Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, are groundbreaking books that explore "the hidden side of everything." Now there's a Freakonomics podcast, hosted by Dubner.
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The Economics of Sleep, Part 2
People who sleep better earn more money. Now all we ...
People who sleep better earn more money. Now all we have to do is teach everyone to sleep better.
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The Economics of Sleep, Part 1
Could a lack of sleep help explain why some people ...
Could a lack of sleep help explain why some people get much sicker than others?
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A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast)
Takeru Kobayashi revolutionized the sport of competitive eating. What can ...
Takeru Kobayashi revolutionized the sport of competitive eating. What can the rest of us learn from his breakthrough?
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Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees?
We seem to have decided that ethnic food tastes better ...
We seem to have decided that ethnic food tastes better when it's served by people of that ethnicity (or at least something close). Does this make sense -- and is it legal?
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Make Me a Match
Sure, markets generally work well. But for some transactions -- ...
Sure, markets generally work well. But for some transactions -- like school admissions and organ transplants -- money alone can't solve the problem. That's when you need a market-design wizard like Al Roth.
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Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay
Sure, sex crimes are horrific, and the perpetrators deserve to ...
Sure, sex crimes are horrific, and the perpetrators deserve to be punished harshly. But society keeps exacting costs -- out-of-pocket and otherwise -- long after the prison sentence has been served.
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Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do?
One man's attempt to remake his life in the mold ...
One man's attempt to remake his life in the mold of homo economicus.
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Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (Rebroadcast)
The debut of a live game show from Freakonomics Radio, ...
The debut of a live game show from Freakonomics Radio, with judges Malcolm Gladwell, Ana Gasteyer, and David Paterson.
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Failure Is Your Friend (Rebroadcast)
In which we argue that failure should not only be ...
In which we argue that failure should not only be tolerated but celebrated.
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Ten Years of Freakonomics
Dubner and Levitt are live onstage at the 92nd Street ...
Dubner and Levitt are live onstage at the 92nd Street Y in New York to celebrate their new book "When to Rob a Bank" -- and a decade of working together.
