Freakonomics Radio

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August 22, 2013 The Folly of Prediction (Rebroadcast)
Human beings love to predict the future, but we're quite terrible at it. So how about punishing all those bad predictions?

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58 min
August 15, 2013 136. The Middle of Everywhere
Chicago has given the world more than sausage, crooked politics, and Da Bears.

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30 min
August 08, 2013 The Church of "Scionology" (Rebroadcast)
We worship the tradition of handing off a family business to the next generation. But is that really such a good idea?

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57 min
August 01, 2013 135. Do Baby Girls Cause Divorce?
Even American parents have a strong "son preference" -- which means that a newborn daughter can be bad news for a marriage.

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19 min
July 22, 2013 The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast)
You know the saying: a winner never quits and a quitter never wins. To which Freakonomics Radio says ... Are you sure?

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59 min
July 18, 2013 134. Government Employees Gone Wild
The Encyclopedia of Ethical Failures catalogs the fiscal, sexual, and mental lapses of federal workers -- all with an eye toward preventing the next big mistake.

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19 min
July 11, 2013 133. A Burger a Day
Is junk food an abomination or a modern miracle?

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7 min
July 03, 2013 132. Jane Austen, Game Theorist
What does "Pride and Prejudice" have to do with nuclear deterrence?

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28 min
June 27, 2013 Legacy of a Jerk (Rebroadcast)
What happens to your reputation when you're no longer around to defend it?

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44 min
June 20, 2013 131. Do You Really Want to Know Your Future?
You might think that someone with a 50-50 chance of getting a fatal disease would want to know for sure -- but you would be wrong. What does this say about our supposed thirst for certainty?

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32 min

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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.