Freakonomics Radio

Eating and Tweeting

Does the future of food lie in its past – ...

Does the future of food lie in its past – or inside a tank of liquid nitrogen? Also: how anti-social can you be on a social network?

The Hidden Cost of False Alarms

If any other product failed 94 percent of the time, ...

If any other product failed 94 percent of the time, you’d probably stop using it. So why do we put up with burglar alarms?

The Power of the President -- and the Thumb

How much does the President of the United States really ...

How much does the President of the United States really matter? And: where did all the hitchhikers go? A pair of "attribution errors."

The Patent Gap

Women hold fewer than one in 10 patents. Why? And ...

Women hold fewer than one in 10 patents. Why? And what are we missing out on?

Show and Yell

Is booing an act of verbal vandalism or the last ...

Is booing an act of verbal vandalism or the last true expression of democracy? And: when you drive a Prius, are you guilty of “conspicuous conservation”?

It’s Not the President, Stupid

Isn’t it time to admit that the U.S. economy doesn’t ...

Isn’t it time to admit that the U.S. economy doesn’t have a commander in chief?

The Days of Wine and Mouses

Do more expensive wines taste better? And: what does one ...

Do more expensive wines taste better? And: what does one little rodent in a salad say about a restaurant’s future?

The Dilbert Index?

Measuring workplace morale -- and how to game the sick-day ...

Measuring workplace morale -- and how to game the sick-day system.

How Biased Is Your Media?

The left and the right blame each other for pretty ...

The left and the right blame each other for pretty much everything, including slanted media coverage. Can they both be right?

Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat?

A look at some non-obvious ways to lose weight.