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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638. Are You Ready for the Elder Swell?
00:54:536/27/2025
What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Update)
00:36:136/25/2025
637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages)
00:45:546/20/2025
636. Why Aren’t We Having More Babies?
00:50:286/13/2025
An Economics Lesson from a Talking Pencil (Update)
00:39:456/11/2025
635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation?
00:50:556/6/2025
634. “Fault-Finder Is a Minimum-Wage Job”
01:02:155/30/2025
633. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of
01:05:425/23/2025
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency (Update)
00:52:505/21/2025
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)