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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Is It a Theater Piece or a Psychological Experiment? (Update)
00:37:134/23/2025
630. On Broadway, Nobody Knows Nothing
01:01:304/18/2025
629. How Is Live Theater Still Alive?
00:59:434/11/2025
Policymaking Is Not a Science — Yet (Update)
00:45:284/9/2025
628. Sludge, Part 2: Is Government the Problem, or the Solution?