Freakonomics Radio

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November 14, 2012 101. Mass Transit Hysteria
Adding more train and bus lines looks like an environmental slam dunk. Until you start to do the math.

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7 min
November 05, 2012 100. Our 100th Episode!
Turkey sex and chicken wings, selling souls and swapping organs, the power of the president and the price of wine: these are a few of our favorite things.

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15 min
October 31, 2012 99. How to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul
Is it as simple as going to the richest neighborhood you can find? Of course not ...

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6 min
October 24, 2012 98. We the Sheeple
Politicians tell voters exactly what they want to hear, even when it makes no sense. Which is pretty much all the time.

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24 min
October 17, 2012 97. Lying to Ourselves
We rely on polls and surveys to tell us how people will behave in the future. Too bad they're completely unreliable.

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6 min
October 10, 2012 96. The Cobra Effect
When you want to get rid of a nasty pest, one obvious solution comes to mind: just offer a cash reward. But be careful -- because nothing backfires quite like a bounty.

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35 min
October 03, 2012 95. Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over
Sure, we love our computers and all the rest of our digital toys. But when it comes to real economic gains, can we ever match old-school innovations like the automobile and electricity?

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6 min
September 23, 2012 94. The Tale of the $15 Tomato
Trying to go rustic by baking, brewing, and knitting at home can be terribly inefficient. And that's a wonderful thing.

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10 min
September 19, 2012 93. Why Online Poker Should Be Legal
The data show that poker is indeed a game of skill, not chance, and a Federal judge agrees. So why are players still being treated like criminals?

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6 min
September 12, 2012 92. Fear Thy Nature
What "Sleep No More" and the Stanford Prison Experiment tell us about who we really are.

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38 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.