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.
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805 episodes
Episodes
Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update)
01:15:0812/26/2024
Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think
00:47:5312/23/2024
616. How to Make Something from Nothing
00:48:1212/19/2024
615. Is Ozempic as Magical as It Sounds?
00:56:4912/12/2024
How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update)
00:38:5312/9/2024
614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China?
00:51:2412/5/2024
613. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard.
01:01:3411/28/2024
612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?
00:53:3311/21/2024
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)
00:48:3611/18/2024
611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next