Freakonomics Radio

373 Episodes

1. The Show That Never Happened

   Published: 2/20/2025
2. 622. Why Does Everyone Hate Rats?

   Published: 2/14/2025
3. 621. Is Professional Licensing a Racket?

   Published: 2/7/2025
4. When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

   Published: 2/5/2025
5. 620. Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore?

   Published: 1/31/2025
6. 619. How to Poison the A.I. Machine

   Published: 1/24/2025
7. Is San Francisco a Failed State? (And Other Questions You Shouldn’t Ask the Mayor)

   Published: 1/22/2025
8. 618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis?

   Published: 1/17/2025
9. 617. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin?

   Published: 1/10/2025
10. Highway Signs and Prison Labor

    Published: 1/6/2025
11. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (Update)

    Published: 1/2/2025
12. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update)

    Published: 12/26/2024
13. Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think

    Published: 12/23/2024
14. 616. How to Make Something from Nothing

    Published: 12/19/2024
15. 615. Is Ozempic as Magical as It Sounds?

    Published: 12/12/2024
16. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update)

    Published: 12/9/2024
17. 614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China?

    Published: 12/5/2024
18. 613. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard.

    Published: 11/28/2024
19. 612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?

    Published: 11/21/2024
20. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)

    Published: 11/18/2024