Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior.
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Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Freakonomics Radio podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 10 episodes
Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
#2 Mentioned in 6 episodes
Moneyball
The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis
#3 Mentioned in 5 episodes
Triumph of the City
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Ed Glazer
#4 Mentioned in 5 episodes
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
#5 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
#6 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
#7 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop
Max Bazerman
#8 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Right Kind of Wrong, The Science of Failing Well
The Science of Failing Well
Amy Edmondson
#9 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Biggest Bluff
Maria Konnikova
#10 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
James A. Robinson
Daron Acemoglu
#11 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Going Infinite
The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis
#12 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Adventures of a Curious Character
Edward Hutchings
Richard Feynman
Ralph Leighton
#13 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Subprime Attention Crisis
Tim Hwang
#14 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Andrea Montero Cusset
Steven D. Levitt
Stephen J. Dubner
#15 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Nudge
Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler
Cass R. Sunstein
#16 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Competitive strategy
Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors
Michael Porter
#17 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Peter principle
Raymond Hull
Laurence J. Peter
#18 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Inside of a dog
What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
Alexandra Horowitz
#19 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Freedom's Laboratory
The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science
Audra Wolfe
#20 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
