Podcast Episodes

How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten (Rebroadcast)

The science of what works -- and doesn't work -- in fund-raising

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Published on 11 years, 2 months ago

181. Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition

Episode 181

A team of economists has been running the numbers on the U.N.'s development goals. They have a different view of how those billions of dollars should be spent.

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Published on 11 years, 2 months ago

180. Fitness Apartheid

Episode 180

Markets are hardly perfect, but the results can be ugly when you try to subvert them.

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Published on 11 years, 3 months ago

179. Outsiders by Design

Episode 179

What does it mean to pursue something that everyone else thinks is nuts? And what does it take to succeed?

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Published on 11 years, 3 months ago

178. How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying

Episode 178

Doctors, chefs, and other experts are much more likely than the rest of us to buy store-brand products. What do they know that we don’t?

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Published on 11 years, 3 months ago

177. Regulate This!

Episode 177

Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, EatWith, and other companies in the “sharing economy” are practically daring government regulators to shut them down. The regulators are happy to comply.

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Published on 11 years, 3 months ago

Who Runs the Internet? (Rebroadcast)

The online universe doesn't have nearly as many rules, or rulemakers, as the real world. Discuss.

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Published on 11 years, 4 months ago

Parking Is Hell (Rebroadcast)

There ain't no such thing as a free parking spot. Somebody has to pay for it -- and that somebody is everybody.

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Published on 11 years, 4 months ago

What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Rebroadcast)

A look at whether spite pays -- and if it even exists.

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Published on 11 years, 4 months ago

Should Tipping be Banned? (Rebroadcast)

It's awkward, random, confusing -- and probably discriminatory too.

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Published on 11 years, 4 months ago