Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, are groundbreaking books that explore "the hidden side of everything." Now there's a Freakonomics podcast, hosted by Dubner.
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The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It?
There’s a nasty secret about hot-button topics like global warming: ...
There’s a nasty secret about hot-button topics like global warming: knowledge is not always power.
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Unnatural Turkeys
Our appetite for breast meat renders our holiday birds unable ...
Our appetite for breast meat renders our holiday birds unable to reproduce.
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Boo…Who?
Is booing an act of verbal vandalism—or the last true ...
Is booing an act of verbal vandalism—or the last true expression of democracy?
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Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers
On Election Day, most people focus on the obvious winners ...
On Election Day, most people focus on the obvious winners and losers -- that is, the candidates. But we went looking for some of the strange side effects that elections produce.
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Misadventures in Baby-Making
We are constantly wowed by new technologies and policies meant ...
We are constantly wowed by new technologies and policies meant to make childbirth better. But beware the unintended consequences.
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Those Cheating Teachers!
High-stakes testing has produced some rotten apples. But they can ...
High-stakes testing has produced some rotten apples. But they can be caught.
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Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?
Did we needlessly scare ourselves into ditching a good thing? ...
Did we needlessly scare ourselves into ditching a good thing? And, with millions of cars driving around with no passengers, should we be rooting for a renaissance?
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The Decline and Fall of Violence
The world is a more peaceful place today that at ...
The world is a more peaceful place today that at any time in history -- by a long, long shot.
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The Upside of Quitting
You know the saying: a winner never quits and a ...
You know the saying: a winner never quits and a quitter never wins. To which Freakonomics Radio says … Are you sure?
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The Folly of Prediction
Human beings love to predict the future, but we're quite ...
Human beings love to predict the future, but we're quite terrible at it. So how about punishing all those bad predictions?
