Episodes from Society & Culture podcasts recommended on Hacker News.
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Ezra Klein's interview with Cal Newport, author of "Deep Work," is a great listen on the importance of focused attention on hard problems.
@colmvp +14 more
with Cal Newport , Johann Hari , Jerusalem Demsas , Noam Chomsky , Chris Miller , Jennifer Pahlka , Leslie Kean , Zeynep Tufekci , Annie Lowrey , Vivek Ramaswamy , Jia Tolentino , Ta-Nehisi Coates , Alex Bores
This provides some interesting perspective in wage gaps
@DINKDINK +11 more
with Claudia Goldin , A female statistics professor from Harvard
Arguments are thought-provoking in longer-form media; recommends the lengthy Ezra Klein interview as an alternative to the dumb article.
@tptacek +9 more
with Arthur Cooke , Will Wilkinson , Tyler Cowen , Lisa Feldman Barrett , Nicholas Carr , Robert Sapolsky , Johann Hari , Katharina Pistor , Jesse Jenkins
I enjoyed Thiel on The Portal; many small ideas, like technological stagnation compared to decades ago, were really interesting.
@josephg +9 more
with Peter Thiel
This American Life's "Pandora's Box" episode is very eye opening, showing a modern pig farm as disturbing as described.
@wanderr +8 more
The commenter calls this Freakonomics episode a nice overview of research showing advertising's sales impact is much smaller than industry claims.
@oli5679 +7 more
Malcolm Gladwell's recent Revisionist History episode on how McDonald's was bullied or tricked into ruining its french fries.
@tcj_phx +7 more
Worth hearing: Tyler Cowen and a Princeton prof debate whether Obama's bailout is the closest real test of Keynes.
@llimllib +6 more
with Tyler Cowen , Piers Anthony
Freakonomics' "Why Rent Control Doesn't Work" episode covers how a wealthy tenant paid $355/month for a rarely used 6-bedroom apartment.
@baron816 +6 more
There is a great Freakonomics episode on exactly that, about how people don't like buying stuff via auctions.
@mertd +6 more
Freakonomics did a great story on maintenance last October.
@SN76477 +6 more
Quite the eye-opener on how economic interests blind us to the impact football has on players.
@pseudolus +5 more
Revisionist History's episode on this explains that brakes can easily stop an engine at full throttle.
@kbenson +5 more
Recommends a Freakonomics podcast on the upside of quitting as illuminating, in agreement that sometimes cutting losses beats persisting.
@polymath21 +5 more
A recent Freakonomics episode on how a pencil gets made, and the millions of people involved, makes the case to tread carefully when fixing things.
@Laaw +4 more
Listen to the second segment of this episode; it argues the problem originates on Wall Street, not with liberals alone.
@neilk +3 more
You might be interested in his recent interview on Freakonomics: the "Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1)" episode.
@ryandvm +3 more
with Charles Koch
Good podcast about Prop 13 from Malcolm Gladwell, linking to the episode "A Good Walk Spoiled."
@gman83 +3 more
Commenter links the 2017 Freakonomics episode on America's lawn obsession and says they replaced grass with perennial mulched gardens.
@Dowwie +3 more
One episode of Revisionist History covers Cohen's "Hallelujah," which took him five years to get right, plus the Dylan anecdote. Worth it, with fun facts annotated.
@abuiles +3 more
The Revisionist History podcast has two great episodes on the subject.
@DasIch +3 more
with John L. Hennessy
Interesting coverage of the racism and sexism aspects of tipping in the episode.
@kbenson +3 more
with Danny Meyer
Excellent episode on how elite-college success is trained, not innate, and why that doesn't make it best for you.
@eropple +3 more
with Daniel Markovits , Cal Newport , Thomas Piketty , Kelsey Piper; Tim Hwang
The latest Behind the Bastards episode explores how rent got so high, if you have the time and inclination to listen.
@ynx +3 more
Freakonomics interviewed Dan Wang about his book Breakneck; it's a very interesting lens through which to view both societies, worth a listen.
@cholmon +2 more
with Dan Wang
Freakonomics had a couple of related episodes, including one on whether to trust private equity with your dog's care.
@penguin_booze +2 more
Freakonomics did an episode asking "Is Google Getting Worse?", and Google actually participated in it.
@Jakawao +2 more
Freakonomics has an episode with one of the authors that summarizes the thread's discourse, and it does a good job of the economist's ROI view and the advertiser's view.
@sheepybloke +2 more
Gladwell's LSAT podcast episode is pretty good, arguing that what the test measures isn't very useful.
@criddell +2 more
Freakonomics just did an episode on this study, interviewing 3 of the 5 study authors.
@oflannabhra +2 more
Their most recent episode, "Nurses to the Rescue," features a topic the commenter found prominent enough to link.
@MBCook +2 more
This was a good podcast on active vs passive investing.
@jedberg +2 more
Listening to Gladwell's Revisionist History episode changed their view of the British colonial record in India.
@DoubleCribble +2 more
Gladwell makes a strong argument that failing to integrate teachers caused a large part of the failure, so the episode is worth hearing.
@boomboomsubban +2 more
The latest Freakonomics podcast addressed this issue as well, in its Bad Medicine part 3 episode on death diagnosis.
@turbulents +2 more
The Freakonomics podcast recently had 2 interesting episodes about exactly this. Both Ericsson and Gladwell explain their theories.
@janvdberg +2 more
with Malcolm Gladwell, Anders Ericsson , Anders Ericsson, Malcolm Gladwell
A very interesting Freakonomics episode on payday loans showed the issue is more than just black or white.
@sundvor +2 more
Suggests this Freakonomics episode on whether a big bucket of cash changes your life, plus lottery winner experiences.
@horv +2 more
Freakonomics did a good podcast on suicide that partly addresses the question by looking at why suicide is rare in some cultures.
@scott_s +2 more
Ezra Klein has a nice interview on the subject
@ndynan +2 more
with Leslie Kean , C.T. Nguyen
Highly recommends listening to the Joe Rogan discussion with Bret Weinstein, which followed the full story on The Portal.
@Dowwie +2 more
with Bret Weinstein
A cute piece on the Coke formula that includes what was probably (at one time) the full recipe.
@eli +1 more
Give Directly is the subject of this excellent episode of This American Life.
@cjbprime +1 more
There's a great This American Life act about the Puppy Channel.
@dhugiaskmak +1 more
A recent Freakonomics episode on Trader Joe's shows how a store that looks bad on paper can still be very successful.
@3minus1 +1 more
Freakonomics Radio has a recent related piece on academic fraud in scholarly publishing.
@structure7 +1 more
Freakonomics just started a 3-part series on why the U.S. is so good at killing pedestrians.
@Swizec +1 more
A very interesting podcast arguing that divesting from polluting industries to clean ones may not make sense even if reducing pollution is the goal.
@gnicholas +1 more
with Kelly Shue
There's a great Freakonomics episode on exactly what's going on with bananas.
@eiiot +1 more
Listened to this episode; its segments on the Politics Industrial Complex were helpful. Worth your time given the donation question.
@chiefalchemist +1 more
There is a good episode (ep 517) of Freakonomics Radio about that.
@altell +1 more
A resource that explores mostly the benefits of nuclear power, offered for anyone wanting a more thorough understanding of why it could meet most power needs.
@Ziggy_Zaggy +1 more
There was a good episode of Freakonomics on NPR concerning negative bias in the media and why people respond to it.
@HybridCurve +1 more
Malcolm Gladwell's 2020 season covers LeMay, napalm, and the Tokyo firebombing: "Fascinating and horrifying."
@cushychicken +1 more
Just listened to a great Revisionist History episode that floats the idea of a college admissions lottery.
@jkhdigital +1 more
Invisibilia's "Trust Fall" episode covers how Wirecard harassed a short seller with smears, surveillance, and intimidation.
@underyx +1 more
Freakonomics did a solid podcast on this recently too, covering the same princess issues.
@atlasunshrugged +1 more
This Freakonomics episode about what's missing from the standard math curriculum is really good.
@itsmejeff +1 more
with Steven Levitt
If you've never listened before, try the Trader Joe's episode; there are a ton of good episodes, especially on behavioral economics.
@3minus1 +1 more
Episode on memory isn't infallible, not a video recording of the past; covers flashbulb memory experiments that are pretty interesting.
@kmano8 +1 more
Very informative Freakonomics episode on the topic of geographic factors of economies.
@thenaturalist +1 more
Explains the effects of China's trade expansion on some US regions; see these podcasts.
@VHRanger +1 more
If you would like to listen to an entertaining version of the paper, here it is.
@bertan +1 more
There was a great Invisibilia podcast on the subject, about how you are a different person based on the current context.
@andyidsinga +1 more
The Freakonomics Podcast had an interesting episode about mattress stores and why there are so many.
@Reedx +1 more
An interesting Freakonomics episode, "The No-Tipping Point," covers the same idea about tipping.
@denzil_correa +1 more
There's also a great Freakonomics podcast about this story.
@sudo_bang_bang +1 more
Very interesting listen about the person who raised a red flag before Challenger.
@yelnatz +1 more
The Parking Is Hell episode is pretty good; it estimates up to 30% of city traffic is cruising for street parking.
@malyk +1 more
Freakonomics Radio had Dr. Atul Gawande on a year ago and discussed medical checklists among other things.
@rmmm +1 more
with Atul Gawande , Kenneth Feinberg
Recommends this Freakonomics Radio episode on incentive failure, citing the Indian town that farmed cobras for bounty money.
@bmuon +1 more
This Freakonomics podcast talks about the folly of prediction in general, which supports the point about economists' forecasting record.
@roshanr +1 more
Freakonomics had a good podcast on the healthful role of gut bacteria, covering fecal matter transplants.
@crusso +1 more
You may enjoy this podcast episode with him and Eric Weinstein, where he dives deeply into these topics.
@meowface +1 more
with Vitalik Buterin
A similar idea called preference falsification is put forth by Timur Kuran. See Episode 4 of The Portal.
@adolph +1 more
with Timur Kuran
Recommends the Behind the Bastards Zizians series as a good non-rationalist perspective on the Rationalist movement.
@ARandumGuy +1 more
A history about people who broke the world. They just finished a six parter about Kissinger.
@Phrenzy +1 more
If you're into podcasts, Behind the Bastards has a two-parter on him: Part One, The Ballad of Bill Gates.
@ahansen +1 more
Robert Evans is an amazingly good journalist, and I'd recommend any of his work to anyone. He's also very funny.
@buildbot +1 more
with Robert Evans
Well worth a listen if you've ever wondered what doing good work inside a crushing bureaucracy sounds like.
@incision
A great Revisionist History series on elite colleges and admissions made a lot of this stuff click.
@dayvid
A recent episode discusses how people accept the mechanisms they depend on as belief, which is where crackpot ideas start.
@sxg
A good Freakonomics episode interviews both Gladwell and the original researcher, who says Gladwell didn't represent his research accurately.
@enkid
This podcast enlightens many of our current ag policies: the Farms race episode explains the policies behind US agriculture.
@imglorp
A recent Stuff You Should Know episode covers the Hindenburg disaster, for those interested.
@ziofill
This idea was explored a bit more thoroughly in an episode of This American Life
@dahart
Stuff You Should Know usually researches well; their whaling episode shows the claim is literally true but more complex.
@linsomniac
Good episode about fake honey and its interaction with almond growing.
@mhb
Goes into a lot of depth on this issue, the Social Security funding gap, and includes a transcript.
@gwbas1c
Exactly, there's an episode covering it on Freakonomics Radio: "In a Driverless World, Who Loses and Who Wins."
@eamag
I found the whole thing utterly fascinating.
@jedberg
with Werner Herzog
Freakonomics recently did an episode on this that I thought was pretty good.
@ahepp
This freakonomics episode covers some of the research as well, including how doctor age relates to patient outcomes.
@mlinhares
I suggest one of the last episodes of Stuff You Should Know on it - they did a lot of legwork researching the event.
@papito
A great interview on the myths of the US tax system; she gets to the meat of the problem towards the end.
@gwbas1c
with Jessica Riedel
This is a good listen on the topic: the episode "Is Professional Licensing a Racket?" addresses the same concern about limited supply in licensed professions.
@dehrmann
A pretty good interview with Ben Zhao at UChicago, whose lab tries to trip up model training when copyrighted material is used.
@enjo
with Ben Zhao
There was a great Freakonomics episode on this.
@janalsncm
If you look at any of the above, the TAL episodes are probably the most easy to consume.
@phillmv
The semi-connected episodes 4,5,6 from season 1 about education hooked me.
@heymijo
Freakonomics did a very good deep dive into this world recently: the episode "Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1000?"
@mportela
A recent episode of Freakonomics eviscerated this research, pointing to the link on supercentenarians and birth records.
@EricRiese
A great series on the opioid epidemic on Freakonomics recently, worth a listen.
@moltar
Highly recommends this Freakonomics episode on car colors, with an interview directly from the person who picks and implements Subaru's paint colors.
@mojomark
Freakonomics Radio recently featured a good episode on whether companies should be owned by their workers.
@divan
Highly recommend listening to the Freakonomics Radio episode about 23andMe's collapse and why its one-off purchase model struggled.
@evanwpm
Freakonomics did a podcast about what you are describing.
@chad_strategic
Freakonomics recently did an episode on this: "Water, Water Everywhere, But You Have to Stop and Think."
@banana_giraffe
I just listened to a Podcast about the book Eve, it sounds very interesting.
@zeristor
Freakonomics Radio recently did an episode on why it is so hard and expensive to build anything in America.
@daemonologist
Listen to his podcast (Against the Rules) from today and you can hear his take on the trial.
@new2this
with Matt Levine
Points readers to a Freakonomics episode with Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin explaining the gender pay gap, as a counter to the commenter's claim.
@nox101
with Claudia Goldin
That episode was so good, it's probably worth a re-listen now if you listened to them as they were released.
@kbenson
The Freakonomics podcast had a really good economic justification for Uber that goes beyond the utilization argument; it's worth listening to.
@sulam
Great episode on Afrofuturism, which mentions Samuel R. Delany as revolutionizing sci-fi.
@linsomniac
The Stuff You Should Know episode on the history of playing cards was interesting.
@totetsu
Good related Freakonomics podcast about the planning fallacy, linking to the episode on why projects are always late.
@rconti
Freakonomics did an excellent podcast investigation on the corruption and efficiency of the Delaware legal code.
@animal_spirits
A podcast on the history of dental insurance explains it from a US perspective.
@cmgbhm
Recently there was a great episode on Freakonomics, the final part of a three-part series on airline economics covering the history of airline price regulation.
@caseyohara
Recent Freakonomics episode might have some insights on Biden-era spending bills focused on building things in the US.
@CharlieDigital
This is a good listen, linking the Freakonomics episode on who owns your vet.
@zikduruqe
The economics of everyday things is the closest thing I could think of; it's available as a podcast.
@rammer
A very intriguing Stuff You Should Know episode on the Edmund Fitzgerald; well worth a listen for anyone interested in the wreck's story.
@chronicom
If Books Could Kill (worthwhile, as is the Freakonomics episode of the same podcast)
@mturmon
"And all the evidence agrees," linking the Freakonomics episode on the unintended consequences of working from home.
@zikduruqe
Freakonomics episode compares popular personal finance books with what academics say.
@jpn
The Stuff You Should Know podcast just did an episode on this last week, linked as "Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind."
@totetsu
There's an amazing episode of Revisionist History about this.
@trackofalljades
Gladwell's Revisionist History episode traces "Hallelujah" from a forgotten B-side track to the song commonly known and covered today.
@taxicabjesus
Deep dive into this: the Freakonomics episode on the university of impossible to get into.
@insane_dreamer
Good podcast about how what people say they like differs from what the general population actually likes.
@mikkergp
with Flora Yukhnovich
An interesting Freakonomics podcast interviewing the mayor of Dallas on why Dallas was so successful, and how California's power structures enable NIMBYism.
@techblueberry
The art market is really weird in many ways, and Freakonomics has done an episode on it.
@noneeeed
Interesting listen for anyone curious about the different types of corruption, their names, and their effects.
@Nbox9
Episodes on the loneliness epidemic and the 1995 Chicago heat wave show how neighborhood communal spirit affects survival.
@Swizec
Calls the Revisionist History episode "Lord of the Rankings" a great listen on the US News college rankings and the perverse incentives they create.
@ThinkingGuy
There was an episode of Revisionist History that discussed this a bit, worth a listen for how self-driving cars handle people in the road.
@uses
The Freakonomics episode on raising the minimum wage was interesting, with mixed conclusions on who benefits.
@jlokier
Covered really well in episode 39 of Causality, one of my favorite podcasts. Dry but engaging root cause analysis, none of the Radio Lab style nonsense.
@angry_moose
Freakonomics recently did a piece on New York and how it continuously reinvents itself. It truly is a resilient city.
@luxurytent
with Tom Dyja
The podcast Canadaland Commons has an episode on the Portapique incident I highly recommend.
@reso
Freakonomics did a great segment on the difference and the different types of disgust.
@kodah
I'd really recommend listening to the entire series if you have the time.
@alsetmusic
As for further links, suggest a Freakonomics interview or episode on Hsieh a few months ago.
@lifeisstillgood
Stuff You Should Know did a really good episode on voter suppression in the US that I'd recommend.
@murph-almighty
Addresses the housing affordability question head on: outlawing cheap, unsafe slum housing made housing expensive.
@pat2man
One of the most consistently good podcasts, or many from the Freakonomics network, especially People I (Mostly) Admire.
@kzrdude
Gladwell's "Hamlet Was Wrong" episode argues he is an interview nihilist: hire anyone reasonably capable, since interviews are so hard to get right.
@roxolotl
There's a great Freakonomics about the history of supermarkets which turns out to have been a major force in the cold war.
@imglorp
Recommends the five-episode Nice White Parents series from the Serial team, noting its ideas about school districts apply to SF, Oakland, and other US cities.
@flanbiscuit
Malcolm Gladwell touches on this beautifully in the most recent season of Revisionist History
@lumens
Explains the author's finding that urgent cardiac care can harm patients who would have recovered anyway; calls it a good podcast.
@Swizec
There's also a podcast episode with her that I really enjoyed: the Invisibilia episode "An Unlikely Superpower."
@lxgr
Just listened to a very relevant Freakonomics episode on why rent control doesn't work (Ep. 373).
@azhenley
Stuff You Should Know did a podcast about coyotes recently
@celias
A Freakonomics episode on socialism further expands on the socialism-versus-welfare-state point.
@advantager
Commenter points readers to the Freakonomics "Opioids, Part 1" episode for the over-prescription explanation of the epidemic.
@SkyMarshal
Freakonomics episode 398 on e-cigarettes and US-UK public-policy differences is excellent and worth hearing.
@mikysco
There's a good Freakonomics podcast on it, with really interesting info on tipping at Uber.
@ghaff
Re-listened to this episode on the weekend; its account of Howard Temin's letter to Francis Crick is worth hearing.
@cromulent
If you're curious about the story in more detail, Revisionist History has a good episode on it.
@anpe
Freakonomics did an episode about the Cold War "Farms Race," which adds more to this story.
@CompleteWalker
A good discussion on the subject: the lead-crime hypothesis versus Roe v. Wade as the cause of the 90s crime drop.
@mabbo
Revisionist History did a really good episode going in depth about all this.
@TheSoftwareGuy
A very entertaining episode on the history of barcodes.
@spdustin
The commenter calls the Freakonomics episode a good listen for anyone interested in public works projects.
@bumby
with Bent Flyvbjerg
There is a fascinating NPR show episode on this topic, linked for readers interested in pain as the fifth vital sign.
@johnfactorial
There was a Freakonomics Radio podcast ep about this very thing, which addresses whether natural talent is real or built through practice.
@flanbiscuit
Relevant podcast: America's hidden duopoly, on why both parties like the system because it keeps others out.
@Joeri
Freakonomics did a wonderful episode on government bailouts and investment, with Mariana Mazzucato on sharing risks and rewards.
@a_wild_dandan
with Mariana Mazzucato
Great new Freakonomics podcast about why we do poorly under pressure
@lobsterthief
Malcolm Gladwell, who I am not a fan of in general, has a good podcast about it
@Gatsky
Two excellent episodes on memory: it's far less accurate than we think, especially about when things happened and their order.
@yashap
Recently listened to an interesting Revisionist History episode on the importance and controversy of a semicolon in a constitutional provision.
@shlant
There's a good interview with Ray Dalio on the Freakonomics podcast. He talks about his principles, how he applied them, etc.
@gnat
with Ray Dalio
Fun listen: the commenter recalls this Stuff You Should Know episode on Project Azorian, the CIA's 1970s mission to steal a sunken Soviet sub.
@janee
Stuff You Should Know recently put out a podcast on vaping that provided some insight on the subject.
@senoroink
i would also recommend his interview with freakonomics podcast
@fernandotakai
with Satya Nadella
Listened to a Stuff You Should Know episode, "Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps," on the history of car safety regulation.
@papito
freakonomics had a good series on CEOs, including an episode on the glass cliff
@ndonnellan
Freakonomics Radio recently had an interesting episode on this, about the demonization of gluten.
@BjoernKW
If you prefer listening over reading, I can recommend the SYSK Live episode on the DB Cooper heist.
@davidpronk
Fecal transplants were covered this week on the Stuff You Should Know podcast. Worth subscribing to.
@aembleton
Some of the most refreshing coverage of football and CTE has come from Freakonomics, especially the CTE episode and the Foxworth interview.
@oflannabhra
with Dominique Foxworth
Just listened to a Revisionist History episode that called out the harms of over-consumption of linoleic acid.
@tomlagier
Freakonomics' two-part Earth 2.0 series on this topic is interesting, worth checking out if these topics interest you.
@brndnmtthws
Freakonomics podcast episode "Why Is My Life So Hard?" shared as a link.
@yarapavan
A good podcast explains how most VFX work is government or state funded.
@snoman
Freakonomics talked about it in one of their recent podcasts: clinical trials often exclude or under-sample women, so much current medical wisdom rests on unrepresentative samples.
@nickcoury
A great podcast on the subject: the Bad Medicine Part 1 episode on where the 98.6 body temperature figure came from.
@jedberg
Gladwell's podcast on satire argues SNL's Sarah Palin impression mocked her mannerisms rather than what was really bad about her.
@kjdal2001
Interesting Freakonomics episode about this, where they suggest the most efficient queue puts newcomers at the front, essentially LIFO.
@sixstringtheory
The "Generous Orthodoxy" episode's line "respect the body we're trying to heal" is simple, elegant and slightly profound.
@alexandersingh
Calls the Freakonomics Radio politics-industry episode a great summary of the subject, linking to it.
@vcavallo
Invisibilia just had an episode on this, "The Secret Emotional Life of Clothes," with a lab coat concentration study worth hearing.
@nobleSix
Gladwell's three-part series on American education and social mobility starts with a personal story of a child who gives up an advancement opportunity to support family.
@amsilprotag
The Invisibilia podcast devoted an episode to Geel, with some great interviews in there.
@finnh
Recommends the Revisionist History episode "The Big Man Can't Shoot" on why the underhand free throw is superior yet avoided because it looks ridiculous.
@jtwaleson
Everybody should listen to this podcast by Malcolm Gladwell, recommending the Saigon 1965 episode.
@mars4rp
Freakonomics also did a fantastic episode about universal basic income.
@jswny
A relevant recent episode that goes into exactly this point and explains that a gender gap still exists, though not as extreme.
@mehta
Freakonomics made a good podcast with the author of this book on this topic; an interesting listen even if the commenter disagrees.
@Meegul
with the author of the book on American economic growth (not named in comment)
Chris Gethard is a really good interviewer of random people; the Ron Paul's baby episode is hilarious from the carnival baby part on.
@studentrob
I believe this podcast is pretty objective, covering the virtues of handwriting and why slower may be better because it forces reflection.
@leecarraher
The whole thing is worth a read; a Toronto project cut the dropout rate by about 15 percentage points through support advocates, tutoring, and group activities.
@rtkwe
Also very good on that topic by the always glorious Stuff You Should Know
@stigi
Recommends a Freakonomics podcast on forecasting as possibly interesting for the question of why some predictions turn out right.
@augustocallejas
A really interesting and comical podcast about how Edward Bernays effectively invented modern public relations and advertising.
@leesec
Podcast and book on the same topic, both recommended, covering early education and whether it starts too late.
@josaka
This episode from the Freakonomics podcast shows some of the inner workings of Nobel Prize selection.
@yitchelle
Timely episode on how lobbying works in the USA, worth listening to.
@randomsearch
Freakonomics has an interesting episode on offering patients a rebate to forgo end-of-life care.
@irishbro
A good SYSK episode summarizing the history of umami.
@manaskarekar
Sports like soccer and longer cricket are not boring to those who value suspense more than constant scoring action.
@zinckiwi
Freakonomics just did a 2 part podcast on sleep, with both parts linked for listening.
@malyk
There was a good Freakonomics podcast episode about this very subject.
@flanbiscuit
Freakonomics just did an interview with Kevin Kelly about the hippie origins of Silicon Valley and the personal computer.
@hansjorg
with Kevin Kelly
An interesting podcast episode that talks a bit about OCD
@nkzednan
Freakonomics did a fantastic piece on the flu shot and low vaccination rates; it answers many questions in this thread.
@weusedto
Stuff You Should Know covered this in an episode on how the hum works, with a full transcript linked.
@manaskarekar
Windfall profits from natural resources can be distributed equitably while keeping a functioning democracy, as the Norway episode shows.
@oillio
The Stuff You Should Know podcast did an episode about this with some pretty great info.
@ryanmcbride
There's a good podcast and article on restaurants starting to charge for previously free bread.
@edent
I recommend Josh & Chuck's Stuff You Should Know episode about the placebo effect.
@ToastyMallows
A Freakonomics episode that goes into more detail on sunk costs and why quitting can be the right call.
@kleer001
Recommends a Freakonomics episode analyzing the impacts of alcohol and pot use, comparing the two substances' dangers.
@riebschlager
Freakonomics did an interesting podcast on this
@nostromo
Here is Freakonomics coverage on the practice: Why Are Japanese Homes Disposable?
@etruong42
Stuff You Should Know did a great podcast on this a while back. Pretty interesting stuff.
@niix
Freakonomics Radio's recent episode on Uber and self-driving vehicles offers an interesting economic analysis of Uber's impact.
@spikels
Interesting episode on how the Internet gets regulated, or doesn't, by fears of what it could do.
@chaz
with Clay Shirky
Explains why pet cremations often process multiple animals at once, so owners may not get back what they sent. The episode goes into more detail.
@woebtz
A very relevant Freakonomics Radio episode discusses obsession with predictions and their actual value.
@ch0wn
Definitely listen to the Freakonomics podcast on Chicago's role in developing the US as a country and economic giant
@speedracr
An interesting Freakonomics episode about testing for Huntington's disease; some people want to know and some don't.
@malyk
Freakonomics Radio's most recent episode covers baby naming trends with some depth, worth a listen.
@zevyoura
Freakonomics did a pretty interesting series on College, providing an outlook far less dreary than this piece.
@incision
One guy made a list of prohibited foods and actions and wrote a $750 check to Oprah, to be sent if he broke it.
@nostromo
Freakonomics has a three-part series on the hidden side of the art market that is eye-opening.
@sammalloy
Freakonomics did a great podcast about this a few years ago as well.
@herbig
Parenting episode argues child success depends more on parental attention and affection than on activities.
@therealdrag0
The Freakonomics segment on a Vietnam draft study shows college success isn't just because those people would have succeeded anyway.
@InnocentB
Another entertaining Freakonomics episode on Nathan's work on molecular gastronomy compared with traditional cooking.
@bobthebee
Freakonomics did a good episode covering how they choose locations: inexpensive spots rising in value, with highly educated but relatively low-income demographics.
@hahajk
Really interesting Freakonomics episode about NYC's School of One program, a good counterpoint to Florida's approach.
@michaelbuckbee
Placebo effect is strong even in drugs we know are not placebo; the linked Freakonomics episode covers whether it's real.
@Swizec
I've listened all the way through twice and both times have found myself laughing out loud and deep in thought simultaneously.
@elken
with Douglas Murray
I'd highly recommend watching the whole interview, with the timestamped segment on how addiction and information overwhelm keep people from organizing.
@loceng
Calls Eric Weinstein's episode the most public, appropriately caveated, responsible discussion of the Epstein whispers.
@the_optimist
with Eric Weinstein
Eric Weinstein sat down with Ashley Mathews (Riley Reid) and discussed this a few years ago on his Portal podcast.
@fareesh
Can also recommend the behind the bastards episodes about this, maybe not as accurate as Carlin but more humourous.
@Hikikomori
Behind the Bastards did a good two-parter on Thiel's lectures; the power and influence behind his beliefs make them far worse.
@mattkevan
Listen to the recent Behind the Bastards podcast on Pol Pot.
@api
Two-part Behind the Bastards series on how lax regulation and exploiting incarcerated people made the American blood industry a major export and spread blood-borne illness.
@ilikecakeandpie
Gives some background on Thiel, pointing to part 1 of the four-part series on how he became the "gravedigger of democracy."
@hermitcrab
Great Behind the Bastards podcast on the media ownership shifts, Part One: How Conservatism Won.
@jauntywundrkind
Strongly recommends the two episodes on fake doctors and insurance scams, detailing how perpetrators got away with it and were ignored.
@devmor
An interesting look at Steve Jobs from Behind the Bastards; the series' last episode came out recently.
@altruios
A great episode on William Bailey's role in spreading radiation poisoning, which also covers the Radium Girls.
@j_bum
Great way to understand how all this works is listening to Behind the Bastards: The Deadliest Workplace Disaster in U.S. History.
@AlexandrB
Four 2023 episodes that answer how Scott Adams went from Dilbert to Twitter tirades; the final one covers his worst novel, God's Debris.
@ratrocket
with Matt Lieb
Behind the Bastards did 2 episodes on this very topic. Blame Frank Lorenzo!
@ChristopherDrum
Behind the Bastards did a 2 part episode on how these "books" are preying on children and busy parents.
@runamok
A Behind The Bastards two-parter on Stroessner is very much worth listening to, covering his abuse and Nazi ties.
@bartread
Recommends the 4-part MK Ultra series, saying Behind the Bastards really delves deep into how the CIA program came about.
@tommypalm
Recommends the three-part Behind the Bastards series to see how Christopher Columbus was viewed by his contemporaries.
@DicIfTEx
If you'd like the context of how extremely weird his life was, there is a 4 part podcast about him from Behind the Bastards.
@monetus
Obligatory Behind The Bastards episode on Kissinger, part one.
@dumpsterlid
Behind the Bastards had 2 good episodes about it, on how FDA funding shifted from public to private.
@zouhair
Behind the Bastards did an episode on Pullman and the issues tied to the town that led to the strike.
@willy_ph
The Behind the Bastards podcast had an interesting history of seasteading and similar schemes recently.
@hansjorg
Shout out to the Behind the Bastards episode "The Ballad of Eel Horse"
@phatskat
Robert Evans did a fantastic recount of how this dangerous false premise persisted and informed some really toxic ideologies despite being proven inaccurate.
@triggercut
A very well researched episode that drills into Purdue's secrets around OxyContin, showing how many numbers were fudged and studies were fiddled.
@FussyZeus
Behind The Insurrections examines how fascist movements came to power, with detailed accounts of the Beer Hall Putsch and March on Rome.
@hansjorg
A Behind the Bastards episode on "Elite Panic" traces how wealthy people react to disasters throughout history, and it moved the commenter politically.
@ToucanLoucan
Part One: The Deadliest School in History does a pretty good job covering the School of the Americas.
@phatskat
Two-part episode on the history of the US Border Patrol, worth a listen for context on how the US polices its borders.
@kgm
Covers police unions as organized crime nexus and the Klan connection to American policing history.
@Kednicma
Behind the Bastards has a hilarious episode about how L. Ron Hubbard made an empire.
@StephenAmar
Behind the Bastards has a pretty good couple of episodes on this little corner of history.
@jyounker
Obligatory Behind the Bastards podcast episode: "How Chiropractic Started as a Ghost" (linked episode on iHeart).
@overlordalex
Behind the Bastards did a decent episode on it, based on the same book the NPR article is based on.
@lofatdairy
The good episodes are worth listening to, and the Steven Seagal two-parter is one of the best podcast episode sets ever.
@papito
History on Fire has some good episodes. I like the Caravaggio and Diogenes ones.
@HNDen21
Highly recommends episode 1, an hour on Nixon, by Dan Carlin.
@avar
with Dan Carlin