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50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It?
Episode 50
There’s a nasty secret about hot-button topics like global warming: knowledge is not always power.
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Published on 14 years, 1 month ago
49. Unnatural Turkeys
Episode 49
Our appetite for breast meat renders our holiday birds unable to reproduce.
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Published on 14 years, 1 month ago
48. Boo…Who?
Episode 48
Is booing an act of verbal vandalism—or the last true expression of democracy?
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Published on 14 years, 1 month ago
47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers
Episode 47
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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Published on 14 years, 1 month ago
46. Misadventures in Baby-Making
Episode 46
We are constantly wowed by new technologies and policies meant to make childbirth better. But beware the unintended consequences.
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Published on 14 years, 2 months ago
45. Those Cheating Teachers!
Episode 45
High-stakes testing has produced some rotten apples. But they can be caught.
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Published on 14 years, 2 months ago
44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?
Episode 44
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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Published on 14 years, 2 months ago
43. The Decline and Fall of Violence
Episode 43
The world is a more peaceful place today that at any time in history -- by a long, long shot.
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Published on 14 years, 2 months ago
42. The Upside of Quitting
Episode 42
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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Published on 14 years, 3 months ago
41. The Folly of Prediction
Episode 41
Human beings love to predict the future, but we're quite terrible at it. So how about punishing all those bad predictions?
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Published on 14 years, 3 months ago