377 Episodes

  1. 614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China?

    Published: 12/5/2024
  2. 613. Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard.

    Published: 11/28/2024
  3. 612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?

    Published: 11/21/2024
  4. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)

    Published: 11/18/2024
  5. 611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next

    Published: 11/14/2024
  6. 610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?

    Published: 11/7/2024
  7. 609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm?

    Published: 10/31/2024
  8. Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)

    Published: 10/28/2024
  9. 608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?

    Published: 10/24/2024
  10. 607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?

    Published: 10/17/2024
  11. 606. How to Predict the Presidency

    Published: 10/11/2024
  12. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)

    Published: 10/10/2024
  13. 605. What Do People Do All Day?

    Published: 10/3/2024
  14. EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

    Published: 9/30/2024
  15. 604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)

    Published: 9/26/2024
  16. 603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)

    Published: 9/19/2024
  17. EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)

    Published: 9/16/2024
  18. 602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think?

    Published: 9/12/2024
  19. 601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying?

    Published: 9/5/2024
  20. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update)

    Published: 8/29/2024

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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. To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.