Freakonomics Radio

1. 668. Do Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny Have Blood on Their Hands? (2026-03-27)
2. In a Driverless World, Who Loses and Who Wins? (2026-03-25)
3. Are Human Drivers Finally Obsolete? (2026-03-20)
4. 667. Here’s Why You Are Constantly Fighting Off Scammers (2026-03-13)
5. 666. This Is How Progress Happens (2026-03-06)
6. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of (Update) (2026-03-04)
7. 665. Werner Herzog Isn’t Afraid ... (2026-02-27)
8. 664. Are Thousands of Medical Cures Hiding in Plain Sight? (2026-02-20)
9. All You Need Is Nudge (Update) (2026-02-18)
10. 663. Is Weed a Performance-Enhancing Drug? (2026-02-13)
11. 662. If You’re Not Cheating, You’re Not Trying (2026-02-06)
12. Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update) (2026-02-04)
13. 661. Can A.I. Save Your Life? (2026-01-30)
14. 660. The Wellness Industry Is Gigantic — and Mostly Wrong (2026-01-23)
15. Steve Levitt Quits His Podcast, Joins Ours (2026-01-21)
16. 659. Can Marty Makary Fix the F.D.A.? (2026-01-16)
17. 658. This Is Your Brain on Supplements (2026-01-09)
18. Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice? (Update) (2026-01-02)
19. Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Update) (2025-12-30)
20. Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor? (Update) (2025-12-26)
21. 657. Whose “Messiah” Is It Anyway? (2025-12-19)
22. Who Pays for “Messiah”? (2025-12-17)
23. 656. How Handel Got His Mojo Back (2025-12-12)
24. 655. “The Greatest Piece of Participatory Art Ever Created” (2025-12-05)
25. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard. (Update) (2025-11-28)
26. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset? (Update) (2025-11-27)
27. 654. Is the Public Ready for Private Equity? (2025-11-21)
28. 653. Does Horse Racing Have a Future? (2025-11-14)
29. What Happens When You Turn 20 (2025-11-12)
30. 652. Inside the Horse-Industrial Complex (2025-11-07)
31. 651. The Ultimate Dance Partner (2025-10-31)
32. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One? (Update) (2025-10-29)
33. 650. The Doctor Won’t See You Now (2025-10-24)
34. A Question-Asker Becomes a Question-Answerer (2025-10-17)
35. How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt? (Update) (2025-10-15)
36. 649. Should Ohio State (and Michigan, and Clemson) Join the N.F.L.? (2025-10-10)
37. 648. The Merger You Never Knew You Wanted (2025-10-03)
38. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? (Update) (2025-09-26)
39. 647. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers. (2025-09-19)
40. Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? (Update) (2025-09-17)
41. 646. An Air Traffic Controller Walks Into a Radio Studio ... (2025-09-12)
42. 645. Is the Air Traffic Control System Broken? (2025-09-05)
43. 644. Has America Lost Its Appetite for the Common Good? (2025-08-29)
44. Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up (Update) (2025-08-27)
45. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life? (Update) (2025-08-22)
46. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? (Update) (2025-08-15)
47. The First Great American Industry (Update) (2025-08-08)
48. Why Does Tipping Still Exist? (Update) (2025-08-06)
49. 643. Why Do Candles Still Exist? (2025-08-01)
50. 642. How to Wage Peace, According to Tony Blinken (2025-07-25)
51. Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone? (Update) (2025-07-23)
52. 641. What Does It Cost to Lead a Creative Life? (2025-07-18)
53. 640. Why Governments Are Betting Big on Sports (2025-07-11)
54. How to Make Your Own Luck (Update) (2025-07-09)
55. 639. “This Country Kicks My Ass All the Time” (2025-07-04)
56. 638. Are You Ready for the Elder Swell? (2025-06-27)
57. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Update) (2025-06-25)
58. 637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages) (2025-06-20)
59. 636. Why Aren’t We Having More Babies? (2025-06-13)
60. An Economics Lesson from a Talking Pencil (Update) (2025-06-11)
61. 635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation? (2025-06-06)
62. 634. “Fault-Finder Is a Minimum-Wage Job” (2025-05-30)
63. 633. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of (2025-05-23)
64. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency (Update) (2025-05-21)
65. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update) (2025-05-16)
66. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death (Update) (2025-05-14)
67. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (Update) (2025-05-09)
68. 632. When Did We All Start Watching Documentaries? (2025-05-02)
69. 631. Will "3 Summers of Lincoln" Make It to Broadway? (2025-04-25)
70. Is It a Theater Piece or a Psychological Experiment? (Update) (2025-04-23)
71. 630. On Broadway, Nobody Knows Nothing (2025-04-18)
72. 629. How Is Live Theater Still Alive? (2025-04-11)
73. Policymaking Is Not a Science — Yet (Update) (2025-04-09)
74. 628. Sludge, Part 2: Is Government the Problem, or the Solution? (2025-04-04)
75. 627. Sludge, Part 1: The World Is Drowning in It (2025-03-28)
76. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Update) (2025-03-21)
77. 626. Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System (2025-03-14)
78. 625. The Biden Policy That Trump Hasn’t Touched (2025-03-07)
79. EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update) (2025-03-05)
80. 624. The Animal No One Loves, Until They Do (2025-02-28)
81. 623. Can New York City Win Its War on Rats? (2025-02-21)
82. The Show That Never Happened (2025-02-20)
83. 622. Why Does Everyone Hate Rats? (2025-02-14)
84. 621. Is Professional Licensing a Racket? (2025-02-07)
85. When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee? (2025-02-05)
86. 620. Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (2025-01-31)
87. 619. How to Poison the A.I. Machine (2025-01-24)
88. Is San Francisco a Failed State? (And Other Questions You Shouldn’t Ask the Mayor) (2025-01-22)
89. 618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis? (2025-01-17)
90. 617. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin? (2025-01-10)
91. Highway Signs and Prison Labor (2025-01-06)
92. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (Update) (2025-01-02)
93. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update) (2024-12-26)
94. Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think (2024-12-23)
95. 616. How to Make Something from Nothing (2024-12-19)
96. 615. Is Ozempic as Magical as It Sounds? (2024-12-12)
97. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update) (2024-12-09)
98. 614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China? (2024-12-05)
99. 613. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard. (2024-11-28)
100. 612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset? (2024-11-21)
101. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update) (2024-11-18)
102. 611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next (2024-11-14)
103. 610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed? (2024-11-07)
104. 609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm? (2024-10-31)
105. Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update) (2024-10-28)
106. 608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich? (2024-10-24)
107. 607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed? (2024-10-17)
108. 606. How to Predict the Presidency (2024-10-11)
109. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update) (2024-10-10)
110. 605. What Do People Do All Day? (2024-10-03)
111. EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update) (2024-09-30)
112. 604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2) (2024-09-26)
113. 603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1) (2024-09-19)
114. EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update) (2024-09-16)
115. 602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think? (2024-09-12)
116. 601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying? (2024-09-05)
117. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update) (2024-08-29)
118. EXTRA: Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It (2024-08-26)
119. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into (Update) (2024-08-22)
120. What Exactly Is College For? (Update) (2024-08-15)
121. EXTRA: Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (Update) (2024-08-12)
122. 600. “If We’re All in It for Ourselves, Who Are We?” (2024-08-08)
123. 599. The World's Most Valuable Unused Resource (2024-08-01)
124. EXTRA: Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Update) (2024-07-29)
125. 598. Is Overconsolidation a Threat to Democracy? (2024-07-25)
126. 597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000? (2024-07-18)
127. EXTRA: People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Update) (2024-07-15)
128. 596. Farewell to a Generational Talent (2024-07-11)
129. 595. Why Don't We Have Better Candidates for President? (2024-07-04)
130. 594. Your Brand’s Spokesperson Just Got Arrested — Now What? (2024-06-27)
131. 593. You Can Make a Killing, but Not a Living (2024-06-20)
132. EXTRA: The Fascinatingly Mundane Secrets of the World’s Most Exclusive Nightclub (2024-06-17)
133. 592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway (2024-06-13)
134. 591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time (2024-06-06)
135. EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here (2024-06-03)
136. 590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic? (2024-05-30)
137. 589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long? (2024-05-23)
138. Extra: Car Colors & Storage Units (2024-05-20)
139. 588. Confessions of a Black Conservative (2024-05-16)
140. Should Companies Be Owned by Their Workers? (2024-05-09)
141. 586. How Does the Lost World of Vienna Still Shape Our Lives? (2024-05-02)
142. Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update) (2024-04-29)
143. 585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing (2024-04-25)
144. How to Pave the Road to Hell (2024-04-18)
145. Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update) (2024-04-15)
146. Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (2024-04-11)
147. 583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History? (2024-04-04)
148. Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration? (2024-04-01)
149. 582. Why Is Everyone Moving to Canada? (2024-03-28)
150. 581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration (2024-03-21)
151. Extra: Madeleine Albright’s Warning on Immigration (2024-03-18)
152. 580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System (2024-03-14)
153. 579. Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap? (2024-03-07)
154. Extra: What Is Sportswashing — and Does It Work? (Update) (2024-03-04)
155. 578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think (2024-02-29)
156. Is Google Getting Worse? (Update) (2024-02-22)
157. Extra: Mr. Feynman Takes a Trip — But Doesn’t Fall (2024-02-19)
158. The Vanishing Mr. Feynman (2024-02-15)
159. The Brilliant Mr. Feynman (2024-02-08)
160. How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Update) (2024-02-05)
161. The Curious Mr. Feynman (2024-02-01)
162. 574. “A Low Moment in Higher Education” (2024-01-25)
163. 5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay) (2024-01-22)
164. 573. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (2024-01-18)
165. 572. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (2024-01-11)
166. 571. Greeting Cards, Pizza Boxes, and Personal Injury Lawyers (2024-01-04)
167. 570. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever? (2023-12-28)
168. 569. Do You Need Closure? (2023-12-21)
169. 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? (2023-12-14)
170. 567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem? (2023-12-07)
171. 513. Should Public Transit Be Free? (Update) (2023-11-30)
172. 566. Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America? (2023-11-23)
173. Extra: Jason Kelce Hates to Lose (2023-11-19)
174. 565. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy? (2023-11-16)
175. 480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay) (2023-11-09)
176. 564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency (2023-11-02)
177. 563. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (2023-10-26)
178. 562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death (2023-10-19)
179. 561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (2023-10-12)
180. 232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay) (2023-10-10)
181. 560. Is This “the Worst Job in Corporate America” — or Maybe the Best? (2023-10-05)
182. 559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One? (2023-09-28)
183. 558. The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than One (2023-09-21)
184. When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee? (2023-09-14)
185. 556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You? (2023-09-07)
186. 555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different? (2023-08-31)
187. 554. Can A.I. Take a Joke? (2023-08-24)
188. 553. The Suddenly Diplomatic Rahm Emanuel (2023-08-17)
189. Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? (Ep. 454 Replay) (2023-08-10)
190. Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up (2023-08-06)
191. 552. Freakonomics Radio Presents: The Economics of Everyday Things (2023-08-03)
192. 551. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life? (2023-07-27)
193. 550. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? (2023-07-20)
194. 549. The First Great American Industry (2023-07-13)
195. 548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians? (2023-07-06)
196. Why Did You Marry That Person? (Ep. 511 Replay) (2023-06-29)
197. 547. Satya Nadella’s Intelligence Is Not Artificial (2023-06-22)
198. 546. Are E.S.G. Investors Actually Helping the Environment? (2023-06-15)
199. 545. Enough with the Slippery Slopes! (2023-06-08)
200. 544. Ari Emanuel Is Never Indifferent (2023-06-01)
201. Make Me a Match (Ep. 209 Update) (2023-05-25)
202. 543. How to Return Stolen Art (2023-05-18)
203. 542. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case? (2023-05-11)
204. 541. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin (2023-05-04)
205. Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay) (2023-04-27)
206. 540. Swearing Is More Important Than You Think (2023-04-20)
207. 539. Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone? (2023-04-13)
208. 538. A Radically Simple Way to Boost a Neighborhood (2023-04-06)
209. How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less (Ep. 400 Replay) (2023-03-30)
210. 537. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss. (2023-03-23)
211. Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Ep. 495 Replay) (2023-03-16)
212. 536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap? (2023-03-09)
213. 535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving? (2023-03-02)
214. 534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It? (2023-02-23)
215. Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million? (Ep. 493 Update) (2023-02-16)
216. The Economics of Everyday Things: Used Hotel Soaps (2023-02-13)
217. 533. Will the Democrats “Make America Great Again”? (2023-02-09)
218. The Economics of Everyday Things: “My Sharona” (2023-02-06)
219. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal? (Ep. 429 Update) (2023-02-02)
220. The Economics of Everyday Things: Girl Scout Cookies (2023-01-30)
221. 532. Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet? (2023-01-26)
222. Introducing “The Economics of Everyday Things” (2023-01-23)
223. 531. Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog? (2023-01-19)
224. Extra: Samin Nosrat Always Wanted to Be Famous (2023-01-16)
225. 530. What's Wrong with Being a One-Hit Wonder? (2023-01-12)
226. 529. Can Our Surroundings Make Us Smarter? (2023-01-05)
227. 528. Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life is Meaningless and Amazing (2022-12-29)
228. 527. Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy? (2022-12-22)
229. 526. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (2022-12-15)
230. Freakonomics Radio Needs Your Help (2022-12-12)
231. 525. In Search of the Real Adam Smith (2022-12-08)
232. 524. How Important Is Breastfeeding, Really? (2022-12-01)
233. 523. Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky with “Moneyball”? (2022-11-24)
234. 522. Is Google Getting Worse? (2022-11-17)
235. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World (Ep. 375 Update) (2022-11-10)
236. 521. I’m Your Biggest Fan! (2022-11-03)
237. The Unintended Consequences of Working from Home (2022-10-27)
238. 519. Has Globalization Failed? (2022-10-20)
239. 518. Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice? (2022-10-13)
240. 517. Are M.B.A.s to Blame for Wage Stagnation? (2022-10-06)
241. Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439 Update) (2022-09-29)
242. 516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough? (2022-09-22)
243. Extra: Ken Burns | People I (Mostly) Admire (2022-09-19)
244. 515. When You Pray to God Online, Who Else Is Listening? (2022-09-15)
245. This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Ep. 472 Update) (2022-09-08)
246. 514. Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (2022-09-01)
247. 513. Should Public Transit Be Free? (2022-08-25)
248. Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? (Ep. 477 Replay) (2022-08-18)
249. The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism (Ep. 470 Replay) (2022-08-11)
250. The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not (Ep. 469 Replay) (2022-08-04)
251. 512. Does Philosophy Still Matter? (2022-07-28)
252. 511. Why Did You Marry That Person? (2022-07-21)
253. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later (Ep. 479 Replay) (2022-07-14)
254. 510. What Problems Does Crypto Solve, Anyway? (2022-07-07)
255. 509. Are N.F.T.s All Scams? (2022-06-30)
256. 508. Does the Crypto Crash Mean the Blockchain Is Over? (2022-06-23)
257. 507. 103 Pieces of Advice That May or May Not Work (2022-06-16)
258. 506. What Is Sportswashing (and Does It Work)? (2022-06-09)
259. 505. Did Domestic Violence Really Spike During the Pandemic? (2022-06-02)
260. 504. Introducing “Off Leash” (2022-05-26)
261. 503. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (2022-05-19)
262. Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Ep. 384 Update) (2022-05-12)
263. 502. “I Don’t Think the Country Is Turning Away From College.” (2022-05-05)
264. 501. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into (2022-04-28)
265. 500. What Exactly Is College For? (2022-04-21)
266. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China — and How About Russia? (Ep. 481 Update) (2022-04-14)
267. 499. Don't Worry, Be Tacky (2022-04-07)
268. 498. In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was … Electric (2022-03-31)
269. 497. Can the Big Bad Wolf Save Your Life? (2022-03-24)
270. How to Change Your Mind (Ep. 379 Update) (2022-03-17)
271. Do Unions Still Work? (2022-03-10)
272. Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (2022-03-03)
273. 494. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale? (2022-02-24)
274. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (Ep. 475 Update) (2022-02-17)
275. 493. Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million? (2022-02-10)
276. Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455 Replay) (2022-02-03)
277. 492. How Did a Hayfield Become One of America’s Hottest Cities? (2022-01-27)
278. 491. Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas? (2022-01-20)
279. 490. What Do Broken-Hearted Knitters, Urinating Goalkeepers, and the C.I.A. Have in Common? (2022-01-13)
280. 489. Is “Toxic Positivity” a Thing? (2022-01-06)
281. 488. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? (2021-12-30)
282. 487. Is It Okay to Have a Party Yet? (2021-12-23)
283. 486. “The Art Market Is in Massive Disruption.” (2021-12-16)
284. 485. “I’ve Been Working My Ass Off for You to Make that Profit?” (2021-12-09)
285. 484. “A Fascinating, Sexy, Intellectually Compelling, Unregulated Global Market.” (2021-12-02)
286. How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444 Replay) (2021-11-25)
287. 483. What’s Wrong With Shortcuts? (2021-11-18)
288. 482. Is Venture Capital the Secret Sauce of the American Economy? (2021-11-11)
289. 481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? (2021-11-04)
290. 480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (2021-10-28)
291. 479. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later (2021-10-21)
292. 478. How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt? (2021-10-14)
293. 477. Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? (2021-10-07)
294. That’s a Great Question! (Ep. 192 Rebroadcast) (2021-09-30)
295. “This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.” (Bonus) (2021-09-27)
296. 476. What Are the Police for, Anyway? (2021-09-23)
297. 475. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (2021-09-16)
298. 474. All You Need Is Nudge (2021-09-09)
299. Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? (Ep. 407 Rebroadcast) (2021-09-02)
300. 473. These Jobs Were Not Posted on ZipRecruiter (2021-08-26)
301. Reasons to Be Cheerful (Ep. 417 Rebroadcast) (2021-08-19)
302. 472. This Is Your Brain on Pollution (2021-08-12)
303. 471. Mayor Pete and Elaine Chao Hit the Road (2021-08-05)
304. Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet (Rebroadcast) (2021-07-29)
305. 470. The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism (2021-07-22)
306. 469. The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not (2021-07-15)
307. 468. Nap Time for Everyone! (2021-07-08)
308. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Ep. 289 Rebroadcast) (2021-07-01)
309. 467. Is the Future of Farming in the Ocean? (2021-06-24)
310. 466. She’s From the Government, and She’s Here to Help (2021-06-17)
311. 465. Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast (2021-06-10)
312. 464. Will Work-from-Home Work Forever? (2021-06-03)
313. 463. How to Get Anyone to Do Anything (2021-05-27)
314. These Shoes Are Killing Me! (Ep. 296 Rebroadcast) (2021-05-20)
315. 462. The Future of New York City Is in Question. Could Andrew Yang Be the Answer? (2021-05-13)
316. 461. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (2021-05-06)
317. 460. The True Story of the Minimum-Wage Fight (2021-04-29)
318. 459. Let’s Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers (2021-04-22)
319. 458. How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy (2021-04-15)
320. 457. Is Dialysis a Test Case of Medicare for All? (2021-04-08)
321. 456. How to Fix the Hot Mess of U.S. Healthcare (2021-04-01)
322. Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405 Rebroadcast) (2021-03-25)
323. How Does New York City Keep Reinventing Itself? (Bonus) (2021-03-21)
324. 455. Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (2021-03-18)
325. 454. Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? (2021-03-11)
326. 453. A Rescue Plan for Black America (2021-03-04)
327. Am I Boring You? (Ep. 225 Rebroadcast) (2021-02-25)
328. 452. Jeff Immelt Knows He Let You Down (2021-02-18)
329. 451. Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question? (2021-02-11)
330. 450. How to Be Better at Death (2021-02-04)
331. 449. How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research (2021-01-28)
332. 448. The Downside of Disgust (2021-01-21)
333. 447. How Much Do We Really Care About Children? (2021-01-14)
334. 446. “We Get All Our Great Stuff from Europe — Including Witch Hunting.” (2021-01-07)
335. Trust Me (Ep. 266 Rebroadcast) (2020-12-31)
336. 445. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? (2020-12-24)
337. 444. How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (2020-12-17)
338. 443. A Sneak Peek at Biden’s Top Economist (2020-12-10)
339. PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?! (2020-12-06)
340. 442. Is it Too Late for General Motors to Go Electric? (2020-12-03)
341. 441. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 2: Digital) (2020-11-26)
342. 440. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV) (2020-11-19)
343. 439. Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (2020-11-12)
344. 438. How to Succeed by Being Authentic (Hint: Carefully) (2020-11-05)
345. Why the Left Had to Steal the Right’s Dark-Money Playbook (2020-10-31)
346. 437. Many Businesses Thought They Were Insured for a Pandemic. They Weren’t. (2020-10-29)
347. 436. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog (2020-10-22)
348. 435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive? (2020-10-15)
349. 434. Is New York City Over? (2020-10-08)
350. “Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Ken Jennings (2020-10-03)
351. 433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (2020-10-01)
352. 432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger (2020-09-24)
353. “One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Kerwin Charles (2020-09-19)
354. Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (Ep. 408 Rebroadcast) (2020-09-17)
355. What if Your Company Had No Rules? (2020-09-12)
356. 431. Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has? (2020-09-10)
357. "I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is” | People I (Mostly) Admire Ep. 2: Mayim Bialik (2020-09-05)
358. America’s Hidden Duopoly (Ep. 356 Rebroadcast) (2020-09-03)
359. 430. Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? (2020-08-27)
360. Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire" (2020-08-22)
361. The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast) (2020-08-20)
362. 429. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal? (2020-08-13)
363. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast) (2020-08-06)
364. 428. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest (2020-07-30)
365. 427. The Pros and Cons of Reparations (2020-07-23)
366. 426. Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? (2020-07-16)
367. 425. Remembrance of Economic Crises Past (2020-07-09)
368. 424. How to Make Your Own Luck (2020-07-02)
369. 423. The Doctor Will Zoom You Now (2020-06-25)
370. 422. Introducing "No Stupid Questions" (2020-06-18)
371. 421. How to Prevent Another Great Depression (2020-06-11)
372. 420. Which Jobs Will Come Back, and When? (2020-06-04)
373. How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389 Rebroadcast) (2020-05-28)
374. 419. 68 Ways to Be Better at Life (2020-05-21)
375. 418. What Will College Look Like in the Fall (and Beyond)? (2020-05-14)
376. 417. Reasons to Be Cheerful (2020-05-07)
377. 416. How Do You Reopen a Country? (2020-04-30)
378. 415. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World (2020-04-27)
379. 414. Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China? (2020-04-23)
380. 413. Who Gets the Ventilator? (2020-04-16)
381. 412. What Happens When Everyone Stays Home to Eat? (2020-04-09)
382. 411. Is $2 Trillion the Right Medicine for a Sick Economy? (2020-04-02)
383. 410. What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)? (2020-03-26)
384. 409. The Side Effects of Social Distancing (2020-03-19)
385. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Ep. 373 Rebroadcast) (2020-03-12)
386. 408. Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (2020-03-05)
387. 407. Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? (2020-02-27)
388. 406. Can You Hear Me Now? (2020-02-20)
389. 405. Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (2020-02-13)
390. 404. Does the President Matter as Much as You Think? (2020-02-06)
391. How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Ep. 350 Update) (2020-01-30)
392. 403. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 2: “It’s Not a Death Sentence” (2020-01-23)
393. 402. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 1: “We’ve Addicted an Entire Generation” (2020-01-16)
394. 5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Rebroadcast) (2020-01-09)
395. The Zero-Minute Workout (Rebroadcast) (2020-01-02)
396. 401. How Many Prince Charleses Can There Be in One Room? (2019-12-26)
397. Why Is This Man Running for President? (Update) (2019-12-19)
398. 400. How to Hate Taxes a Little Bit Less (2019-12-12)
399. 399. Honey, I Grew the Economy (2019-12-05)
400. How to Change Your Mind (Rebroadcast) (2019-11-28)
401. 398. The Truth About the Vaping Crisis (2019-11-21)
402. 397. How to Save $32 Million in One Hour (2019-11-14)
403. 396. Why Does Tipping Still Exist? (2019-11-07)
404. 395. Speak Softly and Carry Big Data (2019-10-31)
405. 394. Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem? (2019-10-24)
406. 393. Can Britain Get Its “Great” Back? (2019-10-17)
407. 392. The Prime Minister Who Cried Brexit (2019-10-10)
408. 391. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up (2019-10-03)
409. 390. Fed Up (2019-09-26)
410. 389. How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (2019-09-19)
411. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be (2019-09-12)
412. 388. The Economics of Sports Gambling (2019-09-05)
413. The Future of Meat (Rebroadcast) (2019-08-29)
414. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Rebroadcast) (2019-08-22)
415. 387. Hello, My Name Is Marijuana Pepsi! (2019-08-15)
416. How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast ) (2019-08-08)
417. 386. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (2019-08-01)
418. America’s Hidden Duopoly (Rebroadcast) (2019-07-25)
419. 385. What Do Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, and Serena Williams Have in Common? (2019-07-18)
420. 384. Abortion and Crime, Revisited (2019-07-11)
421. A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast ) (2019-07-04)
422. 383. The Zero-Minute Workout (2019-06-27)
423. 382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution? (2019-06-20)
424. 381. Long-Term Thinking in a Start-Up Town (2019-06-13)
425. 380. Notes From an Imperfect Paradise (2019-06-06)
426. 379. How to Change Your Mind (2019-05-30)
427. Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadcast) (2019-05-23)
428. 378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else) (2019-05-16)
429. 377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt? (2019-05-09)
430. 376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting (2019-05-02)
431. The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast) (2019-04-25)
432. 375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World (2019-04-18)
433. 374. How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians) (2019-04-11)
434. 373. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (2019-04-04)
435. 372. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Would You Eat a Piece of Chocolate Shaped Like Dog Poop?” (2019-03-28)
436. Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Update) (2019-03-21)
437. 371. A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House (2019-03-14)
438. 370. How to Fail Like a Pro (2019-03-07)
439. 369. A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough (2019-02-28)
440. 368. Where Do Good Ideas Come From? (2019-02-21)
441. 367. The Future of Meat (2019-02-14)
442. 366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One? (2019-02-07)
443. Extra: Domonique Foxworth Full Interview (2019-02-02)
444. 365. Not Just Another Labor Force (2019-01-31)
445. Extra: Mark Cuban Full Interview (2019-01-26)
446. 364. Inside the Sports-Industrial Complex (2019-01-24)
447. Extra: Mark Teixeira Full Interview (2019-01-19)
448. 363. Think Like a Winner (2019-01-17)
449. Hacking the World Bank (Update) (2019-01-12)
450. 362. Why Is This Man Running for President? (2019-01-10)
451. How to Be Happy (Rebroadcast) (2019-01-03)
452. How to Win Games and Beat People (Rebroadcast) (2018-12-27)
453. People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Rebroadcast) (2018-12-20)
454. Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of Time.” (2018-12-15)
455. Freakonomics Radio Live: “The World’s a Mess. But Oysters, They Hold it Down.” (2018-12-15)
456. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fear Live in the Brain?” (2018-12-15)
457. 361. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon.” (2018-12-13)
458. 360. Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real? (2018-12-06)
459. 359. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (2018-11-29)
460. There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? (Rebroadcast) (2018-11-22)
461. 358. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be (2018-11-15)
462. 357. Can an Industrial Giant Become a Tech Darling? (2018-11-08)
463. 356. America’s Hidden Duopoly (2018-11-01)
464. Extra: Elvis Costello Full Interview (2018-10-27)
465. 355. Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)? (2018-10-25)
466. Extra: Jeremy Lin Full Interview (2018-10-20)
467. 354. How to Be Creative (2018-10-18)
468. 353. How to Optimize Your Apology (2018-10-11)
469. 352. Can This Man Stop a Trade War? (2018-10-04)
470. Extra: Shawn Johnson Full Interview (2018-10-01)
471. 351. Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (2018-09-27)
472. Extra: Full Interviews With Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Staley, Mike McGlinchey, and Kyle Juszczyk (2018-09-23)
473. 350. How to Stop Being a Loser (2018-09-20)
474. 349. How Sports Became Us (2018-09-13)
475. 348. Is the Government More Entrepreneurial Than You Think? (2018-09-06)
476. 347. Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (2018-08-30)
477. 346. Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet (2018-08-23)
478. 345. How to Be Happy (2018-08-16)
479. 344. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth? (2018-08-09)
480. A Conversation With PepsiCo C.E.O. Indra Nooyi (Ep. 316 Update) (2018-08-07)
481. 343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar… (2018-08-02)
482. 342. Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean? (2018-07-26)
483. 341. Why We Choke Under Pressure (and How Not To) (2018-07-19)
484. 340. People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (2018-07-12)
485. 339. The Future of Freakonomics Radio (2018-07-03)
486. In Praise of Incrementalism (Rebroadcast) (2018-06-28)
487. In Praise of Maintenance (Rebroadcast) (2018-06-21)
488. 338. How to Catch World Cup Fever (2018-06-14)
489. 337. How to Build a Smart City (2018-06-07)
490. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (Rebroadcast) (2018-05-31)
491. 336. The Most Vilified Industry in America Is Also the Most Charitable (2018-05-24)
492. 335. Does Doing Good Give You License to Be Bad? (2018-05-17)
493. 334. 5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (2018-05-10)
494. Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast) (2018-05-03)
495. 333. The Most Ambitious Thing Humans Have Ever Attempted (2018-04-26)
496. 332. Why the Trump Tax Cuts Are Terrible/Awesome (Part 2) (2018-04-19)
497. 331. Why the Trump Tax Cuts are Awesome/Terrible (Part 1) (2018-04-12)
498. 330. Extra: Ray Dalio Full Interview (2018-04-09)
499. 329. The Invisible Paw (2018-04-05)
500. 328. Extra: Mark Zuckerberg Full Interview (2018-04-02)
501. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask) (Rebroadcast) (2018-03-29)
502. 327. Extra: Carol Bartz Full Interview (2018-03-26)
503. The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money (Rebroadcast) (2018-03-22)
504. 326. Extra: Jack Welch Full Interview (2018-03-19)
505. 325. How to Train Your Dragon Child (2018-03-15)
506. 324. Extra: Satya Nadella Full Interview (2018-03-12)
507. 323. Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (2018-03-08)
508. 322. Extra: David Rubenstein Full Interview (2018-03-05)
509. Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? (Rebroadcast) (2018-03-01)
510. 321. Extra: Richard Branson Full Interview (2018-02-26)
511. 320. Letting Go (2018-02-22)
512. 319. After the Glass Ceiling, a Glass Cliff (2018-02-15)
513. 318. It’s Your Problem Now (2018-02-08)
514. 317. What Can Uber Teach Us About the Gender Pay Gap? (2018-02-06)
515. An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl (Rebroadcast) (2018-02-03)
516. 316. “I Wasn’t Stupid Enough to Say This Could Be Done Overnight” (2018-02-01)
517. 315. How to Become a C.E.O. (2018-01-25)
518. What Does a C.E.O. Actually Do? (2018-01-18)
519. 313. How to Be a Modern Democrat — and Win (2018-01-11)
520. Why Is My Life So Hard? (Rebroadcast) (2018-01-04)
521. Trust Me (Rebroadcast) (2017-12-28)
522. Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast) (2017-12-21)
523. 312. Not Your Grandmother’s I.M.F. (2017-12-14)
524. 311. Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up? (2017-12-07)
525. 310. Are We Running Out of Ideas? (2017-11-30)
526. Is America Ready for a “No-Lose Lottery”? (Update) (2017-11-23)
527. 309. Nurses to the Rescue! (2017-11-16)
528. 308. How Can I Do the Most Social Good With $100? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions (2017-11-09)
529. Why Is There So Much Ground Beef in the World? (Special Feature) (2017-11-07)
530. 307. Thinking Is Expensive. Who’s Supposed to Pay for It? (2017-11-02)
531. 306. How to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution (2017-10-26)
532. 305. The Demonization of Gluten (2017-10-19)
533. 304. What Are the Secrets of the German Economy — and Should We Steal Them? (2017-10-12)
534. “Tell Me Something I Don't Know” on the topic of Behavior Change (Special Feature) (2017-10-01)
535. 303. Why Larry Summers Is the Economist Everyone Hates to Love (2017-09-28)
536. 302. Why Learn Esperanto? (2017-09-26)
537. 301. What Would Be the Best Universal Language? (Earth 2.0 Series) (2017-09-21)
538. 300. Why Don’t We All Speak the Same Language? (Earth 2.0 Series) (2017-09-14)
539. 299. "How Much Brain Damage Do I Have?" (2017-09-07)
540. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast) (2017-08-31)
541. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations (Rebroadcast) (2017-08-24)
542. Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast) (2017-08-17)
543. What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast) (2017-08-10)
544. 298. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask) (2017-08-03)
545. 297. The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money (2017-07-27)
546. 296. These Shoes Are Killing Me! (2017-07-20)
547. 295. When Helping Hurts (2017-07-13)
548. 294. The Fracking Boom, a Baby Boom, and the Retreat From Marriage (2017-07-06)
549. The Harvard President Will See You Now (Rebroadcast) (2017-06-29)
550. 293. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 2) (2017-06-23)
551. 292. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1) (2017-06-22)
552. "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" on the topic of Rivalry (2017-06-20)
553. 291. Evolution, Accelerated (2017-06-15)
554. 290. He’s One of the Most Famous Political Operatives in America. America Just Doesn’t Know It Yet. (2017-06-08)
555. 289. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? (2017-06-01)
556. 288. Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor? (2017-05-25)
557. 287. Hoopers! Hoopers! Hoopers! (2017-05-18)
558. 286. How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google) (2017-05-11)
559. Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast) (2017-05-04)
560. 285. There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified? (2017-04-27)
561. 284. Is Income Inequality Inevitable? (Earth 2.0 Series) (2017-04-20)
562. 283. What Would Our Economy Look Like? (Earth 2.0 Series) (2017-04-13)
563. 282. Could Solving This One Problem Solve All the Others? (2017-04-06)
564. 281. Big Returns from Thinking Small (2017-03-30)
565. 280. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” on the topic of Collections. (2017-03-28)
566. How Safe Is Your Job? (Rebroadcast) (2017-03-23)
567. 279. Why Is My Life So Hard? (2017-03-16)
568. 278. Chuck E. Cheese’s: Where a Kid Can Learn Price Theory (2017-03-09)
569. 277. The Taboo Trifecta (2017-03-02)
570. 276. No Hollywood Ending for the Visual-Effects Industry (2017-02-23)
571. 275. Professor Hendryx vs. Big Coal (2017-02-16)
572. How to Get More Grit in Your Life (2017-02-09)
573. 274. An Egghead’s Guide to the Super Bowl (2017-02-02)
574. 273. Did China Eat America’s Jobs? (2017-01-26)
575. Is the American Dream Really Dead? (2017-01-19)
576. 272. Trevor Noah Has a Lot to Say (2017-01-12)
577. 271. The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (2017-01-05)
578. How to Become Great at Just About Anything (Rebroadcast) (2016-12-29)
579. How to Be More Productive (Rebroadcast) (2016-12-22)
580. 270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (2016-12-15)
581. 269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations (2016-12-08)
582. 268. Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (2016-12-01)
583. The No-Tipping Point (Rebroadcast) (2016-11-24)
584. 267. How to Make a Bad Decision (2016-11-17)
585. Introducing Stephen J. Dubner's new podcast, "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" (2016-11-15)
586. 266. Trust Me (2016-11-10)
587. How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast ) (2016-11-09)
588. 265. The White House Gets Into the Nudge Business (2016-11-03)
589. 264. In Praise of Incrementalism (2016-10-27)
590. 263. In Praise of Maintenance (2016-10-20)
591. 262. This Is Your Brain on Podcasts (2016-10-13)
592. How To Win A Nobel Prize (Rebroadcast) (2016-10-06)
593. 261. Why Are We Still Using Cash? (2016-09-29)
594. 260. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (2016-09-22)
595. 259. Ten Signs You Might Be a Libertarian (2016-09-15)
596. 258. Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream (2016-09-08)
597. 257. The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think (2016-09-01)
598. Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? (Rebroadcast) (2016-08-25)
599. Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush (Rebroadcast) (2016-08-18)
600. 256. What Are You Waiting For? (2016-08-11)
601. Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees? (Rebroadcast) (2016-08-04)
602. 255. Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten (2016-07-28)
603. 254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of? (2016-07-21)
604. 253. Is the Internet Being Ruined? (2016-07-14)
605. 252. Confessions of a Pothole Politician (2016-07-07)
606. The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast ) (2016-06-30)
607. How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast) (2016-06-23)
608. Why Do We Really Follow the News? (Rebroadcast) (2016-06-16)
609. 251. Are We in a Mattress-Store Bubble? (2016-06-09)
610. Time to Take Back the Toilet (2016-06-09)
611. 250. Why Does Everyone Hate Flying? And Other Questions Only a Pilot Can Answer (2016-06-02)
612. 249. The Longest Long Shot (2016-05-26)
613. 248. How to Be Tim Ferriss (2016-05-19)
614. 247. How to Win Games and Beat People (2016-05-12)
615. 246. How to Get More Grit in Your Life (2016-05-05)
616. 245. Being Malcolm Gladwell (2016-05-02)
617. 244. How to Become Great at Just About Anything (2016-04-28)
618. 243. How to Be More Productive (2016-04-21)
619. 242. Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? (2016-04-14)
620. 241. Are Payday Loans Really as Evil as People Say? (2016-04-07)
621. The Economics of Sleep, Part 2 (Rebroadcast) (2016-03-31)
622. The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 (Rebroadcast) (2016-03-24)
623. 240. Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk -- But Not for the Reasons You Think (2016-03-17)
624. 239. The No-Tipping Point (2016-03-11)
625. 238. The United States of Cory Booker (2016-03-03)
626. 237. Ask Not What Your Podcast Can Do for You (2016-02-25)
627. 236. How Can This Possibly Be True? (2016-02-18)
628. 235. Who Needs Handwriting? (2016-02-11)
629. How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps (Rebroadcast) (2016-02-04)
630. Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? (Rebroadcast) (2016-01-28)
631. 234. Do Boycotts Work? (2016-01-21)
632. 233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future (2016-01-14)
633. 232. The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap (2016-01-07)
634. When Willpower Isn’t Enough (Rebroadcast) (2015-12-31)
635. Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition (Rebroadcast) (2015-12-24)
636. 231. Is Migration a Basic Human Right? (2015-12-17)
637. 230. The Cheeseburger Diet (2015-12-10)
638. 229. Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade (2015-12-03)
639. Why Do People Keep Having Children? (Rebroadcast) (2015-11-26)
640. 228. Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? (2015-11-19)
641. 227. Should Everyone Be in a Rock Band? (2015-11-12)
642. 226. Food + Science = Victory! (2015-11-05)
643. 225. Am I Boring You? (2015-10-29)
644. How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying (Rebroadcast) (2015-10-22)
645. 224. How To Win A Nobel Prize (2015-10-15)
646. 223. Should Kids Pay Back Their Parents for Raising Them? (2015-10-08)
647. 222. Meet the Woman Who Said Women Can’t Have It All (2015-10-01)
648. 221. How Did the Belt Win? (2015-09-24)
649. 220. “I Don't Know What You've Done With My Husband, But He's a Changed Man.” (2015-09-17)
650. 219. Preventing Crime for Pennies on the Dollar (2015-09-10)
651. 218. The Harvard President Will See You Now (2015-09-03)
652. 217. Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? (2015-08-27)
653. 216. How to Make a Smart TV Ad (2015-08-20)
654. The Dangers of Safety (Rebroadcast) (2015-08-13)
655. 215. Why Do We Really Follow the News? (2015-08-06)
656. 214. How to Create Suspense (2015-07-30)
657. 213. Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush (2015-07-23)
658. 212. The Economics of Sleep, Part 2 (2015-07-16)
659. 211. The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 (2015-07-09)
660. A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast) (2015-07-02)
661. 210. Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees? (2015-06-25)
662. 209. Make Me a Match (2015-06-18)
663. 208. Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay (2015-06-11)
664. 207. Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do? (2015-06-04)
665. Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (Rebroadcast) (2015-05-28)
666. Failure Is Your Friend (Rebroadcast) (2015-05-21)
667. 206. Ten Years of Freakonomics (2015-05-14)
668. 205. Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?! (2015-05-07)
669. Think Like a Child (Rebroadcast) (2015-04-30)
670. 204. Nate Silver Says: “Everyone Is Kind of Weird” (2015-04-23)
671. 203. Diamonds Are a Marriage Counselor’s Best Friend (2015-04-16)
672. 202. How Many Doctors Does It Take to Start a Healthcare Revolution? (2015-04-09)
673. 201. How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare? (2015-04-02)
674. The Perfect Crime (Rebroadcast) (2015-03-26)
675. What You Don’t Know About Online Dating (Rebroadcast) (2015-03-19)
676. 200. When Willpower Isn’t Enough (2015-03-12)
677. 199. This Idea Must Die (2015-03-05)
678. 198. The Maddest Men of All (2015-02-26)
679. 197. Hacking the World Bank (2015-02-19)
680. 196. Is There a Better Way to Fight Terrorism? (2015-02-12)
681. 195. How Efficient Is Energy Efficiency? (2015-02-05)
682. 194. How Safe Is Your Job? (2015-01-29)
683. 193. Someone Else’s Acid Trip (2015-01-22)
684. 192. That’s a Great Question! (2015-01-15)
685. 191. Why Doesn’t Everyone Get the Flu Vaccine? (2015-01-08)
686. What’s the “Best” Exercise? (Rebroadcast) (2015-01-01)
687. What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? (Rebroadcast) (2014-12-25)
688. 190. Time to Take Back the Toilet (2014-12-18)
689. The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat (Rebroadcast) (2014-12-11)
690. 189. How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps (2014-12-04)
691. 188. Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? (2014-11-27)
692. 187. The Man Who Would Be Everything (2014-11-20)
693. 186. Why Do People Keep Having Children? (2014-11-13)
694. 185. Should the U.S. Merge With Mexico? (2014-11-06)
695. 184. What Can Vampires Teach Us About Economics? (2014-10-30)
696. 183. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” (2014-10-23)
697. 182. How Can Tiny Norway Afford to Buy So Many Teslas? (2014-10-16)
698. How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten (Rebroadcast) (2014-10-09)
699. 181. Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition (2014-10-02)
700. 180. Fitness Apartheid (2014-09-25)
701. 179. Outsiders by Design (2014-09-18)
702. 178. How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying (2014-09-11)
703. 177. Regulate This! (2014-09-04)
704. Who Runs the Internet? (Rebroadcast) (2014-08-28)
705. Parking Is Hell (Rebroadcast) (2014-08-21)
706. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Rebroadcast) (2014-08-14)
707. Should Tipping be Banned? (Rebroadcast) (2014-08-07)
708. How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast) (2014-07-31)
709. 176. Does Religion Make You Happy? (2014-07-24)
710. 175. Why You Should Bribe Your Kids (2014-07-17)
711. 174. What Do King Solomon and David Lee Roth Have in Common? (2014-07-10)
712. 173. A Better Way to Eat (2014-07-03)
713. 172. How to Screen Job Applicants, Act Your Age, and Get Your Brain Off Autopilot (2014-06-26)
714. 171. There’s No Such Thing as a Free Appetizer (2014-06-19)
715. 170. Why America Doesn’t Love Soccer (Yet) (2014-06-12)
716. 169. Failure Is Your Friend (2014-06-05)
717. The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast ) (2014-05-29)
718. 168. Think Like a Child (2014-05-22)
719. 167. The Three Hardest Words in the English Language (2014-05-15)
720. 166. How to Think Like a Freak -- and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions (2014-05-08)
721. 165. The Perfect Crime (2014-05-01)
722. 164. Which Came First, the Chicken or the Avocado? (2014-04-24)
723. 163. What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? (2014-04-17)
724. 162. “If Mayors Ruled the World” (2014-04-10)
725. 161. How to Make People Quit Smoking (2014-04-03)
726. 160. Why Everybody Who Doesn’t Hate Bitcoin Loves It (2014-03-27)
727. Women Are Not Men (Rebroadcast) (2014-03-20)
728. 159. “It’s Fun to Smoke Marijuana” (2014-03-13)
729. 158. Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It? (2014-03-06)
730. 157. Why Are Japanese Homes Disposable? (2014-02-27)
731. 156. Why Marry? (Part 2) (2014-02-20)
732. 155. Why Marry? (Part 1) (2014-02-13)
733. 154. What You Don’t Know About Online Dating (2014-02-06)
734. 153. Reasons to Not Be Ugly (2014-01-30)
735. 152. Everybody Gossips (and That’s a Good Thing) (2014-01-23)
736. Fear Thy Nature (Rebroadcast) (2014-01-16)
737. 151. Are We Ready to Legalize Drugs? And Other FREAK-Quently Asked Questions (2014-01-09)
738. 150. What’s the “Best” Exercise? (2014-01-02)
739. Save Me From Myself (Rebroadcast) (2013-12-26)
740. 149. Pontiff-icating on the Free-Market System (2013-12-19)
741. 148. Are Gay Men Really Rich? (2013-12-12)
742. 147. The Most Dangerous Machine (2013-12-05)
743. 146. Fighting Poverty With Actual Evidence (2013-11-27)
744. 145. What Do Skating Rinks, Ultimate Frisbee, and the World Have in Common? (2013-11-21)
745. 144. Who Runs the Internet? (2013-11-14)
746. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 (Rebroadcast) (2013-11-07)
747. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 (Rebroadcast) (2013-10-31)
748. 143. Why Bad Environmentalism Is Such an Easy Sell (2013-10-24)
749. 142. The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat (2013-10-14)
750. 141. How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten (2013-10-10)
751. 140. How to Think About Money, Choose Your Hometown, and Buy an Electric Toothbrush (2013-10-03)
752. 139. Would a Big Bucket of Cash Really Change Your Life? (2013-09-26)
753. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting (Rebroadcast) (2013-09-19)
754. 138. Whatever Happened to the Carpal Tunnel Epidemic? (2013-09-12)
755. The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast) (2013-09-05)
756. 137. Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World? (2013-08-29)
757. The Folly of Prediction (Rebroadcast) (2013-08-22)
758. 136. The Middle of Everywhere (2013-08-15)
759. The Church of "Scionology" (Rebroadcast) (2013-08-08)
760. 135. Do Baby Girls Cause Divorce? (2013-08-01)
761. The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast) (2013-07-22)
762. 134. Government Employees Gone Wild (2013-07-18)
763. 133. A Burger a Day (2013-07-11)
764. 132. Jane Austen, Game Theorist (2013-07-03)
765. Legacy of a Jerk (Rebroadcast) (2013-06-27)
766. 131. Do You Really Want to Know Your Future? (2013-06-20)
767. 130. Why Family and Business Don’t Mix (2013-06-12)
768. 129. Should Tipping be Banned? (2013-06-03)
769. 128. Baby, You Can Program My Car (2013-05-29)
770. 127. Can You Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions (2013-05-23)
771. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms (Rebroadcast) (2013-05-15)
772. 126. What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (2013-05-09)
773. 125. It’s Crowded at the Top (2013-05-01)
774. 124. Running to Do Evil (2013-04-25)
775. 123. Help Wanted. No Smokers Need Apply (2013-04-17)
776. 122. How Much Does Your Name Matter? (2013-04-08)
777. 121. The Tax Man Nudgeth (2013-04-03)
778. 120. 100 Ways to Fight Obesity (2013-03-27)
779. 119. How Money Is March Madness? (2013-03-21)
780. 118. Parking Is Hell (2013-03-13)
781. 117. When Is a Negative a Positive? (2013-03-06)
782. 116. Women Are Not Men (2013-02-24)
783. 115. The Downside of More Miles Per Gallon (2013-02-20)
784. 114. How to Think About Guns (2013-02-13)
785. 113. Sure, I Remember That (2013-02-06)
786. 112. Would You Let a Coin Toss Decide Your Future? (2013-01-30)
787. 111. Introducing “Freakonomics Experiments” (2013-01-23)
788. 110. Who Owns the Words That Come Out of Your Mouth? (2013-01-16)
789. 109. How to Live Longer (2013-01-09)
790. 108. How Did “Freakonomics” Get Its Name? … and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions (2013-01-02)
791. 107. How Much Does a Good Boss Really Matter? (2012-12-26)
792. 106. The House of Dreams (2012-12-19)
793. 105. Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas (2012-12-13)
794. 104. The Things They Taught Me (2012-12-05)
795. 103. Free-conomics (2012-11-28)
796. 102. I Consult, Therefore I Am (2012-11-21)
797. 101. Mass Transit Hysteria (2012-11-15)
798. 100. Our 100th Episode! (2012-11-05)
799. 99. How to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul (2012-10-31)
800. 98. We the Sheeple (2012-10-24)
801. 97. Lying to Ourselves (2012-10-17)
802. 96. The Cobra Effect (2012-10-10)
803. 95. Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over (2012-10-03)
804. 94. The Tale of the $15 Tomato (2012-09-23)
805. 93. Why Online Poker Should Be Legal (2012-09-20)
806. 92. Fear Thy Nature (2012-09-12)
807. 91. Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness? (2012-09-05)
808. 90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy? (2012-08-29)
809. 89. There’s Cake in the Breakroom! (2012-08-22)
810. 88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2 (2012-08-15)
811. 87. The Season of Death (2012-08-08)
812. 86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 (2012-07-29)
813. 85. Olympian Economics (2012-07-25)
814. 84. Legacy of a Jerk (2012-07-18)
815. 83. What's Wrong With Cash for Grades? (2012-07-11)
816. 82. Please Steal My Car (2012-07-04)
817. 81. Star-Spangled Banter? (2012-06-26)
818. 80. Riding the Herd Mentality (2012-06-20)
819. 79. A Cheap Employee Is … a Cheap Employee (2012-06-14)
820. 78. You Eat What You Are, Part 2 (2012-06-06)
821. 77. Playing the Nerd Card (2012-05-31)
822. 76. You Eat What You Are, Part 1 (2012-05-23)
823. 75. Retirement Kills (2012-05-17)
824. 74. Soul Possession (2012-05-07)
825. 73. A Rose By Any Other Distance (2012-05-02)
826. 72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors (2012-04-25)
827. 71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line? (2012-04-19)
828. 70. Eating and Tweeting (2012-04-11)
829. 69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms (2012-04-04)
830. 68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb (2012-03-28)
831. 67. The Patent Gap (2012-03-22)
832. 66. Show and Yell (2012-03-14)
833. 65. It’s Not the President, Stupid (2012-03-07)
834. 64. The Days of Wine and Mouses (2012-02-27)
835. 63. The Dilbert Index? (2012-02-22)
836. 62. How Biased Is Your Media? (2012-02-15)
837. 61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat? (2012-02-09)
838. 60. Save Me From Myself (2012-02-01)
839. 59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl (2012-01-25)
840. 58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common? (2012-01-19)
841. 57. Does Money Really Buy Elections? (2012-01-11)
842. 56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say? (2012-01-04)
843. 55. The Perils of Drunk Walking (2011-12-27)
844. 54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore) (2011-12-21)
845. 53. How American Food Got So Bad (2011-12-13)
846. 52. Weird Recycling (2011-12-02)
847. 51. What Makes a Donor Donate? (2011-11-29)
848. 50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It? (2011-11-22)
849. 49. Unnatural Turkeys (2011-11-16)
850. 48. Boo…Who? (2011-11-08)
851. 47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers (2011-11-02)
852. 46. Misadventures in Baby-Making (2011-10-25)
853. 45. Those Cheating Teachers! (2011-10-18)
854. 44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone? (2011-10-10)
855. 43. The Decline and Fall of Violence (2011-10-05)
856. 42. The Upside of Quitting (2011-09-28)
857. 41. The Folly of Prediction (2011-09-14)
858. 40. The Suicide Paradox (2011-08-31)
859. 39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting (2011-08-16)
860. 38. The Church of "Scionology" (2011-08-03)
861. 37. Mouse in the Salad (2011-07-20)
862. 36. Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You're Driving? (2011-07-06)
863. 35. Live From St. Paul! (2011-06-22)
864. 34. Things Our Fathers Gave Us (2011-06-08)
865. 33. To Catch a Fugitive (2011-05-25)
866. 32. Growing Up Buffett (2011-05-11)
867. 31. Gambling With Your Life (2011-04-27)
868. 30. Does College Still Matter? And Other Freaky Questions Answered ... (2011-04-14)
869. 29. Smarter Kids at 10 Bucks a Pop (2011-04-07)
870. 28. Why Can’t We Predict Earthquakes? (2011-03-30)
871. 27. Death by Fire? Probably Not (2011-03-23)
872. 26. The Health of Nations (2011-03-16)
873. 25. Is Twitter a Two-Way Street? (2011-03-09)
874. 24. The Power of Poop (2011-03-02)
875. 23. Millionaires vs. Billionaires (2011-02-24)
876. 22. Why Cities Rock (2011-02-17)
877. 21. Bring on the Pain! (2011-02-09)
878. 20. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 2) (2011-02-02)
879. 19. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1) (2011-01-26)
880. 18. Freakonomics FAQ, No. 1 (2011-01-19)
881. 17. Trashed (2011-01-13)
882. 16. Exit Interview: Schools Chancellor, NYC (2011-01-05)
883. 15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It! (2010-12-29)
884. 14. Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better? (2010-12-16)
885. 13. The "No-Lose Lottery," Part 2 (2010-12-01)
886. 12. Is America Ready for a "No-Lose Lottery"? (2010-11-17)
887. 11. How Much Does the President of the U.S. Really Matter? (2010-11-03)
888. 10. The NFL's Best Real Estate Isn't For Sale. Yet. (2010-10-28)
889. 9. Reading, Rockets, and 'Rithmetic (2010-10-21)
890. 8. Who Stole All the Runs in Major League Baseball? (2010-10-07)
891. 7. Two Book Authors and a Microphone (2010-09-30)
892. 6. Why the World Cup Is an Economist's Dream (2010-06-10)
893. 5. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (2010-05-13)
894. 4. Faking It (2010-04-13)
895. 3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge? (2010-03-24)
896. 2. Is America's Obesity Epidemic For Real? (2010-02-26)
897. 1. The Dangers of Safety (2010-02-06)