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25. Is Twitter a Two-Way Street?
Episode 25
To get a lot of followers on Twitter, do you need to follow a lot of other Tweeps? And if not, why not?
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15 years ago
24. The Power of Poop
Episode 24
Since the beginning of civilization, we’ve thought that human waste was worthless and dangerous. What if we were wrong?
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15 years ago
23. Millionaires vs. Billionaires
Episode 23
Five things you don’t know about the NFL labor standoff
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15 years ago
22. Why Cities Rock
Episode 22
Could it be that cities are "our greatest invention" -- that, despite a reputation as black-soot-spewing engines of doom, they in fact make us richer…
15 years, 1 month ago
21. Bring on the Pain!
Episode 21
It's not about how much something hurts -- it's how you remember the pain. This week, lessons on pain from the New York City subway, the professional…
15 years, 1 month ago
20. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 2)
Episode 20
What do a computer hacker, an Indiana farm boy, and Napoleon Bonaparte have in common? The past, present, and future of food science.
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15 years, 1 month ago
19. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1)
Episode 19
The "molecular gastronomy" movement -- which gets a bump in visibility next month with the publication of the mammoth cookbook "Modernist Cuisine" --…
15 years, 1 month ago
18. Freakonomics FAQ, No. 1
Episode 18
Levitt and Dubner field questions from the public and hold forth on everything from dating strategies and rock-and-roll accordion music to whether di…
15 years, 1 month ago
17. Trashed
Episode 17
How economics -- and emotion -- have turned our garbage into such a mess
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15 years, 2 months ago
16. Exit Interview: Schools Chancellor, NYC
Episode 16
Having already amassed an eventful resume -- the Clinton White House, the Department of Justice, and Bertelsmann -- Joel I. Klein spent the past eigh…
15 years, 2 months ago