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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Episodes
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May 7, 2012 • 28min
74. Soul Possession
In a world where nearly everything is for sale, is it always okay to buy what isn’t yours?
May 2, 2012 • 6min
73. A Rose By Any Other Distance
At a time when people worry about every mile their food must travel, why is it okay to import most of our cut flowers from thousands of miles away?
Apr 25, 2012 • 57min
72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors
What do you do when smart people keep making stupid mistakes? And: are we a nation of financial illiterates?
Apr 18, 2012 • 6min
71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line?
A new study says that yes, it is -- but try telling that to the United Nations officials who are preaching sustainability practices.
Apr 11, 2012 • 57min
70. Eating and Tweeting
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?
Apr 3, 2012 • 6min
69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms
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?
Mar 28, 2012 • 57min
68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb
How much does the President of the United States really matter? And: where did all the hitchhikers go? A pair of "attribution errors."
Mar 22, 2012 • 5min
67. The Patent Gap
Women hold fewer than one in 10 patents. Why? And what are we missing out on?
Mar 14, 2012 • 58min
66. Show and Yell
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”?
Mar 7, 2012 • 5min
65. It’s Not the President, Stupid
Isn’t it time to admit that the U.S. economy doesn’t have a commander in chief?
