

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153. Reasons to Not Be Ugly

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152. Everybody Gossips (and Thats a Good Thing)

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92. Fear Thy Nature (Rebroadcast)

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150. Whats the Best Exercise?

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60. Save Me From Myself (Rebroadcast)

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149. Pontiff-icating on the Free-Market System

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148. Are Gay Men Really Rich?

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147. The Most Dangerous Machine

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146. Fighting Poverty With Actual Evidence

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145. What Do Skating Rinks, Ultimate Frisbee, and the World Have in Common?

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144. Who Runs the Internet?

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88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 (Rebroadcast)

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86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 (Rebroadcast)

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143. Why Bad Environmentalism Is Such an Easy Sell

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142. The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat

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141. How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten

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140. How to Think About Money, Choose Your Hometown, and Buy an Electric Toothbrush

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139. Would a Big Bucket of Cash Really Change Your Life?

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The Economists Guide to Parenting (Rebroadcast)

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138. Whatever Happened to the Carpal Tunnel Epidemic?

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40. The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast)

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The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast)

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137. Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World?

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The Folly of Prediction (Rebroadcast)

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41. The Folly of Prediction (Rebroadcast)

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136. The Middle of Everywhere

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38. The Church of "Scionology" (Rebroadcast)

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135. Do Baby Girls Cause Divorce?

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42. The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast)

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The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast)

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134. Government Employees Gone Wild

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133. A Burger a Day

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132. Jane Austen, Game Theorist

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Legacy of a Jerk (Rebroadcast)

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84. Legacy of a Jerk (Rebroadcast)

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131. Do You Really Want to Know Your Future?

Published: June 20, 2013, 1 p.m.
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130. Why Family and Business Dont Mix

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129. Should Tipping be Banned?

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128. Baby, You Can Program My Car

Published: May 29, 2013, 8 p.m.
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127. Can You Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions

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The Hidden Cost of False Alarms (Rebroadcast)

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69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms (Rebroadcast)

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126. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common?

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125. Its Crowded at the Top

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124. Running to Do Evil

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123. Help Wanted. No Smokers Need Apply

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122. How Much Does Your Name Matter?

Published: April 8, 2013, 1 p.m.
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121. The Tax Man Nudgeth

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120. 100 Ways to Fight Obesity

Published: March 27, 2013, 8 p.m.
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119. How Money Is March Madness?

Published: March 21, 2013, 8 p.m.
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118. Parking Is Hell

Published: March 13, 2013, 8 p.m.
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117. When Is a Negative a Positive?

Published: March 6, 2013, 9 p.m.
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116. Women Are Not Men

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115. The Downside of More Miles Per Gallon

Published: Feb. 20, 2013, 9 p.m.
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114. How to Think About Guns

Published: Feb. 13, 2013, 9 p.m.
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113. Sure, I Remember That

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112. Would You Let a Coin Toss Decide Your Future?

Published: Jan. 30, 2013, 9 p.m.
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111. Introducing Freakonomics Experiments

Published: Jan. 23, 2013, 9 p.m.
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110. Who Owns the Words That Come Out of Your Mouth?

Published: Jan. 16, 2013, 9 p.m.
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109. How to Live Longer

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108. How Did Freakonomics Get Its Name? ... and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions

Published: Jan. 2, 2013, 9 p.m.
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107. How Much Does a Good Boss Really Matter?

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106. The House of Dreams

Published: Dec. 19, 2012, 9 p.m.
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105. Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas

Published: Dec. 12, 2012, 11 p.m.
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104. The Things They Taught Me

Published: Dec. 5, 2012, 9 p.m.
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103. Free-conomics

Published: Nov. 28, 2012, 10 p.m.
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102. I Consult, Therefore I Am

Published: Nov. 21, 2012, 8 p.m.
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101. Mass Transit Hysteria

Published: Nov. 14, 2012, 11 p.m.
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100. Our 100th Episode!

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99. How to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul

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98. We the Sheeple

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97. Lying to Ourselves

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96. The Cobra Effect

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95. Why Americas Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over

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94. The Tale of the $15 Tomato

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93. Why Online Poker Should Be Legal

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92. Fear Thy Nature

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91. Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness?

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90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?

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89. Theres Cake in the Breakroom!

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88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2

Published: Aug. 15, 2012, 9 p.m.
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87. The Season of Death

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86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1

Published: July 29, 2012, noon
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85. Olympian Economics

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84. Legacy of a Jerk

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83. What's Wrong With Cash for Grades?

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82. Please Steal My Car

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81. Star-Spangled Banter?

Published: June 26, 2012, 9 p.m.
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80. Riding the Herd Mentality

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79. A Cheap Employee Is ... a Cheap Employee

Published: June 13, 2012, 10 p.m.
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76. You Eat What You Are, Part 1

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Published: May 7, 2012, 2 p.m.
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73. A Rose By Any Other Distance

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72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors

Published: April 25, 2012, 8 p.m.
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71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line?

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70. Eating and Tweeting

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68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb

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66. Show and Yell

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Published: March 7, 2012, 9:31 p.m.
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64. The Days of Wine and Mouses

Published: Feb. 27, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 21 seconds

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63. The Dilbert Index?

Published: Feb. 22, 2012, 10:21 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 13 seconds

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62. How Biased Is Your Media?

Published: Feb. 15, 2012, 10 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 36 seconds

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61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat?

Published: Feb. 8, 2012, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 2 seconds

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60. Save Me From Myself

Published: Feb. 1, 2012, 9 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 58 seconds

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59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl

Published: Jan. 25, 2012, 10:37 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 2 seconds

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58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common?

Published: Jan. 19, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds

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57. Does Money Really Buy Elections?

Published: Jan. 11, 2012, 8:27 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds

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56. Why Is I Dont Know So Hard to Say?

Published: Jan. 4, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 38 seconds

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55. The Perils of Drunk Walking

Published: Dec. 27, 2011, 10 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 21 seconds

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54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore)

Published: Dec. 21, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 31 seconds

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53. How American Food Got So Bad

Published: Dec. 13, 2011, 10:47 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 37 seconds

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52. Weird Recycling

Published: Dec. 2, 2011, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 5 seconds

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51. What Makes a Donor Donate?

Published: Nov. 29, 2011, 10:05 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 1 second

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50. The Truth Is Out There...Isnt It?

Published: Nov. 22, 2011, 8:47 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 5 seconds

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49. Unnatural Turkeys

Published: Nov. 16, 2011, 5:12 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 38 seconds

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48. Boo...Who?

Published: Nov. 8, 2011, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 42 seconds

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47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers

Published: Nov. 2, 2011, 1:36 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 37 seconds

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46. Misadventures in Baby-Making

Published: Oct. 25, 2011, 9:17 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 59 seconds

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45. Those Cheating Teachers!

Published: Oct. 18, 2011, 7:05 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 43 seconds

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44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?

Published: Oct. 10, 2011, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds

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43. The Decline and Fall of Violence

Published: Oct. 5, 2011, 12:39 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 54 seconds

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42. The Upside of Quitting

Published: Sept. 28, 2011, 6:08 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 57 seconds

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41. The Folly of Prediction

Published: Sept. 14, 2011, 3 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 37 seconds

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40. The Suicide Paradox

Published: Aug. 31, 2011, 3 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 57 seconds

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39. The Economists Guide to Parenting

Published: Aug. 16, 2011, 4 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 34 seconds

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38. The Church of "Scionology"

Published: Aug. 3, 2011, 4 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 36 seconds

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37. Mouse in the Salad

Published: July 20, 2011, 5:37 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 8 seconds

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36. Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You're Driving?

Published: July 6, 2011, 9:04 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 31 seconds

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35. Live From St. Paul!

Published: June 22, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds

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34. Things Our Fathers Gave Us

Published: June 8, 2011, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 1 second

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33. To Catch a Fugitive

Published: May 25, 2011, 7:10 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 46 seconds

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32. Growing Up Buffett

Published: May 11, 2011, 9:41 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 38 seconds

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31. Gambling With Your Life

Published: April 27, 2011, 9:08 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds

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30. Does College Still Matter? And Other Freaky Questions Answered ...

Published: April 13, 2011, 10:19 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 29 seconds

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29. Smarter Kids at 10 Bucks a Pop

Published: April 6, 2011, 10:38 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 6 seconds

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28. Why Cant We Predict Earthquakes?

Published: March 30, 2011, 5:13 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 2 seconds

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27. Death by Fire? Probably Not

Published: March 23, 2011, 8:27 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 46 seconds

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26. The Health of Nations

Published: March 16, 2011, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 38 seconds

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25. Is Twitter a Two-Way Street?

Published: March 9, 2011, 9:24 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 6 seconds

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24. The Power of Poop

Published: March 2, 2011, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 26 seconds

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23. Millionaires vs. Billionaires

Published: Feb. 24, 2011, 2:59 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds

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22. Why Cities Rock

Published: Feb. 17, 2011, 12:42 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 42 seconds

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21. Bring on the Pain!

Published: Feb. 9, 2011, 9:55 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 15 seconds

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20. Waiter, Theres a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 2)

Published: Feb. 2, 2011, 2:09 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 55 seconds

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19. Waiter, Theres a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1)

Published: Jan. 26, 2011, 3:52 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 47 seconds

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18. Freakonomics FAQ, No. 1

Published: Jan. 19, 2011, 4:19 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 19 seconds

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17. Trashed

Published: Jan. 13, 2011, 2:04 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 27 seconds

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16. Exit Interview: Schools Chancellor, NYC

Published: Jan. 5, 2011, 7:58 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 53 seconds

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15. You Say Repugnant, I Say ... Let's Do It!

Published: Dec. 29, 2010, 4:29 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 7 seconds

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14. Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better?

Published: Dec. 15, 2010, 11:09 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 57 seconds

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13. The "No-Lose Lottery," Part 2

Published: Dec. 1, 2010, 10:14 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 17 seconds

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12. Is America Ready for a "No-Lose Lottery"?

Published: Nov. 17, 2010, 10:57 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 16 seconds

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11. How Much Does the President of the U.S. Really Matter?

Published: Nov. 3, 2010, 8:48 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 28 seconds

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10. The NFL's Best Real Estate Isn't For Sale. Yet.

Published: Oct. 28, 2010, 7:50 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 38 seconds

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9. Reading, Rockets, and 'Rithmetic

Published: Oct. 21, 2010, 2:53 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 45 seconds

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8. Who Stole All the Runs in Major League Baseball?

Published: Oct. 7, 2010, 12:57 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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7. Two Book Authors and a Microphone

Published: Sept. 30, 2010, 4:06 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 31 seconds

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6. Why the World Cup Is an Economist's Dream

Published: June 10, 2010, 6:25 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds

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5. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System?

Published: May 13, 2010, 12:53 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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4. Faking It

Published: April 13, 2010, 12:52 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 20 seconds

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3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge?

Published: March 24, 2010, 12:52 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 39 seconds

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2. Is America's Obesity Epidemic For Real?

Published: Feb. 26, 2010, 1:53 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 4 seconds

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1. The Dangers of Safety

Published: Feb. 6, 2010, 3:15 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 27 seconds

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