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382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution?
Episode 382
An all-star team of behavioral scientists discovers that humans are stubborn (and lazy, and sometimes dumber than dogs). We also hear about binge dri…
6 years, 8 months ago
381. Long-Term Thinking in a Start-Up Town
Episode 381
Recorded live in San Francisco. Guests include the keeper of a 10,000-year clock, the co-founder of Lyft, a pioneer in male birth control, a speciali…
6 years, 9 months ago
380. Notes From an Imperfect Paradise
Episode 380
Recorded live in Los Angeles. Guests include Mayor Eric Garcetti, the “Earthquake Lady,” the head of the Port of L.A., and a scientist with NASA’s Pl…
6 years, 9 months ago
379. How to Change Your Mind
Episode 379
There are a lot of barriers to changing your mind: ego, overconfidence, inertia — and cost. Politicians who flip-flop get mocked; family and friends …
6 years, 9 months ago
Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadcast)
Whether it’s a giant infrastructure plan or a humble kitchen renovation, it’ll inevitably take way too long and cost way too much. That’s because you…
6 years, 9 months ago
378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)
Episode 378
The revolution in home DNA testing is giving consumers important, possibly life-changing information. It’s also building a gigantic database that cou…
6 years, 9 months ago
377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt?
Episode 377
As the cost of college skyrocketed, it created a debt burden that’s putting a drag on the economy. One possible solution: shifting the risk of debt a…
6 years, 10 months ago
376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting
Episode 376
Humans have been having kids forever, so why are modern parents so bewildered? The economist Emily Oster marshals the evidence on the most contentiou…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast)
Humans, it has long been thought, are the only animal to engage in economic activity. But what if we've had it exactly backward?
Hosted by Simplecast…
6 years, 10 months ago
375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World
Episode 375
The banana used to be a luxury good. Now it’s the most popular fruit in the U.S. and elsewhere. But the production efficiencies that made it so cheap…
6 years, 10 months ago