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Freakonomics Radio
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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Episoder
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451. Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question?
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450. How to Be Better at Death
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449. How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research
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448. The Downside of Disgust
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447. How Much Do We Really Care About Children?
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446. “We Get All Our Great Stuff from Europe — Including Witch Hunting.”
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Trust Me (Ep. 266 Rebroadcast)
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445. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?
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444. How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis?
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443. A Sneak Peek at Biden’s Top Economist
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PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?!
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442. Is it Too Late for General Motors to Go Electric?
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441. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 2: Digital)
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440. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV)
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439. Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears
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438. How to Succeed by Being Authentic (Hint: Carefully)
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Why the Left Had to Steal the Right’s Dark-Money Playbook
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437. Many Businesses Thought They Were Insured for a Pandemic. They Weren’t.
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436. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog
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435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive?
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434. Is New York City Over?
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“Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Ken Jennings
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433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry?
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432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger
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“One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Kerwin Charles
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Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (Ep. 408 Rebroadcast)
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What if Your Company Had No Rules?
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431. Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has?
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"I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is” | People I (Mostly) Admire Ep. 2: Mayim Bialik
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America’s Hidden Duopoly (Ep. 356 Rebroadcast)
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430. Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research?
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Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire"
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The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast)
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429. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal?
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How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast)
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428. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest
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427. The Pros and Cons of Reparations
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426. Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations?
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425. Remembrance of Economic Crises Past
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424. How to Make Your Own Luck
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423. The Doctor Will Zoom You Now
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422. Introducing "No Stupid Questions"
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421. How to Prevent Another Great Depression
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420. Which Jobs Will Come Back, and When?
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How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389 Rebroadcast)
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419. 68 Ways to Be Better at Life
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418. What Will College Look Like in the Fall (and Beyond)?
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417. Reasons to Be Cheerful
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416. How Do You Reopen a Country?
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