Podcast Episodes

212. The Economics of Sleep, Part 2

Episode 212

People who sleep better earn more money. Now all we have to do is teach everyone to sleep better.

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Published on 10 years, 5 months ago

211. The Economics of Sleep, Part 1

Episode 211

Could a lack of sleep help explain why some people get much sicker than others?

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Published on 10 years, 5 months ago

A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast)

Takeru Kobayashi revolutionized the sport of competitive eating. What can the rest of us learn from his breakthrough?

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Published on 10 years, 5 months ago

210. Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees?

Episode 210

We seem to have decided that ethnic food tastes better when it's served by people of that ethnicity (or at least something close). Does this make sense -- and is it legal?

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Published on 10 years, 6 months ago

209. Make Me a Match

Episode 209

Sure, markets generally work well. But for some transactions -- like school admissions and organ transplants -- money alone can't solve the problem. That's when you need a market-design wizard like A…

Published on 10 years, 6 months ago

208. Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay

Episode 208

Sure, sex crimes are horrific, and the perpetrators deserve to be punished harshly. But society keeps exacting costs -- out-of-pocket and otherwise -- long after the prison sentence has been served.

Published on 10 years, 6 months ago

207. Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do?

Episode 207

One man's attempt to remake his life in the mold of homo economicus.

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Published on 10 years, 6 months ago

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (Rebroadcast)

The debut of a live game show from Freakonomics Radio, with judges Malcolm Gladwell, Ana Gasteyer, and David Paterson.

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Published on 10 years, 7 months ago

Failure Is Your Friend (Rebroadcast)

In which we argue that failure should not only be tolerated but celebrated.

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206. Ten Years of Freakonomics

Episode 206

Dubner and Levitt are live onstage at the 92nd Street Y in New York to celebrate their new book "When to Rob a Bank" -- and a decade of working together.

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Published on 10 years, 7 months ago