Freakonomics Radio

  • 344. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth?

    After every mass shooting or terrorist attack, victims and survivors receive a huge outpouring of support — including a massive pool of compensation money. How should that money be allocated? We speak with the man…


  • 344. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth?

    After every mass shooting or terrorist attack, victims and survivors receive a huge outpouring of support — including a massive pool of compensation money. How should that money be allocated? We speak with the man…


  • A Conversation With PepsiCo C.E.O. Indra Nooyi (Ep. 316 Update)

    One of the world’s biggest and best-known companies just announced that its C.E.O. would be stepping down in the fall. We interviewed her as part of our series “The Secret Life of a C.E.O.,” and…


  • A Conversation With PepsiCo C.E.O. Indra Nooyi (Ep. 316 Update)

    One of the world’s biggest and best-known companies just announced that its C.E.O. would be stepping down in the fall. We interviewed her as part of our series “The Secret Life of a C.E.O.,” and…


  • 343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…

    In this live episode of “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know,” we learn why New York has skinny skyscrapers, how to weaponize water, and what astronauts talk about in space. Joining Stephen J. Dubner as…


  • 343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…

    In this live episode of “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know,” we learn why New York has skinny skyscrapers, how to weaponize water, and what astronauts talk about in space. Joining Stephen J. Dubner as…


  • 342. Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean?

    He was once the most lionized athlete on the planet, with seven straight Tour de France wins and a victory over cancer too. Then the doping charges caught up with him. When he finally confessed…


  • 342. Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean?

    He was once the most lionized athlete on the planet, with seven straight Tour de France wins and a victory over cancer too. Then the doping charges caught up with him. When he finally confessed…


  • 341. Why We Choke Under Pressure (and How Not To)

    It happens to just about everyone, whether you’re going for Olympic gold or giving a wedding toast. We hear from psychologists, economists, and the golfer who some say committed the greatest choke of all time.


  • 341. Why We Choke Under Pressure (and How Not To)

    It happens to just about everyone, whether you’re going for Olympic gold or giving a wedding toast. We hear from psychologists, economists, and the golfer who some say committed the greatest choke of all time.…


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