Freakonomics Radio: episodes recommended on Hacker News https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 be40646f-450b-5263-973c-74a99cfa80cd yes Episodes of Freakonomics Radio recommended in Hacker News comments. Audio is the publisher's original, never rehosted. en-us Episodes of Freakonomics Radio recommended in Hacker News comments. Audio is the publisher's original, never rehosted. Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher episodic false https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts115/v4/f7/0c/c5/f70cc540-ce36-d96f-b111-c970aad5505c/mza_17703422762227531425.jpg/1200x1200bb.jpg Freakonomics Radio: episodes recommended on Hacker News https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod Meet Warren Zanes, the Author and Rocker Behind the Springsteen Movie | Better in Person https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:511183af-1167-4638-9a09-67c153cd4ba1 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 00:50:40 Freakonomics Radio full 683. In the New Space Race, Who Makes the Rules? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:2d21b1d8-c335-41e0-8b44-db566a4e76de Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT 00:56:27 Freakonomics Radio full 670. Beeconomics 101 https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:29090d67-3eb4-401c-8ae9-4bc3b85ac7f4 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT 00:55:51 Freakonomics Radio full Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System (Update) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:cb574d62-1dd7-4871-9078-743de15a4381 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 01:04:26 Freakonomics Radio full In a Driverless World, Who Loses and Who Wins? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:7019241d-6cd6-4a96-9a97-9f7bdd107431 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT 01:05:47 Freakonomics Radio full 665. Werner Herzog Isn’t Afraid ... https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:f16436a2-15be-44e3-a2f7-1c04e34ce209 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:00:00 GMT 00:49:08 Freakonomics Radio full Werner Herzog 654. Is the Public Ready for Private Equity? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:37cc21e5-e77e-4068-8556-5253c743472e Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:00:00 GMT 01:03:11 Freakonomics Radio full 650. The Doctor Won’t See You Now https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:ad2949b4-a7c4-4b21-9705-8f725314a216 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT 00:51:33 Freakonomics Radio full 647. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers. https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:600a41de-6644-4972-b256-19cbf9af8dd6 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:50:00 GMT 01:01:50 Freakonomics Radio full Dan Wang An Economics Lesson from a Talking Pencil (Update) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:6910eda4-667c-4a52-b220-0563831050b0 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT 00:39:52 Freakonomics Radio full Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? (Update) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:f1160676-4c49-47b0-a180-4d107239d35a Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT 00:48:01 Freakonomics Radio full 626. Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:51a7a607-63e2-49f3-be58-f2915197e53d Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT 01:03:55 Freakonomics Radio full Jessica Riedel 621. Is Professional Licensing a Racket? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:9b41f1c2-f3ea-4218-9983-9e54c9988ca0 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT 00:55:15 Freakonomics Radio full 619. How to Poison the A.I. Machine https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:13f545db-4eb5-4624-ae11-57acf0fe81be Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT 00:52:05 Freakonomics Radio full Ben Zhao 614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:7b53c1a5-a8b6-4c6a-ac69-ac7c296fbc5d Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 GMT 00:51:24 Freakonomics Radio full 597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:06eae2b7-0424-4b35-a039-53408f7760ad Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT 00:54:39 Freakonomics Radio full 591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:85583f59-19c2-40d6-bcce-2bd1e5b83bce Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT 00:53:20 Freakonomics Radio full 590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:d168120e-0053-4cd0-be9f-bb0246d21bb4 Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT 00:40:56 Freakonomics Radio full Extra: Car Colors & Storage Units https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:990f362b-ce12-4f3f-8e4a-092805e476fe Mon, 20 May 2024 01:00:00 GMT 00:35:15 Freakonomics Radio full Should Companies Be Owned by Their Workers? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:1ecb0cbb-bf24-45ad-9221-8df1ffe0fe46 Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT 00:46:33 Freakonomics Radio full Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:16d7dae8-1a21-4ac6-9d11-f6c337d328f5 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:00:00 GMT 01:02:04 Freakonomics Radio full 579. Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:c3409615-9c25-44e1-8131-1a9122c0387b Thu, 07 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT 00:42:16 Freakonomics Radio full 578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:890d1757-cc70-4123-b339-4e3eea4186b8 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 04:00:00 GMT 00:52:14 Freakonomics Radio full 573. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:04f26486-504d-46e3-b813-655b8e68e3d0 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 04:00:00 GMT 01:02:32 Freakonomics Radio full 570. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:b53567d8-2db2-4db7-82a2-628ffa91e2cc Thu, 28 Dec 2023 04:00:00 GMT 00:46:02 Freakonomics Radio full 566. Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:24543f2b-4bb0-49d7-a5d7-c4ec4ef07a59 Thu, 23 Nov 2023 04:00:00 GMT 00:54:45 Freakonomics Radio full 232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:ccf55b85-414f-4a23-8ec2-b1d3674341bf Tue, 10 Oct 2023 01:37:38 GMT 00:44:33 Freakonomics Radio full Claudia Goldin 552. Freakonomics Radio Presents: The Economics of Everyday Things https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:56946642-2c20-412d-968c-7098a8259c15 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 03:00:00 GMT 00:47:17 Freakonomics Radio full 548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:3a7e1a98-3417-4a11-9814-0218ffa4c872 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 03:00:00 GMT 00:44:57 Freakonomics Radio full 546. Are E.S.G. Investors Actually Helping the Environment? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:87af3fa8-9eae-4164-bae2-ee346169520d Thu, 15 Jun 2023 03:00:00 GMT 00:54:38 Freakonomics Radio full Kelly Shue Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:eb296215-2d8f-41f7-87e5-899a60902a50 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 03:00:00 GMT 00:42:58 Freakonomics Radio full 539. Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:49e8f6f9-d4c3-4831-903c-f05b8ff27c74 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 03:00:00 GMT 00:46:59 Freakonomics Radio full 537. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss. https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:e92c3d24-466a-48d8-8ea3-47ac1e7dcc17 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 03:00:00 GMT 00:52:32 Freakonomics Radio full 536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:10213673-35f1-4091-a199-9bde47b5a021 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 04:00:00 GMT 00:58:00 Freakonomics Radio full 533. Will the Democrats “Make America Great Again”? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:e432d00d-9719-46a0-a620-fc82353efaa6 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 04:00:00 GMT 00:50:39 Freakonomics Radio full 532. Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:ca963e88-2821-43af-96fa-0d035867cccc Thu, 26 Jan 2023 04:00:00 GMT 00:46:42 Freakonomics Radio full Introducing “The Economics of Everyday Things” https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:a86f291a-bd68-4922-b486-b1ea5f87a967 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:00:00 GMT 00:15:23 Freakonomics Radio full 531. Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:24609932-947b-4957-b051-404daafe9e23 Thu, 19 Jan 2023 04:00:00 GMT 00:42:05 Freakonomics Radio full 522. Is Google Getting Worse? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:b2168f3a-b816-4e5c-b3fa-547110169514 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 04:00:00 GMT 00:53:05 Freakonomics Radio full The Most Interesting Fruit in the World (Ep. 375 Update) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:64311880-c206-427c-9ebf-a2f78b629cbe Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:00:00 GMT 00:39:04 Freakonomics Radio full 521. I’m Your Biggest Fan! https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:44feba8f-3929-4f99-82f7-bafa301ef188 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 03:00:00 GMT 00:44:18 Freakonomics Radio full The Unintended Consequences of Working from Home https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:62173650-f61f-4127-a183-3da1fab814c0 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 03:00:00 GMT 00:40:10 Freakonomics Radio full 518. Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:4804e436-a7a6-4bcf-bd19-e9e37d91e0af Thu, 13 Oct 2022 03:00:00 GMT 01:01:38 Freakonomics Radio full 517. Are M.B.A.s to Blame for Wage Stagnation? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:ba648be6-fbc5-4b19-be30-ba0eda6e2197 Thu, 06 Oct 2022 03:00:00 GMT 00:47:35 Freakonomics Radio full 516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:d7b57b65-e9fd-4464-b704-f2cba8ebfdbc Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:00:00 GMT 00:54:16 Freakonomics Radio full 501. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:d772a5a1-87a6-4953-8c17-024b835d6e0e Thu, 28 Apr 2022 03:00:00 GMT 00:59:06 Freakonomics Radio full 499. Don't Worry, Be Tacky https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:b613428e-1cdc-4a85-a694-f007f1a43320 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 03:00:00 GMT 00:37:37 Freakonomics Radio full Flora Yukhnovich 491. Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:9a3dec65-8f78-4bc7-9a30-36c476f8e31b Thu, 20 Jan 2022 04:00:00 GMT 00:48:27 Freakonomics Radio full Mayor of Dallas (unnamed in comment) 486. “The Art Market Is in Massive Disruption.” https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:7f249091-fdc9-4e2d-8c46-41b6c3c233dd Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:00:00 GMT 00:42:21 Freakonomics Radio full 481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:8aa8bd8c-23e8-4e10-baf0-45888481f5b9 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 03:00:00 GMT 00:55:44 Freakonomics Radio full 477. Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:4f2837d4-38e6-4a1e-a818-c533fd1eaec6 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 03:00:00 GMT 00:47:13 Freakonomics Radio full Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? (Ep. 407 Rebroadcast) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:52fd17b2-2839-4f03-870c-ad960100d582 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 03:00:00 GMT 00:35:54 Freakonomics Radio full 460. The True Story of the Minimum-Wage Fight https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:d3c41e29-7c60-4a91-a524-ad18017af8bf Thu, 29 Apr 2021 03:00:00 GMT 00:44:15 Freakonomics Radio full How Does New York City Keep Reinventing Itself? (Bonus) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:658f511a-7494-4ee8-a461-acf1017545fc Sun, 21 Mar 2021 11:00:00 GMT 00:52:28 Freakonomics Radio full Tom Dyja 448. The Downside of Disgust https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:058c03f8-9cdf-4421-b485-acb70021d093 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:00:00 GMT 00:45:39 Freakonomics Radio full PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?! https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:4df1ab4b-de1f-4b50-aced-ac880003b5a5 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:00:00 GMT 00:57:02 Freakonomics Radio full 441. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 2: Digital) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:a7e1b12a-3030-45e0-a591-ac7f001816f2 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:00:00 GMT 00:48:21 Freakonomics Radio full 440. Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:2b6f2262-3c6b-4827-b130-ac78001c0edf Thu, 19 Nov 2020 04:00:00 GMT 00:37:12 Freakonomics Radio full 435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:6199c7b5-e54b-4063-9fb9-ac54014177e6 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 03:00:00 GMT 00:44:54 Freakonomics Radio full Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire" https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:8773b1bf-cc10-4c5c-b2a1-ac1e00dc300d Sat, 22 Aug 2020 03:00:00 GMT 00:42:52 Freakonomics Radio full How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:671c962b-d07b-4bd0-99ee-ac0d011d2eeb Thu, 06 Aug 2020 03:00:00 GMT 00:43:48 Freakonomics Radio full 412. What Happens When Everyone Stays Home to Eat? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:bc0a5578-4ec4-4869-bbc3-ab9800137b08 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 03:00:00 GMT 00:45:59 Freakonomics Radio full Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Ep. 373 Rebroadcast) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:5219b02c-2a07-4e40-97e4-ab7b0122e10e Thu, 12 Mar 2020 03:00:00 GMT 00:47:02 Freakonomics Radio full 408. Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:25299a35-e94c-434a-9420-ab7401446c71 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 04:00:00 GMT 00:43:27 Freakonomics Radio full 402. The Opioid Tragedy, Part 1: “We’ve Addicted an Entire Generation” https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:0dfb50c9-efe5-412b-8e22-ab4301655440 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 04:00:00 GMT 00:47:31 Freakonomics Radio full 398. The Truth About the Vaping Crisis https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/DhN7I-zVB7txkVNBL-BP30Wpdoo74n-B_HK1lvM4MuU Thu, 21 Nov 2019 04:00:00 GMT 00:44:12 Freakonomics Radio full 396. Why Does Tipping Still Exist? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/1dHZ_HtDRt3Id3NoDFZjZbUdzhQSIBjRdZN9qsa-P6E Thu, 07 Nov 2019 04:00:00 GMT 00:47:00 Freakonomics Radio full 394. Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Kxql_vVcv0mS4EuaLpVnDoJ8rewfWkNEEImqGHsA9U8 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 03:00:00 GMT 00:50:03 Freakonomics Radio full 391. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/hgdo9kE89r3rPm73c-3D1pA1RMloNY4fT0B4R_Psbvs Thu, 03 Oct 2019 03:00:00 GMT 00:45:48 Freakonomics Radio full Steven Levitt 386. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/zZU-VcaSA7VqcMxVXX75JsPfWZOrd_G2En5PdBJfkko Thu, 01 Aug 2019 03:00:00 GMT 00:39:30 Freakonomics Radio full 384. Abortion and Crime, Revisited https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/8yLyDGDUduOValKowkOAxnctosPWHVn-Ygd5qpOY06U Thu, 11 Jul 2019 03:00:00 GMT 00:55:19 Freakonomics Radio full Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadcast) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/NVK6qhfEOClJrF-sGsg0Jy_w0bwk4l7CI3Pn5yCWcc0 Thu, 23 May 2019 03:00:00 GMT 00:41:46 Freakonomics Radio full Bent Flyvbjerg 373. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/ngzONlxYKpAuiOSnWwz86SL-rHPSakgXo5c0pVmpeCE Thu, 04 Apr 2019 03:00:00 GMT 00:48:18 Freakonomics Radio full Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fear Live in the Brain?” https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/1VSPWZc-jM0WHA_u7R8qgS59Id0rPV10_etfFd7wwy0 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:00:00 GMT 00:55:20 Freakonomics Radio full 359. Should America Be Run by … Trader Joe’s? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/HxTnfnT1PXDqrDbSpPiaMTu8ksXNMnlW7Eekou49Nd8 Thu, 29 Nov 2018 04:00:00 GMT 00:47:01 Freakonomics Radio full 356. America’s Hidden Duopoly https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/3n_BOVUau2uuyZAJOBhxhR-grbSAUWu9hFZb8IJxy2s Thu, 01 Nov 2018 03:00:00 GMT 00:54:15 Freakonomics Radio full 348. Is the Government More Entrepreneurial Than You Think? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/dkU65pPkyPCfxW0UM8BcIQBPwPxyPuiEFcQGHqxFvO0 Thu, 06 Sep 2018 03:00:00 GMT 00:34:43 Freakonomics Radio full Mariana Mazzucato 341. Why We Choke Under Pressure (and How Not To) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/1tDxkt2ttvspDb0HK8FD4efEBNNSSoQacCsrjABt6Dg Thu, 19 Jul 2018 03:00:00 GMT 00:44:38 Freakonomics Radio full 330. Extra: Ray Dalio Full Interview https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:30401ec7-5ff1-4c5e-b897-b6b102c1be80 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:00:00 GMT 01:17:11 Freakonomics Radio full Ray Dalio 324. Extra: Satya Nadella Full Interview https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:7a2df4ab-d762-43a3-9bc5-69ea08e673d1 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 03:00:00 GMT 00:39:39 Freakonomics Radio full Satya Nadella 319. After the Glass Ceiling, a Glass Cliff https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:f61b9964-ba60-4f6b-a423-03074797a4ea Thu, 15 Feb 2018 04:00:00 GMT 00:52:26 Freakonomics Radio full 317. What Can Uber Teach Us About the Gender Pay Gap? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:0787c0c4-f59d-41e4-84da-6706763724b2 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:00:00 GMT 00:42:32 Freakonomics Radio full 311. Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/why-live-event-ticket-market-so-screwed/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 04:00:00 GMT 00:47:41 Freakonomics Radio full 309. Nurses to the Rescue! https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/nurses-rescue/ Thu, 16 Nov 2017 04:00:00 GMT 00:57:47 Freakonomics Radio full 305. The Demonization of Gluten https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/demonization-gluten/ Thu, 19 Oct 2017 03:00:00 GMT 00:43:58 Freakonomics Radio full 304. What Are the Secrets of the German Economy — and Should We Steal Them? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/what-are-secrets-german-economy-and-should-we-steal-them/ Thu, 12 Oct 2017 03:00:00 GMT 00:57:08 Freakonomics Radio full 299. "How Much Brain Damage Do I Have?" https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/brain-damage/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 03:00:00 GMT 00:47:08 Freakonomics Radio full Dominique Foxworth 297. The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/stupidest-money/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 03:00:00 GMT 00:48:04 Freakonomics Radio full 292. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/why-hate-koch-brothers-part-1/ Thu, 22 Jun 2017 03:00:00 GMT 00:44:31 Freakonomics Radio full Charles Koch 289. How Stupid Is Our Obsession With Lawns? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/stupid-obsession-lawns/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 03:00:00 GMT 00:28:01 Freakonomics Radio full 284. Is Income Inequality Inevitable? (Earth 2.0 Series) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/earth-20-income-inequality-inevitable/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 03:00:00 GMT 00:40:57 Freakonomics Radio full 279. Why Is My Life So Hard? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/why-my-life-so-hard/ Thu, 16 Mar 2017 03:00:00 GMT 00:30:32 Freakonomics Radio full 276. No Hollywood Ending for the Visual-Effects Industry https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/no-hollywood-ending-visual-effects-industry/ Thu, 23 Feb 2017 04:00:00 GMT 00:55:46 Freakonomics Radio full 273. Did China Eat America’s Jobs? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/did-china-eat-americas-jobs/ Thu, 26 Jan 2017 04:00:00 GMT 00:38:24 Freakonomics Radio full 270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/bad-medicine-part-3-death-diagnosis/ Thu, 15 Dec 2016 04:00:00 GMT 00:48:34 Freakonomics Radio full 269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/bad-medicine-part-2-drug-trials-and-tribulations/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 04:00:00 GMT 00:45:21 Freakonomics Radio full 268. Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/bad-medicine-part-1-story-986/ Thu, 01 Dec 2016 04:00:00 GMT 00:44:54 Freakonomics Radio full 263. In Praise of Maintenance https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/praise-maintenance/ Thu, 20 Oct 2016 03:00:00 GMT 00:41:44 Freakonomics Radio full 258. Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/why-uber-economists-dream/ Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:00:00 GMT 00:38:28 Freakonomics Radio full 256. What Are You Waiting For? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/what-are-you-waiting/ Thu, 11 Aug 2016 03:00:00 GMT 00:34:56 Freakonomics Radio full 255. Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/ten-ideas-make-politics-less-rotten/ Thu, 28 Jul 2016 03:00:00 GMT 00:43:03 Freakonomics Radio full 251. Are We in a Mattress-Store Bubble? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/are-we-mattress-store-bubble/ Thu, 09 Jun 2016 03:00:00 GMT 00:36:45 Freakonomics Radio full 245. Being Malcolm Gladwell https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/bonus-episode-being-malcolm-gladwell/ Mon, 02 May 2016 03:00:00 GMT 00:28:20 Freakonomics Radio full Malcolm Gladwell, Anders Ericsson Anders Ericsson, Malcolm Gladwell 242. Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/world-ready-guaranteed-basic-income/ Thu, 14 Apr 2016 03:00:00 GMT 00:36:42 Freakonomics Radio full 241. Are Payday Loans Really as Evil as People Say? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/are-payday-loans-really-evil-people-say/ Thu, 07 Apr 2016 03:00:00 GMT 00:49:40 Freakonomics Radio full 240. Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk -- But Not for the Reasons You Think https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/yes-american-economy-funk-not-reasons-you-think/ Thu, 17 Mar 2016 03:00:00 GMT 00:33:32 Freakonomics Radio full the author of the book on American economic growth (not named in comment) 239. The No-Tipping Point https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/no-tipping-point/ Fri, 11 Mar 2016 04:00:00 GMT 00:43:18 Freakonomics Radio full 235. Who Needs Handwriting? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/who-needs-handwriting/ Thu, 11 Feb 2016 04:00:00 GMT 00:39:36 Freakonomics Radio full How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps (Rebroadcast) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-fix-broken-high-schooler-four-easy-steps-rebroadcast/ Thu, 04 Feb 2016 04:00:00 GMT 00:29:15 Freakonomics Radio full 233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-be-less-terrible-predicting-future/ Thu, 14 Jan 2016 04:00:00 GMT 00:46:56 Freakonomics Radio full 232. The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/true-story-gender-pay-gap/ Thu, 07 Jan 2016 04:00:00 GMT 00:43:27 Freakonomics Radio full Claudia Goldin A female statistics professor from Harvard 228. Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/does-early-education-come-way-too-late/ Thu, 19 Nov 2015 04:00:00 GMT 00:45:56 Freakonomics Radio full 224. How To Win A Nobel Prize https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-win-nobel-prize/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:00:00 GMT 00:45:27 Freakonomics Radio full 217. Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/are-you-ready-glorious-sunset/ Thu, 27 Aug 2015 03:00:00 GMT 00:36:55 Freakonomics Radio full 214. How to Create Suspense https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-create-suspense/ Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:00:00 GMT 00:39:21 Freakonomics Radio full 211. The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/economics-sleep-part-1/ Thu, 09 Jul 2015 03:00:00 GMT 00:45:00 Freakonomics Radio full 209. Make Me a Match https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/make-me-match/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 03:00:00 GMT 00:50:22 Freakonomics Radio full 194. How Safe Is Your Job? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-safe-your-job/ Thu, 29 Jan 2015 05:00:00 GMT 00:33:38 Freakonomics Radio full 193. Someone Else’s Acid Trip https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/someone-elses-acid-trip/ Thu, 22 Jan 2015 05:00:00 GMT 00:29:15 Freakonomics Radio full Kevin Kelly 191. Why Doesn’t Everyone Get the Flu Vaccine? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/why-doesnt-everyone-get-flu-vaccine/ Thu, 08 Jan 2015 05:00:00 GMT 00:36:16 Freakonomics Radio full 182. How Can Tiny Norway Afford to Buy So Many Teslas? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-can-tiny-norway-afford-buy-so-many-teslas/ Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:00:00 GMT 00:36:11 Freakonomics Radio full 171. There’s No Such Thing as a Free Appetizer https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/theres-no-such-thing-free-appetizer/ Thu, 19 Jun 2014 04:00:00 GMT 00:36:23 Freakonomics Radio full 169. Failure Is Your Friend https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/failure-your-friend/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 04:00:00 GMT 00:31:03 Freakonomics Radio full The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast ) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/upside-quitting-rebroadcast/ Thu, 29 May 2014 04:00:00 GMT 00:58:00 Freakonomics Radio full 163. What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/whats-more-dangerous-marijuana-or-alcohol/ Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:00:00 GMT 00:24:53 Freakonomics Radio full 158. Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/learning-foreign-language-really-worth-it/ Thu, 06 Mar 2014 05:00:00 GMT 00:21:12 Freakonomics Radio full 157. Why Are Japanese Homes Disposable? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/why-are-japanese-homes-disposable/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 05:00:00 GMT 00:23:16 Freakonomics Radio full 147. The Most Dangerous Machine https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/most-dangerous-machine/ Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:00:00 GMT 00:31:37 Freakonomics Radio full 144. Who Runs the Internet? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/who-runs-internet/ Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:00:00 GMT 00:32:18 Freakonomics Radio full Clay Shirky 142. The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/troubled-cremation-stevie-cat/ Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:00:00 GMT 00:46:00 Freakonomics Radio full 139. Would a Big Bucket of Cash Really Change Your Life? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/story/would-big-bucket-cash-really-change-your-life/ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:00:00 GMT 00:27:51 Freakonomics Radio full The Folly of Prediction (Rebroadcast) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2013/aug/22/folly-prediction-rebroadcast/ Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:00:00 GMT 00:57:16 Freakonomics Radio full 136. The Middle of Everywhere https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2013/aug/15/middle-everywhere/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:00:00 GMT 00:29:46 Freakonomics Radio full 131. Do You Really Want to Know Your Future? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2013/jun/20/do-you-really-want-know-your-future/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:00:00 GMT 00:31:01 Freakonomics Radio full 129. Should Tipping be Banned? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2013/jun/03/should-tipping-be-banned/ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:00:00 GMT 00:37:04 Freakonomics Radio full Danny Meyer 122. How Much Does Your Name Matter? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2013/apr/08/how-much-does-your-name-matter/ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:00 GMT 00:49:52 Freakonomics Radio full 118. Parking Is Hell https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2013/mar/13/parking-hell/ Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:00:00 GMT 00:35:12 Freakonomics Radio full 100. Our 100th Episode! https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2012/nov/05/our-100th-episode/ Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:00:00 GMT 00:14:32 Freakonomics Radio full Atul Gawande Kenneth Feinberg 96. The Cobra Effect https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2012/oct/10/cobra-effect/ Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:00:00 GMT 00:34:10 Freakonomics Radio full 86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2012/jul/29/freakonomics-goes-college-part-1/ Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:00:00 GMT 00:29:01 Freakonomics Radio full 60. Save Me From Myself https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2012/feb/01/save-me-myself/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT 00:33:58 Freakonomics Radio full 59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2012/jan/25/hidden-side-super-bowl-new-marketplace-podcast/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:37:00 GMT 00:05:02 Freakonomics Radio full 44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2011/oct/10/where-have-all-the-hitchhikers-gone/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:05:00 GMT 00:28:15 Freakonomics Radio full 42. The Upside of Quitting https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2011/sep/28/the-upside-of-quitting/ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:08:00 GMT 00:56:57 Freakonomics Radio full 41. The Folly of Prediction https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2011/sep/14/the-folly-of-prediction/ Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:00:00 GMT 00:56:37 Freakonomics Radio full 40. The Suicide Paradox https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2011/aug/31/the-suicide-paradox/ Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:00:00 GMT 00:56:57 Freakonomics Radio full 39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2011/aug/16/the-economists-guide-to-parenting/ Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:00:00 GMT 00:56:34 Freakonomics Radio full 30. Does College Still Matter? And Other Freaky Questions Answered ... https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2011/apr/13/does-college-still-matter-and-other-freaky-questions-answered/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:19:00 GMT 00:15:44 Freakonomics Radio full 24. The Power of Poop https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2011/mar/02/the-power-of-poop/ Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:51:00 GMT 00:19:26 Freakonomics Radio full 19. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1) https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2011/jan/26/waiter-theres-a-physicist-in-my-soup-part-1/ Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:52:00 GMT 00:24:47 Freakonomics Radio full 11. How Much Does the President of the U.S. Really Matter? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2010/nov/03/how-much-does-the-president-of-the-us-really-matter/ Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:48:00 GMT 00:32:28 Freakonomics Radio full 5. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2010/may/12/how-is-a-bad-radio-station-like-our-public-school-system/ Thu, 13 May 2010 00:53:00 GMT 00:28:40 Freakonomics Radio full 2. Is America's Obesity Epidemic For Real? https://hnpodcasts.com/show/61 hnpod:61:http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2010/feb/25/is-americas-obesity-epidemic-for-real/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:53:00 GMT 00:21:04 Freakonomics Radio full