13. When Bapu Met Levitt
Once upon a time, Bapu Jena was a graduate student at the University of Chicago. His most interesting teacher? The economist Steve Levitt. This week on Freakonomics, M.D., a replay of a conversation b...
26 Nov 202133min
12. Where Do All the Bad Ideas Go?
Ideas are currency. This couldn't be more true in academia, where it's the job of researchers to think of questions and, hopefully, find answers. Bapu talks with economists Steve Levitt and Emily Oste...
19 Nov 202134min
11. Why Do So Many Donated Kidneys End Up in the Trash?
Every year, thousands of people in the U.S. die while they’re waiting for a new kidney, yet thousands of available organs get thrown away. Bapu talks to a kidney doctor and an economics Nobel laureate...
12 Nov 202124min
10. The Mystery of the Man with Confusion and Back Pain
Hear diagnostician Gurpreet Dhaliwal try to solve the case of a patient who came to the emergency room with an unusual combination of symptoms. Plus, we discuss how difficult it is to separate the sig...
29 Okt 202121min
9. Why Fridays May Be Dangerous for Your Health
When researchers analyzed which day of the week most drug-safety alerts are released — and what it means for public health — they were stunned. So was Bapu Jena. He talks with them and a physician thi...
1 Okt 202119min
8. A Playbook for Beating the Next Pandemic
We dig into why Covid-19 caught us so unprepared and how we can make sure we’re ready for a future public-health crisis with former FDA director Scott Gottlieb. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compan...
24 Sep 202131min
7. What Happens to Patients When Thousands of Cardiologists Leave Town?
This week, Bapu Jena presents some hot-off-the-presses research exploring the relationship between how many patients a doctor sees, and how well those patients do. Plus, the surprising impact of annua...
17 Sep 202131min
6. Are Barbershops the Cutting Edge of Healthcare Delivery?
Bapu Jena talks with a barber and a pharmacist whose study brought healthcare to Black men in Los Angeles who were getting haircuts. They discuss its impact on high blood pressure among customers — an...
10 Sep 202124min
