Freakonomics Radio
A podcast by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher - Fridays
373 Episodes
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440. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV)
Published: 11/19/2020 -
439. Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears
Published: 11/12/2020 -
438. How to Succeed by Being Authentic (Hint: Carefully)
Published: 11/5/2020 -
Why the Left Had to Steal the Right’s Dark-Money Playbook
Published: 10/31/2020 -
437. Many Businesses Thought They Were Insured for a Pandemic. They Weren’t.
Published: 10/29/2020 -
436. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog
Published: 10/22/2020 -
435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive?
Published: 10/15/2020 -
434. Is New York City Over?
Published: 10/8/2020 -
“Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Ken Jennings
Published: 10/3/2020 -
433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry?
Published: 10/1/2020 -
432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger
Published: 9/24/2020 -
“One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Kerwin Charles
Published: 9/19/2020 -
Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (Ep. 408 Rebroadcast)
Published: 9/17/2020 -
What if Your Company Had No Rules?
Published: 9/12/2020 -
431. Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has?
Published: 9/10/2020 -
"I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is” | People I (Mostly) Admire Ep. 2: Mayim Bialik
Published: 9/5/2020 -
America’s Hidden Duopoly (Ep. 356 Rebroadcast)
Published: 9/3/2020 -
430. Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research?
Published: 8/27/2020 -
Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire"
Published: 8/22/2020 -
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast)
Published: 8/20/2020
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. To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.