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Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio

Stephen J. Dubner · Society · EN-US

Freakonomics Radio explores the surprising economic and behavioral forces behind everyday phenomena, from marriage and media to pollution and human quirks. Hosted by Stephen J. Dubner, the podcast uses real-world examples and expert interviews to reveal the hidden logic of seemingly ordinary...

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A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast)
Jul 2, 2015 · 00:28:06
✨ Takeru Kobayashi's competitive eating innovations.
00:28:06
210. Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees?
Jun 25, 2015 · 00:53:56
✨ Restaurants and ethnic employee profiling.
00:53:56
209. Make Me a Match
Jun 18, 2015 · 00:50:22
✨ Market design for complex transactions.
00:50:22
208. Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay
Jun 11, 2015 · 00:35:29
✨ Examining the long-term financial and societal costs imposed on sex offenders.
00:35:29
207. Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do?
Jun 4, 2015 · 00:54:47
✨ A personal journey to live life as a perfectly rational economic agent.
00:54:47
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (Rebroadcast)
May 28, 2015 · 01:02:56
✨ Freakonomics Radio's live game show debut featuring notable judges.
01:02:56
Failure Is Your Friend (Rebroadcast)
May 21, 2015 · 00:31:48
✨ Failure should be celebrated, not feared.
00:31:48
206. Ten Years of Freakonomics
May 14, 2015 · 00:46:02
✨ Celebrating a decade of Freakonomics live onstage.
00:46:02
205. Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?!
May 7, 2015 · 00:55:16
✨ Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh's vision for Las Vegas.
00:55:16
Think Like a Child (Rebroadcast)
Apr 30, 2015 · 00:29:43
✨ Adopting an eight-year-old's mindset for ideas.
00:29:43
204. Nate Silver Says: “Everyone Is Kind of Weird”
Apr 23, 2015 · 00:39:08
✨ Nate Silver discusses statistical predictions.
00:39:08
203. Diamonds Are a Marriage Counselor’s Best Friend
Apr 16, 2015 · 00:40:29
✨ Diamonds are not always a clear victory.
00:40:29
202. How Many Doctors Does It Take to Start a Healthcare Revolution?
Apr 9, 2015 · 00:53:55
✨ Medicine's business side overshadows patient care.
00:53:55
201. How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare?
Apr 2, 2015 · 00:41:52
✨ Conventional medical wisdom is often flawed.
00:41:52
The Perfect Crime (Rebroadcast)
Mar 26, 2015 · 00:29:35
✨ Drivers often face minimal punishment for pedestrian deaths.
00:29:35
What You Don’t Know About Online Dating (Rebroadcast)
Mar 19, 2015 · 00:40:11
✨ Online dating markets and their dynamics.
00:40:11
200. When Willpower Isn’t Enough
Mar 12, 2015 · 00:33:03
✨ Temptation bundling pairs desired activities with necessary ones.
00:33:03
199. This Idea Must Die
Mar 5, 2015 · 00:54:33
✨ Scientists discuss ideas ready for retirement.
00:54:33
198. The Maddest Men of All
Feb 26, 2015 · 00:32:56
✨ Advertisers use behavioral economics for manipulation.
00:32:56
197. Hacking the World Bank
Feb 19, 2015 · 00:36:00
✨ Jim Yong Kim's unorthodox approach at the World Bank.
00:36:00

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