Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAbortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)
Episode 384
With abortion on the Nov. 5 ballot, we look back at Steve Levitt’s controversial research about an unintended consequence of Roe v. Wade.
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1 year, 4 months ago
608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?
Episode 608
There are a lot of reasons, including heavy regulations, high taxes, and competition from illegal weed shops. Most operators are losing money and wai…
1 year, 4 months ago
607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?
Episode 607
We have always been a nation of drinkers — but now there are more daily users of cannabis than alcohol. Considering alcohol’s harms, maybe that’s a g…
1 year, 4 months ago
606. How to Predict the Presidency
Episode 606
Are betting markets more accurate than polls? What kind of chaos would a second Trump term bring? And is U.S. democracy really in danger, or just “sp…
1 year, 4 months ago
Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)
Episode 260
Sure, we all pay lip service to the Madisonian system of checks and balances. But presidents have been steadily expanding the reach of the job. With …
1 year, 4 months ago
605. What Do People Do All Day?
Episode 605
Sixty percent of the jobs that Americans do today didn’t exist in 1940. What happens as our labor becomes more technical and less physical? And what …
1 year, 5 months ago
EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)
Episode 514
His research on police brutality and school incentives won him acclaim, but also enemies. He was suspended for two years by Harvard, during which tim…
1 year, 5 months ago
604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)
Episode 604
What happened when the Rooney Rule made its way from pro football to corporate America? Some progress, some backsliding, and a lot of controversy. (S…
1 year, 5 months ago
603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)
Episode 603
The biggest sports league in history had a problem: While most of its players were Black, almost none of its head coaches were. So the N.F.L. launche…
1 year, 5 months ago
EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)
Episode 263
We revisit an episode from 2016 that asks: Has our culture’s obsession with innovation led us to neglect the fact that things also need to be taken c…
1 year, 5 months ago