Freakonomics Radio

  • 536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap?

    Most travelers want the cheapest flight they can find. Airlines, meanwhile, need to manage volatile fuel costs, a pricey workforce, and complex logistics. So how do they make money — and how did America’s grubbiest…

  • 536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap?

    Most travelers want the cheapest flight they can find. Airlines, meanwhile, need to manage volatile fuel costs, a pricey workforce, and complex logistics. So how do they make money — and how did America’s grubbiest…

  • 535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving?

    Thanks to decades of work by airlines and regulators, plane crashes are nearly a thing of the past. Can we do the same for cars? (Part 2 of “Freakonomics Radio Takes to the Skies.”)

  • 535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving?

    Thanks to decades of work by airlines and regulators, plane crashes are nearly a thing of the past. Can we do the same for cars? (Part 2 of “Freakonomics Radio Takes to the Skies.”) Hosted…

  • 534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It?

    It’s an unnatural activity that has become normal. You’re stuck in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers (and strange smells), defying gravity and racing through the sky.  But oh, the places you’ll go! We…

  • 534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It?

    It’s an unnatural activity that has become normal. You’re stuck in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers (and strange smells), defying gravity and racing through the sky.  But oh, the places you’ll go! We…

  • Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million? (Ep. 493 Update)

    Adam Smith famously argued that specialization is the key to prosperity. In the N.F.L., the long snapper is proof of that argument. Here’s everything there is to know about a job that didn’t used to…

  • Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million? (Ep. 493 Update)

    Adam Smith famously argued that specialization is the key to prosperity. In the N.F.L., the long snapper is proof of that argument. Here’s everything there is to know about a job that didn’t used to…

  • The Economics of Everyday Things: Used Hotel Soaps

    Hotel guests adore those cute little soaps, but is it just a one-night stand? In our fourth episode of The Economics of Everyday Things, Zachary Crockett discovers what happens to those soaps when we love…

  • The Economics of Everyday Things: Used Hotel Soaps

    Hotel guests adore those cute little soaps, but is it just a one-night stand? In our fourth episode of The Economics of Everyday Things, Zachary Crockett discovers what happens to those soaps when we love…

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