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550. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales?
Freakonomics Radio
Taiji, Japan: A History of Whaling
In Taiji, whaling is done using a method called drive hunting. There's 12 boats if they're all operating and they kind of spread out in a fan with Taiji at its center. Alabaster tried to learn about the economics of whaling in Taiji. He was allowed to hang out with them before and after they went on the hunts.
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