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35. Live From St. Paul!
Episode 35
Freakonomics Radio hits the road, and plays some Quiz Bowl
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14 years, 8 months ago
34. Things Our Fathers Gave Us
Episode 34
What did Levitt and Dubner learn as kids from their dads?
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14 years, 9 months ago
33. To Catch a Fugitive
Episode 33
Who is likelier to get to the fugitive first? When a fugitive is on the run, it’s not only the police he has to worry about. A bounty hunter could be…
14 years, 9 months ago
32. Growing Up Buffett
Episode 32
What’s it like to wake up one day and realize Dad is a multi-billionaire? That's what happened to Warren Buffett’s son Peter -- who then started to t…
14 years, 10 months ago
31. Gambling With Your Life
Episode 31
Does Las Vegas increase your risk of suicide? A researcher embeds himself in the city where Americans are most likely to kill themselves.
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14 years, 10 months ago
30. Does College Still Matter? And Other Freaky Questions Answered ...
Episode 30
In our second round of FREAK-quently Asked Questions, Steve Levitt answers some queries from listeners and readers.
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14 years, 11 months ago
29. Smarter Kids at 10 Bucks a Pop
Episode 29
It won’t work for everyone, but there’s a cheap, quick, and simple way to lift some students’ grades.
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14 years, 11 months ago
28. Why Can’t We Predict Earthquakes?
Episode 28
We talk to a U.S. Geological Survey physicist about the science -- and folly -- of predicting earthquakes. There are lots of known knowns; and, fortu…
14 years, 11 months ago
27. Death by Fire? Probably Not
Episode 27
Fire deaths in the U.S. have fallen 90 percent over the past 100 years, a great and greatly underappreciated gain. How did it happen -- and could we …
14 years, 11 months ago
26. The Health of Nations
Episode 26
For decades, GDP has been the yardstick for measuring living standards around the world. Martha Nussbaum would rather use something that actually wor…
15 years ago