Freakonomics Radio

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November 29, 2011 51. What Makes a Donor Donate?
The science of charity, with economist John List.

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6 min
November 22, 2011 50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It?
There’s a nasty secret about hot-button topics like global warming: knowledge is not always power.

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31 min
November 16, 2011 49. Unnatural Turkeys
Our appetite for breast meat renders our holiday birds unable to reproduce.

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5 min
November 08, 2011 48. Boo…Who?
Is booing an act of verbal vandalism—or the last true expression of democracy?

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30 min
November 02, 2011 47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers
On Election Day, most people focus on the obvious winners and losers -- that is, the candidates. But we went looking for some of the strange side effects that elections produce.

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5 min
October 25, 2011 46. Misadventures in Baby-Making
We are constantly wowed by new technologies and policies meant to make childbirth better. But beware the unintended consequences.

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27 min
October 18, 2011 45. Those Cheating Teachers!
High-stakes testing has produced some rotten apples. But they can be caught.

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5 min
October 10, 2011 44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?
Did we needlessly scare ourselves into ditching a good thing? And, with millions of cars driving around with no passengers, should we be rooting for a renaissance?

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29 min
October 05, 2011 43. The Decline and Fall of Violence
The world is a more peaceful place today that at any time in history -- by a long, long shot.

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6 min
September 28, 2011 42. The Upside of Quitting
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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57 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.