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Freakonomics Radio

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Freakonomics Radio with Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher. 945 episodes in the official feed, 673 hr 13 min of listening. Free official feed published by the creator.

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945 episodes · 673 hr 13 min
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945
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Episodes

  1. 693. What’s Our Job as Humans Anymore? 57:32
  2. 692. What Will A.I. Do to (and for) Human Creativity? 59:09
  3. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy? (Update) 48:04
  4. 691. Is This What a “Good Billionaire” Looks Like? 43:23
  5. 690. It’s Show Business, Baby! 1:01:50
  6. 689. Here’s Why Your Hamburger Just Got So Pricey 49:25
  7. 688. When Is a Bet Not a Bet? 50:32
  8. 687. Are Prediction Markets the Best Forecasting Tool Ever — or Just Another Casino? 48:39
  9. How to Be a Double Unicorn, with John Urschel | Better in Person 32:32
  10. 686. Why Is It So Hard to Find an NFL Quarterback? 58:20
  11. Amazon Was Supposed to Kill the Bookstore. James Daunt Had Other Plans | Better in Person 32:09
  12. 685. How to Survive the A.I. Shock 57:37
  13. How to Run an Institution in an Anti-Institution Era | Better in Person 37:35
  14. How to Return Stolen Art (Update) 50:48
  15. “I Trust Almost Anyone More Than Myself” | Better in Person 42:42
  16. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case? (Update) 52:55
  17. Meet Warren Zanes, the Author and Rocker Behind the Springsteen Movie | Better in Person 50:40
  18. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin (Update) 54:10
  19. What if Being a Stranger Is Actually Your Superpower? | Better in Person 34:17
  20. 684. He Helped Clean Up the Last Crash. Does He See Another One Coming? 1:06:59
  21. Does it Take a Twisted Mind to Write Twisted Stories? | Better In Person 44:59
  22. 683. In the New Space Race, Who Makes the Rules? 56:27
  23. How Gary Gulman Turned Depression Into Comedy Gold | Better in Person 47:06
  24. 682. Should A.I. Move to Space? 48:18
  25. Why Cooking is Caregiving, with Chef Hillary Sterling | Better in Person 42:47
  26. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin? (Update) 1:05:15
  27. How a Great Architect Thinks, with Bjarke Ingels | Better in Person 43:27
  28. 681. How to Host a Talk Show, with Dick Cavett 43:27
  29. 680. Can Universities Win Back Our Trust? 49:55
  30. 679. Why Does Vanderbilt Keep Winning? 1:04:06
  31. The World Is (Still) Drowning in Sludge 54:46
  32. 678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”? 50:25
  33. 677. Can Backgammon Save Us from Ourselves? 59:19
  34. This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Update) 47:24
  35. 676. Has America Lost the Plot? 1:05:29
  36. The Vanishing Mr. Feynman (Update) 1:00:51
  37. The Brilliant Mr. Feynman (Update) 52:51
  38. The Curious Mr. Feynman (Update) 1:03:18
  39. 675. Has the New York Times Become a Games Company? 57:17
  40. 674. How Does a Composer Feel After the World Premiere? 45:23
  41. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update) 1:08:15
  42. 673. What Is Money? 54:11
  43. 672. What Makes Judy Faulkner Run? 1:00:52
  44. Why Does Everyone Hate Rats? (Update) 40:34
  45. 671. Why Has There Been So Little Progress on Alzheimer’s Disease? 1:01:18
  46. 670. Beeconomics 101 55:51
  47. Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System (Update) 1:04:26
  48. 669. Why Is 95 Percent of the World’s Bourbon Made in Kentucky? 46:20
  49. 668. Do Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny Have Blood on Their Hands? 53:58
  50. In a Driverless World, Who Loses and Who Wins? 1:05:47
  51. Are Human Drivers Finally Obsolete? 1:11:28
  52. 667. Here’s Why You Are Constantly Fighting Off Scammers 47:01
  53. 666. This Is How Progress Happens 53:08
  54. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of (Update) 1:06:15
  55. 665. Werner Herzog Isn’t Afraid ... 49:08
  56. 664. Are Thousands of Medical Cures Hiding in Plain Sight? 51:45
  57. All You Need Is Nudge (Update) 57:23
  58. 663. Is Weed a Performance-Enhancing Drug? 50:52
  59. 662. If You’re Not Cheating, You’re Not Trying 52:50
  60. Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update) 58:19
  61. 661. Can A.I. Save Your Life? 1:00:11
  62. 660. The Wellness Industry Is Gigantic — and Mostly Wrong 1:05:29
  63. Steve Levitt Quits His Podcast, Joins Ours 45:58
  64. 659. Can Marty Makary Fix the F.D.A.? 55:25
  65. 658. This Is Your Brain on Supplements 53:10
  66. Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice? (Update) 1:00:39
  67. Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Update) 42:58
  68. Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor? (Update) 43:58
  69. 657. Whose “Messiah” Is It Anyway? 48:02
  70. Who Pays for “Messiah”? 42:00
  71. 656. How Handel Got His Mojo Back 57:13
  72. 655. “The Greatest Piece of Participatory Art Ever Created” 56:54
  73. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard. (Update) 1:02:17
  74. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset? (Update) 52:31
  75. 654. Is the Public Ready for Private Equity? 1:03:11
  76. 653. Does Horse Racing Have a Future? 1:01:36
  77. What Happens When You Turn 20 1:02:38
  78. 652. Inside the Horse-Industrial Complex 1:00:52
  79. 651. The Ultimate Dance Partner 1:08:07
  80. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One? (Update) 47:34
  81. 650. The Doctor Won’t See You Now 51:33
  82. A Question-Asker Becomes a Question-Answerer 1:14:22
  83. How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt? (Update) 40:23
  84. 649. Should Ohio State (and Michigan, and Clemson) Join the N.F.L.? 55:21
  85. 648. The Merger You Never Knew You Wanted 1:06:02
  86. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? (Update) 57:34
  87. 647. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers. 1:01:50
  88. Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? (Update) 36:02
  89. 646. An Air Traffic Controller Walks Into a Radio Studio ... 1:01:10
  90. 645. Is the Air Traffic Control System Broken? 1:02:37
  91. 644. Has America Lost Its Appetite for the Common Good? 1:16:42
  92. Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up (Update) 26:47
  93. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life? (Update) 48:08
  94. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? (Update) 37:32
  95. The First Great American Industry (Update) 45:02
  96. Why Does Tipping Still Exist? (Update) 47:25
  97. 643. Why Do Candles Still Exist? 47:22
  98. 642. How to Wage Peace, According to Tony Blinken 1:06:28
  99. Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone? (Update) 47:02
  100. 641. What Does It Cost to Lead a Creative Life? 46:22
  101. 640. Why Governments Are Betting Big on Sports 50:12
  102. How to Make Your Own Luck (Update) 58:07
  103. 639. “This Country Kicks My Ass All the Time” 53:46
  104. 638. Are You Ready for the Elder Swell? 54:53
  105. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Update) 36:13
  106. 637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages) 45:54
  107. 636. Why Aren’t We Having More Babies? 50:28
  108. An Economics Lesson from a Talking Pencil (Update) 39:52
  109. 635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation? 50:55
  110. 634. “Fault-Finder Is a Minimum-Wage Job” 1:02:15
  111. 633. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of 1:05:42
  112. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency (Update) 52:50
  113. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update) 1:03:37
  114. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death (Update) 53:19
  115. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (Update) 55:38
  116. 632. When Did We All Start Watching Documentaries? 54:21
  117. 631. Will "3 Summers of Lincoln" Make It to Broadway? 46:19
  118. Is It a Theater Piece or a Psychological Experiment? (Update) 37:13
  119. 630. On Broadway, Nobody Knows Nothing 1:01:30
  120. 629. How Is Live Theater Still Alive? 59:43
  121. Policymaking Is Not a Science — Yet (Update) 45:28
  122. 628. Sludge, Part 2: Is Government the Problem, or the Solution? 48:31
  123. 627. Sludge, Part 1: The World Is Drowning in It 54:34
  124. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Update) 48:01
  125. 626. Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System 1:03:55
  126. 625. The Biden Policy That Trump Hasn’t Touched 1:03:14
  127. EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update) 44:28
  128. 624. The Animal No One Loves, Until They Do 45:19
  129. 623. Can New York City Win Its War on Rats? 50:23
  130. The Show That Never Happened 13:49
  131. 622. Why Does Everyone Hate Rats? 41:23
  132. 621. Is Professional Licensing a Racket? 55:15
  133. When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee? 1:08:38
  134. 620. Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? 1:01:21
  135. 619. How to Poison the A.I. Machine 52:05
  136. Is San Francisco a Failed State? (And Other Questions You Shouldn’t Ask the Mayor) 59:01
  137. 618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis? 53:07
  138. 617. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin? 1:03:50
  139. Highway Signs and Prison Labor 38:36
  140. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (Update) 1:08:57
  141. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update) 1:15:08
  142. Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think 47:53
  143. 616. How to Make Something from Nothing 48:12
  144. 615. Is Ozempic as Magical as It Sounds? 56:49
  145. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update) 38:53
  146. 614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China? 51:24
  147. 613. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard. 1:01:34
  148. 612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset? 53:18
  149. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update) 48:36
  150. 611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next 59:13
  151. 610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed? 43:21
  152. 609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm? 40:08
  153. Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update) 54:46
  154. 608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich? 50:50
  155. 607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed? 46:08
  156. 606. How to Predict the Presidency 55:38
  157. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update) 46:59
  158. 605. What Do People Do All Day? 1:00:48
  159. EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update) 1:00:29
  160. 604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2) 47:19
  161. 603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1) 47:51
  162. EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update) 42:37
  163. 602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think? 40:29
  164. 601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying? 58:04
  165. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update) 49:17
  166. EXTRA: Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It 40:04
  167. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into (Update) 1:11:10
  168. What Exactly Is College For? (Update) 50:15
  169. EXTRA: Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (Update) 1:05:34
  170. 600. “If We’re All in It for Ourselves, Who Are We?” 44:47
  171. 599. The World's Most Valuable Unused Resource 40:08
  172. EXTRA: Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Update) 48:22
  173. 598. Is Overconsolidation a Threat to Democracy? 37:11
  174. 597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000? 54:39
  175. EXTRA: People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Update) 53:13
  176. 596. Farewell to a Generational Talent 52:41
  177. 595. Why Don't We Have Better Candidates for President? 1:01:50
  178. 594. Your Brand’s Spokesperson Just Got Arrested — Now What? 43:38
  179. 593. You Can Make a Killing, but Not a Living 49:39
  180. EXTRA: The Fascinatingly Mundane Secrets of the World’s Most Exclusive Nightclub 44:58
  181. 592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway 1:05:08
  182. 591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time 53:20
  183. EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here 41:59
  184. 590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic? 40:56
  185. 589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long? 48:33
  186. Extra: Car Colors & Storage Units 35:15
  187. 588. Confessions of a Black Conservative 56:40
  188. Should Companies Be Owned by Their Workers? 46:33
  189. 586. How Does the Lost World of Vienna Still Shape Our Lives? 57:19
  190. Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update) 1:02:04
  191. 585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing 52:26
  192. How to Pave the Road to Hell 43:42
  193. Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update) 34:51
  194. Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? 49:41
  195. 583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History? 1:02:43
  196. Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration? 27:39
  197. 582. Why Is Everyone Moving to Canada? 49:47
  198. 581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration 55:50
  199. Extra: Madeleine Albright’s Warning on Immigration 29:04
  200. 580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System 55:05
  201. 579. Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap? 42:16
  202. Extra: What Is Sportswashing — and Does It Work? (Update) 1:05:17
  203. 578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think 52:14
  204. Is Google Getting Worse? (Update) 56:53
  205. Extra: Mr. Feynman Takes a Trip — But Doesn’t Fall 47:31
  206. The Vanishing Mr. Feynman 1:01:04
  207. The Brilliant Mr. Feynman 52:41
  208. How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Update) 1:03:46
  209. The Curious Mr. Feynman 1:02:22
  210. 574. “A Low Moment in Higher Education” 46:51
  211. 5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay) 49:12
  212. 573. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? 1:02:32
  213. 572. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? 1:14:06
  214. 571. Greeting Cards, Pizza Boxes, and Personal Injury Lawyers 49:25
  215. 570. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever? 46:02
  216. 569. Do You Need Closure? 39:34
  217. 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? 1:00:36
  218. 567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem? 47:39
  219. 513. Should Public Transit Be Free? (Update) 56:10
  220. 566. Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America? 54:45
  221. Extra: Jason Kelce Hates to Lose 56:39
  222. 565. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy? 51:17
  223. 480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay) 57:50
  224. 564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency 52:00
  225. 563. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit 1:03:37
  226. 562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death 54:03
  227. 561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events 55:18
  228. 232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay) 44:33
  229. 560. Is This “the Worst Job in Corporate America” — or Maybe the Best? 40:07
  230. 559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One? 50:35
  231. 558. The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than One 1:04:07
  232. When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee? 1:00:53
  233. 556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You? 48:34
  234. 555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different? 47:33
  235. 554. Can A.I. Take a Joke? 48:05
  236. 553. The Suddenly Diplomatic Rahm Emanuel 56:21
  237. Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? (Ep. 454 Replay) 46:48
  238. Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up 26:42
  239. 552. Freakonomics Radio Presents: The Economics of Everyday Things 47:17
  240. 551. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life? 47:45
  241. 550. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? 37:11
  242. 549. The First Great American Industry 43:51
  243. 548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians? 44:57
  244. Why Did You Marry That Person? (Ep. 511 Replay) 47:04
  245. 547. Satya Nadella’s Intelligence Is Not Artificial 36:45
  246. 546. Are E.S.G. Investors Actually Helping the Environment? 54:38
  247. 545. Enough with the Slippery Slopes! 44:11
  248. 544. Ari Emanuel Is Never Indifferent 1:05:47
  249. Make Me a Match (Ep. 209 Update) 1:08:49
  250. 543. How to Return Stolen Art 51:38