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612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)
611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next
610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?
609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm?
Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)
608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?
607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?
606. How to Predict the Presidency
Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)
605. What Do People Do All Day?
EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)
604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)
603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)
EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)
602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think?
601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying?
What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update)
EXTRA: Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It
The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into (Update)
What Exactly Is College For? (Update)
EXTRA: Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (Update)
600. “If We’re All in It for Ourselves, Who Are We?”
599. The World's Most Valuable Unused Resource
EXTRA: Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Update)
598. Is Overconsolidation a Threat to Democracy?
597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000?
EXTRA: People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Update)
596. Farewell to a Generational Talent
595. Why Don't We Have Better Candidates for President?
594. Your Brand’s Spokesperson Just Got Arrested — Now What?
593. You Can Make a Killing, but Not a Living
EXTRA: The Fascinatingly Mundane Secrets of the World’s Most Exclusive Nightclub
592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway
591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time
EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here
590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic?
589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long?
Extra: Car Colors & Storage Units
588. Confessions of a Black Conservative
587. Should Companies Be Owned by Their Workers?
586. How Does the Lost World of Vienna Still Shape Our Lives?
Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update)
585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing
584. How to Pave the Road to Hell
Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update)
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Update)
583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History?
Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration?
582. Why Is Everyone Moving to Canada?
581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration
Extra: Madeleine Albright’s Warning on Immigration
580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System
579. Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap?
Extra: What Is Sportswashing — and Does It Work? (Update)
578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think
Is Google Getting Worse? (Update)
Extra: Mr. Feynman Takes a Trip — But Doesn’t Fall
The Vanishing Mr. Feynman
The Brilliant Mr. Feynman
How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Update)
The Curious Mr. Feynman
574. “A Low Moment in Higher Education”
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay)
573. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped?
572. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia?
571. Greeting Cards, Pizza Boxes, and Personal Injury Lawyers
570. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever?
569. Do You Need Closure?
568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis?
567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem?
513. Should Public Transit Be Free? (Update)
566. Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America?
Extra: Jason Kelce Hates to Lose
565. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?
480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay)
564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency
563. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit
562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death
561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events
232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay)
560. Is This “the Worst Job in Corporate America” — or Maybe the Best?
559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One?
558. The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than One
557. When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?
556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You?
555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different?
554. Can A.I. Take a Joke?
553. The Suddenly Diplomatic Rahm Emanuel
Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? (Ep. 454 Replay)
Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up
552. Freakonomics Radio Presents: The Economics of Everyday Things
551. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life?
550. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales?
549. The First Great American Industry
548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?
Why Did You Marry That Person? (Ep. 511 Replay)
547. Satya Nadella’s Intelligence Is Not Artificial
546. Are E.S.G. Investors Actually Helping the Environment?
545. Enough with the Slippery Slopes!
544. Ari Emanuel Is Never Indifferent
Make Me a Match (Ep. 209 Update)
543. How to Return Stolen Art
542. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case?
541. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin
Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay)
540. Swearing Is More Important Than You Think
539. Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone?
538. A Radically Simple Way to Boost a Neighborhood
How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less (Ep. 400 Replay)
537. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss.
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Ep. 495 Replay)
536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap?
535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving?
534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It?
Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million? (Ep. 493 Update)
The Economics of Everyday Things: Used Hotel Soaps
533. Will the Democrats “Make America Great Again”?
The Economics of Everyday Things: “My Sharona”
Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal? (Ep. 429 Update)
The Economics of Everyday Things: Girl Scout Cookies
532. Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet?
Introducing “The Economics of Everyday Things”
531. Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog?
Extra: Samin Nosrat Always Wanted to Be Famous
530. What's Wrong with Being a One-Hit Wonder?
529. Can Our Surroundings Make Us Smarter?
528. Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life is Meaningless and Amazing
527. Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy?
526. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger?
Freakonomics Radio Needs Your Help
525. In Search of the Real Adam Smith
524. How Important Is Breastfeeding, Really?
523. Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky with “Moneyball”?
522. Is Google Getting Worse?
The Most Interesting Fruit in the World (Ep. 375 Update)
521. I’m Your Biggest Fan!
520. The Unintended Consequences of Working from Home
519. Has Globalization Failed?
518. Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice?
517. Are M.B.A.s to Blame for Wage Stagnation?
Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439 Update)
516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough?
Extra: Ken Burns | People I (Mostly) Admire
515. When You Pray to God Online, Who Else Is Listening?
This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Ep. 472 Update)
514. Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America
513. Should Public Transit Be Free?
Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? (Ep. 477 Replay)
The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism (Ep. 470 Replay)
The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not (Ep. 469 Replay)
512. Does Philosophy Still Matter?
511. Why Did You Marry That Person?
The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later (Ep. 479 Replay)
510. What Problems Does Crypto Solve, Anyway?
509. Are N.F.T.s All Scams?
508. Does the Crypto Crash Mean the Blockchain Is Over?
507. 103 Pieces of Advice That May or May Not Work
506. What Is Sportswashing (and Does It Work)?
505. Did Domestic Violence Really Spike During the Pandemic?
504. Introducing “Off Leash”
503. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men?
Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Ep. 384 Update)
502. “I Don’t Think the Country Is Turning Away From College.”
501. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into
500. What Exactly Is College For?
Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China — and How About Russia? (Ep. 481 Update)
499. Don't Worry, Be Tacky
498. In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was … Electric
497. Can the Big Bad Wolf Save Your Life?
How to Change Your Mind (Ep. 379 Update)
496. Do Unions Still Work?
495. Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?
494. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?
Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (Ep. 475 Update)
493. Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million?
Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455 Replay)
492. How Did a Hayfield Become One of America’s Hottest Cities?
491. Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas?
490. What Do Broken-Hearted Knitters, Urinating Goalkeepers, and the C.I.A. Have in Common?
489. Is “Toxic Positivity” a Thing?
488. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?
487. Is It Okay to Have a Party Yet?
486. “The Art Market Is in Massive Disruption.”
485. “I’ve Been Working My Ass Off for You to Make that Profit?”
484. “A Fascinating, Sexy, Intellectually Compelling, Unregulated Global Market.”
How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444 Replay)
483. What’s Wrong With Shortcuts?
482. Is Venture Capital the Secret Sauce of the American Economy?
481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China?
480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy?
479. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later
478. How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt?
477. Why Is U.S. Media So Negative?
That’s a Great Question! (Ep. 192 Rebroadcast)
“This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.” (Bonus)
476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?
475. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids?
474. All You Need Is Nudge
Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? (Ep. 407 Rebroadcast)
473. These Jobs Were Not Posted on ZipRecruiter
Reasons to Be Cheerful (Ep. 417 Rebroadcast)
472. This Is Your Brain on Pollution
471. Mayor Pete and Elaine Chao Hit the Road
Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet (Ep. 346 Rebroadcast)
470. The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism
469. The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not
468. Nap Time for Everyone!
How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Ep. 289 Rebroadcast)
467. Is the Future of Farming in the Ocean?
466. She’s From the Government, and She’s Here to Help
465. Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast
464. Will Work-from-Home Work Forever?
463. How to Get Anyone to Do Anything
These Shoes Are Killing Me! (Ep. 296 Rebroadcast)
462. The Future of New York City Is in Question. Could Andrew Yang Be the Answer?
461. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse
460. The True Story of the Minimum-Wage Fight
459. Let’s Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers
458. How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy
457. Is Dialysis a Test Case of Medicare for All?
456. How to Fix the Hot Mess of U.S. Healthcare
Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405 Rebroadcast)
How Does New York City Keep Reinventing Itself? (Bonus)
455. Are You Ready for a Fresh Start?
454. Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished?
453. A Rescue Plan for Black America
Am I Boring You? (Ep. 225 Rebroadcast)
452. Jeff Immelt Knows He Let You Down
451. Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question?
450. How to Be Better at Death
449. How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research
448. The Downside of Disgust
447. How Much Do We Really Care About Children?
446. “We Get All Our Great Stuff from Europe — Including Witch Hunting.”
Trust Me (Ep. 266 Rebroadcast)
445. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?
444. How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis?
443. A Sneak Peek at Biden’s Top Economist
PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?!
442. Is it Too Late for General Motors to Go Electric?
441. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 2: Digital)
440. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV)
439. Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears
438. How to Succeed by Being Authentic (Hint: Carefully)
Why the Left Had to Steal the Right’s Dark-Money Playbook
437. Many Businesses Thought They Were Insured for a Pandemic. They Weren’t.
436. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog
435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive?
434. Is New York City Over?
“Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Ken Jennings
433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry?
432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger
“One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Kerwin Charles
Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (Ep. 408 Rebroadcast)
What if Your Company Had No Rules?
431. Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has?
"I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is” | People I (Mostly) Admire Ep. 2: Mayim Bialik
America’s Hidden Duopoly (Ep. 356 Rebroadcast)
430. Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research?
Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire"
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast)
429. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal?
How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast)
428. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest
427. The Pros and Cons of Reparations
426. Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations?
425. Remembrance of Economic Crises Past
424. How to Make Your Own Luck
423. The Doctor Will Zoom You Now
422. Introducing "No Stupid Questions"
421. How to Prevent Another Great Depression
420. Which Jobs Will Come Back, and When?
How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389 Rebroadcast)
419. 68 Ways to Be Better at Life
418. What Will College Look Like in the Fall (and Beyond)?
417. Reasons to Be Cheerful
416. How Do You Reopen a Country?
415. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World
414. Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China?
413. Who Gets the Ventilator?
412. What Happens When Everyone Stays Home to Eat?
411. Is $2 Trillion the Right Medicine for a Sick Economy?
410. What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)?
409. The Side Effects of Social Distancing
Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Ep. 373 Rebroadcast)
408. Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is?
407. Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”?
406. Can You Hear Me Now?
405. Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet)
404. Does the President Matter as Much as You Think?
How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Ep. 350 Update)
403. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 2: “It’s Not a Death Sentence”
402. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 1: “We’ve Addicted an Entire Generation”
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Rebroadcast)
The Zero-Minute Workout (Rebroadcast)
401. How Many Prince Charleses Can There Be in One Room?
Why Is This Man Running for President? (Update)
400. How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less
399. Honey, I Grew the Economy
How to Change Your Mind (Rebroadcast)
398. The Truth About the Vaping Crisis
397. How to Save $32 Million in One Hour
396. Why Does Tipping Still Exist?
395. Speak Softly and Carry Big Data
394. Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem?
393. Can Britain Get Its “Great” Back?
392. The Prime Minister Who Cried Brexit
391. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up
390. Fed Up
389. How to Make Meetings Less Terrible
Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be (Rebroadcast)
388. The Economics of Sports Gambling
The Future of Meat (Rebroadcast)
Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Rebroadcast)
387. Hello, My Name Is Marijuana Pepsi!
How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast )
386. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War
America’s Hidden Duopoly (Rebroadcast)
385. What Do Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, and Serena Williams Have in Common?
384. Abortion and Crime, Revisited
A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast )
383. The Zero-Minute Workout
382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution?
381. Long-Term Thinking in a Start-Up Town
380. Notes From an Imperfect Paradise
379. How to Change Your Mind
Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadcast)
378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)
377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt?
376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting
The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast)
375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World
374. How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians)
373. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work
372. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Would You Eat a Piece of Chocolate Shaped Like Dog Poop?”
Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Update)
371. A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House
370. How to Fail Like a Pro
369. A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough
368. Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
367. The Future of Meat
366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One?
Extra: Domonique Foxworth Full Interview
365. Not Just Another Labor Force
Extra: Mark Cuban Full Interview
364. Inside the Sports-Industrial Complex
Extra: Mark Teixeira Full Interview
363. Think Like a Winner
Hacking the World Bank (Update)
362. Why Is This Man Running for President?
How to Be Happy (Rebroadcast)
How to Win Games and Beat People (Rebroadcast)
People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Rebroadcast)
Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fear Live in the Brain?”
Freakonomics Radio Live: “The World’s a Mess. But Oysters, They Hold it Down.”
Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of Time.”
361. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon.”
360. Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real?
359. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s?
There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? (Rebroadcast)
358. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be
357. Can an Industrial Giant Become a Tech Darling?
356. America’s Hidden Duopoly
Extra: Elvis Costello Full Interview
355. Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)?
Extra: Jeremy Lin Full Interview
354. How to Be Creative
353. How to Optimize Your Apology
352. Can This Man Stop a Trade War?
Extra: Shawn Johnson Full Interview
351. Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete
Extra: Full Interviews With Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Staley, Mike McGlinchey, and Kyle Juszczyk
350. How to Stop Being a Loser
349. How Sports Became Us
348. Is the Government More Entrepreneurial Than You Think?
347. Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant
346. Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet
345. How to Be Happy
344. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth?
A Conversation With PepsiCo C.E.O. Indra Nooyi (Ep. 316 Update)
343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…
342. Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean?
341. Why We Choke Under Pressure (and How Not To)
340. People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard.
339. The Future of Freakonomics Radio
In Praise of Incrementalism (Rebroadcast)
In Praise of Maintenance (Rebroadcast)
338. How to Catch World Cup Fever
337. How to Build a Smart City
How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Rebroadcast)
336. The Most Vilified Industry in America Is Also the Most Charitable
335. Does Doing Good Give You License to Be Bad?
334. 5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing
Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast)
333. The Most Ambitious Thing Humans Have Ever Attempted
332. Why the Trump Tax Cuts Are Terrible/Awesome (Part 2)
331. Why the Trump Tax Cuts are Awesome/Terrible (Part 1)
330. Extra: Ray Dalio Full Interview
329. The Invisible Paw
328. Extra: Mark Zuckerberg Full Interview
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask) (Rebroadcast)
327. Extra: Carol Bartz Full Interview
The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money (Rebroadcast)
326. Extra: Jack Welch Full Interview
325. How to Train Your Dragon Child
324. Extra: Satya Nadella Full Interview
323. Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It
322. Extra: David Rubenstein Full Interview
Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? (Rebroadcast)
321. Extra: Richard Branson Full Interview
320. Letting Go
319. After the Glass Ceiling, a Glass Cliff
318. It’s Your Problem Now
317. What Can Uber Teach Us About the Gender Pay Gap?
An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl (Rebroadcast)
316. “I Wasn’t Stupid Enough to Say This Could Be Done Overnight”
315. How to Become a C.E.O.
314. What Does a C.E.O. Actually Do?
313. How to Be a Modern Democrat — and Win
Why Is My Life So Hard? (Rebroadcast)
Trust Me (Rebroadcast)
Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast)
312. Not Your Grandmother’s I.M.F.
311. Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up?
310. Are We Running Out of Ideas?
Is America Ready for a “No-Lose Lottery”? (Update)
309. Nurses to the Rescue!
308. How Can I Do the Most Social Good With $100? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions
Why Is There So Much Ground Beef in the World? (Special Feature)
307. Thinking Is Expensive. Who’s Supposed to Pay for It?
306. How to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution
305. The Demonization of Gluten
304. What Are the Secrets of the German Economy — and Should We Steal Them?
“Tell Me Something I Don't Know” on the topic of Behavior Change (Special Feature)
303. Why Larry Summers Is the Economist Everyone Hates to Love
302. Why Learn Esperanto?
301. What Would Be the Best Universal Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)
300. Why Don’t We All Speak the Same Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)
299. "How Much Brain Damage Do I Have?"
Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast)
Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations (Rebroadcast)
Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast)
What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast)
298. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask)
297. The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money
296. These Shoes Are Killing Me!
295. When Helping Hurts
294. The Fracking Boom, a Baby Boom, and the Retreat From Marriage
The Harvard President Will See You Now (Rebroadcast)
293. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 2)
292. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1)
"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" on the topic of Rivalry
291. Evolution, Accelerated
290. He’s One of the Most Famous Political Operatives in America. America Just Doesn’t Know It Yet.
289. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns?
288. Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor?
287. Hoopers! Hoopers! Hoopers!
286. How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google)
Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast)
285. There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified?
284. Is Income Inequality Inevitable? (Earth 2.0 Series)
283. What Would Our Economy Look Like? (Earth 2.0 Series)
282. Could Solving This One Problem Solve All the Others?
281. Big Returns from Thinking Small
280. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” on the topic of Collections.
How Safe Is Your Job? (Rebroadcast)
279. Why Is My Life So Hard?
278. Chuck E. Cheese’s: Where a Kid Can Learn Price Theory
277. The Taboo Trifecta
276. No Hollywood Ending for the Visual-Effects Industry
275. Professor Hendryx vs. Big Coal
How to Get More Grit in Your Life
274. An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl
273. Did China Eat America’s Jobs?
Is the American Dream Really Dead?
272. Trevor Noah Has a Lot to Say
271. The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution
How to Become Great at Just About Anything (Rebroadcast)
How to Be More Productive (Rebroadcast)
270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis
269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations
268. Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6
The No-Tipping Point (Rebroadcast)
267. How to Make a Bad Decision
Introducing Stephen J. Dubner's new podcast, "Tell Me Something I Don't Know"
266. Trust Me
How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast )
265. The White House Gets Into the Nudge Business
264. In Praise of Incrementalism
263. In Praise of Maintenance
262. This Is Your Brain on Podcasts
How To Win A Nobel Prize (Rebroadcast)
261. Why Are We Still Using Cash?
260. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship?
259. Ten Signs You Might Be a Libertarian
258. Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream
257. The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think
Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? (Rebroadcast)
Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush (Rebroadcast)
256. What Are You Waiting For?
Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees? (Rebroadcast)
255. Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten
254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of?
253. Is the Internet Being Ruined?
252. Confessions of a Pothole Politician
The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast )
How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast)
Why Do We Really Follow the News? (Rebroadcast)
251. Are We in a Mattress-Store Bubble?
Time to Take Back the Toilet
250. Why Does Everyone Hate Flying? And Other Questions Only a Pilot Can Answer
249. The Longest Long Shot
248. How to Be Tim Ferriss
247. How to Win Games and Beat People
246. How to Get More Grit in Your Life
245. Being Malcolm Gladwell
244. How to Become Great at Just About Anything
243. How to Be More Productive
242. Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income?
241. Are Payday Loans Really as Evil as People Say?
The Economics of Sleep, Part 2 (Rebroadcast)
The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 (Rebroadcast)
240. Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk -- But Not for the Reasons You Think
239. The No-Tipping Point
238. The United States of Cory Booker
237. Ask Not What Your Podcast Can Do for You
236. How Can This Possibly Be True?
235. Who Needs Handwriting?
How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps (Rebroadcast)
Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? (Rebroadcast)
234. Do Boycotts Work?
233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future
232. The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap
When Willpower Isn’t Enough (Rebroadcast)
Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition (Rebroadcast)
231. Is Migration a Basic Human Right?
230. The Cheeseburger Diet
229. Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade
Why Do People Keep Having Children? (Rebroadcast)
228. Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?
227. Should Everyone Be in a Rock Band?
226. Food + Science = Victory!
225. Am I Boring You?
How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying (Rebroadcast)
224. How To Win A Nobel Prize
223. Should Kids Pay Back Their Parents for Raising Them?
222. Meet the Woman Who Said Women Can’t Have It All
221. How Did the Belt Win?
220. “I Don't Know What You've Done With My Husband, But He's a Changed Man.”
219. Preventing Crime for Pennies on the Dollar
218. The Harvard President Will See You Now
217. Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset?
216. How to Make a Smart TV Ad
The Dangers of Safety (Rebroadcast)
215. Why Do We Really Follow the News?
214. How to Create Suspense
213. Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush
212. The Economics of Sleep, Part 2
211. The Economics of Sleep, Part 1
A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast)
210. Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees?
209. Make Me a Match
208. Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay
207. Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do?
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (Rebroadcast)
Failure Is Your Friend (Rebroadcast)
206. Ten Years of Freakonomics
205. Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?!
Think Like a Child (Rebroadcast)
204. Nate Silver Says: “Everyone Is Kind of Weird”
203. Diamonds Are a Marriage Counselor’s Best Friend
202. How Many Doctors Does It Take to Start a Healthcare Revolution?
201. How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare?
The Perfect Crime (Rebroadcast)
What You Don’t Know About Online Dating (Rebroadcast)
200. When Willpower Isn’t Enough
199. This Idea Must Die
198. The Maddest Men of All
197. Hacking the World Bank
196. Is There a Better Way to Fight Terrorism?
195. How Efficient Is Energy Efficiency?
194. How Safe Is Your Job?
193. Someone Else’s Acid Trip
192. That’s a Great Question!
191. Why Doesn’t Everyone Get the Flu Vaccine?
What’s the “Best” Exercise? (Rebroadcast)
What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? (Rebroadcast)
190. Time to Take Back the Toilet
The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat (Rebroadcast)
189. How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps
188. Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem?
187. The Man Who Would Be Everything
186. Why Do People Keep Having Children?
185. Should the U.S. Merge With Mexico?
184. What Can Vampires Teach Us About Economics?
183. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”
182. How Can Tiny Norway Afford to Buy So Many Teslas?
How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten (Rebroadcast)
181. Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition
180. Fitness Apartheid
179. Outsiders by Design
178. How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying
177. Regulate This!
Who Runs the Internet? (Rebroadcast)
Parking Is Hell (Rebroadcast)
What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Rebroadcast)
Should Tipping be Banned? (Rebroadcast)
How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast)
176. Does Religion Make You Happy?
175. Why You Should Bribe Your Kids
174. What Do King Solomon and David Lee Roth Have in Common?
173. A Better Way to Eat
172. How to Screen Job Applicants, Act Your Age, and Get Your Brain Off Autopilot
171. There’s No Such Thing as a Free Appetizer
170. Why America Doesn’t Love Soccer (Yet)
169. Failure Is Your Friend
The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast )
168. Think Like a Child
167. The Three Hardest Words in the English Language
166. How to Think Like a Freak -- and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions
165. The Perfect Crime
164. Which Came First, the Chicken or the Avocado?
163. What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol?
162. “If Mayors Ruled the World”
161. How to Make People Quit Smoking
160. Why Everybody Who Doesn’t Hate Bitcoin Loves It
Women Are Not Men (Rebroadcast)
159. “It’s Fun to Smoke Marijuana”
158. Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It?
157. Why Are Japanese Homes Disposable?
156. Why Marry? (Part 2)
155. Why Marry? (Part 1)
154. What You Don’t Know About Online Dating
153. Reasons to Not Be Ugly
152. Everybody Gossips (and That’s a Good Thing)
Fear Thy Nature (Rebroadcast)
151. Are We Ready to Legalize Drugs? And Other FREAK-Quently Asked Questions
150. What’s the “Best” Exercise?
Save Me From Myself (Rebroadcast)
149. Pontiff-icating on the Free-Market System
148. Are Gay Men Really Rich?
147. The Most Dangerous Machine
146. Fighting Poverty With Actual Evidence
145. What Do Skating Rinks, Ultimate Frisbee, and the World Have in Common?
144. Who Runs the Internet?
Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 (Rebroadcast)
Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 (Rebroadcast)
143. Why Bad Environmentalism Is Such an Easy Sell
142. The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat
141. How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten
140. How to Think About Money, Choose Your Hometown, and Buy an Electric Toothbrush
139. Would a Big Bucket of Cash Really Change Your Life?
The Economist’s Guide to Parenting (Rebroadcast)
138. Whatever Happened to the Carpal Tunnel Epidemic?
The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast)
137. Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World?
The Folly of Prediction (Rebroadcast)
136. The Middle of Everywhere
The Church of "Scionology" (Rebroadcast)
135. Do Baby Girls Cause Divorce?
The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast)
134. Government Employees Gone Wild
133. A Burger a Day
132. Jane Austen, Game Theorist
Legacy of a Jerk (Rebroadcast)
131. Do You Really Want to Know Your Future?
130. Why Family and Business Don’t Mix
129. Should Tipping be Banned?
128. Baby, You Can Program My Car
127. Can You Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions
The Hidden Cost of False Alarms (Rebroadcast)
126. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common?
125. It’s Crowded at the Top
124. Running to Do Evil
123. Help Wanted. No Smokers Need Apply
122. How Much Does Your Name Matter?
121. The Tax Man Nudgeth
120. 100 Ways to Fight Obesity
119. How Money Is March Madness?
118. Parking Is Hell
117. When Is a Negative a Positive?
116. Women Are Not Men
115. The Downside of More Miles Per Gallon
114. How to Think About Guns
113. Sure, I Remember That
112. Would You Let a Coin Toss Decide Your Future?
111. Introducing “Freakonomics Experiments”
110. Who Owns the Words That Come Out of Your Mouth?
109. How to Live Longer
108. How Did “Freakonomics” Get Its Name? … and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions
107. How Much Does a Good Boss Really Matter?
106. The House of Dreams
105. Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas
104. The Things They Taught Me
103. Free-conomics
102. I Consult, Therefore I Am
101. Mass Transit Hysteria
100. Our 100th Episode!
99. How to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul
98. We the Sheeple
97. Lying to Ourselves
96. The Cobra Effect
95. Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over
94. The Tale of the $15 Tomato
93. Why Online Poker Should Be Legal
92. Fear Thy Nature
91. Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness?
90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?
89. There’s Cake in the Breakroom!
88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2
87. The Season of Death
86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1
85. Olympian Economics
84. Legacy of a Jerk
83. What's Wrong With Cash for Grades?
82. Please Steal My Car
81. Star-Spangled Banter?
80. Riding the Herd Mentality
79. A Cheap Employee Is … a Cheap Employee
78. You Eat What You Are, Part 2
77. Playing the Nerd Card
76. You Eat What You Are, Part 1
75. Retirement Kills
74. Soul Possession
73. A Rose By Any Other Distance
72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors
71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line?
70. Eating and Tweeting
69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms
68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb
67. The Patent Gap
66. Show and Yell
65. It’s Not the President, Stupid
64. The Days of Wine and Mouses
63. The Dilbert Index?
62. How Biased Is Your Media?
61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat?
60. Save Me From Myself
59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl
58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common?
57. Does Money Really Buy Elections?
56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say?
55. The Perils of Drunk Walking
54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore)
53. How American Food Got So Bad
52. Weird Recycling
51. What Makes a Donor Donate?
50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It?
49. Unnatural Turkeys
48. Boo…Who?
47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers
46. Misadventures in Baby-Making
45. Those Cheating Teachers!
44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?
43. The Decline and Fall of Violence
42. The Upside of Quitting
41. The Folly of Prediction
40. The Suicide Paradox
39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting
38. The Church of "Scionology"
37. Mouse in the Salad
36. Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You're Driving?
35. Live From St. Paul!
34. Things Our Fathers Gave Us
33. To Catch a Fugitive
32. Growing Up Buffett
31. Gambling With Your Life
30. Does College Still Matter? And Other Freaky Questions Answered ...
29. Smarter Kids at 10 Bucks a Pop
28. Why Can’t We Predict Earthquakes?
27. Death by Fire? Probably Not
26. The Health of Nations
25. Is Twitter a Two-Way Street?
24. The Power of Poop
23. Millionaires vs. Billionaires
22. Why Cities Rock
21. Bring on the Pain!
20. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 2)
19. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1)
18. Freakonomics FAQ, No. 1
17. Trashed
16. Exit Interview: Schools Chancellor, NYC
15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It!
14. Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better?
13. The "No-Lose Lottery," Part 2
12. Is America Ready for a "No-Lose Lottery"?
11. How Much Does the President of the U.S. Really Matter?
10. The NFL's Best Real Estate Isn't For Sale. Yet.
9. Reading, Rockets, and 'Rithmetic
8. Who Stole All the Runs in Major League Baseball?
7. Two Book Authors and a Microphone
6. Why the World Cup Is an Economist's Dream
5. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System?
4. Faking It
3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge?
2. Is America's Obesity Epidemic For Real?