Freakonomics Radio

  • 436. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog

    As beloved and familiar as they are, we rarely stop to consider life from the dog’s point of view. That stops now. In this latest installment of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, we discuss Inside…


  • 435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive?

    It isn’t just supply and demand. We look at the complicated history and skewed incentives that make “affordable housing” more punch line than reality in cities from New York and San Francisco to Flint, Michigan…


  • 435. Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive?

    It isn’t just supply and demand. We look at the complicated history and skewed incentives that make “affordable housing” more punch line than reality in cities from New York and San Francisco to Flint, Michigan…


  • 434. Is New York City Over?

    The pandemic has hit America’s biggest city particularly hard. Amidst a deep fiscal hole, rising homicides, and a flight to the suburbs, some people think the city is heading back to the bad old 1970s.…


  • 434. Is New York City Over?

    The pandemic has hit America’s biggest city particularly hard. Amidst a deep fiscal hole, rising homicides, and a flight to the suburbs, some people think the city is heading back to the bad old 1970s.…


  • 434. Is New York City Over?

    The pandemic has hit America’s biggest city particularly hard. Amidst a deep fiscal hole, rising homicides, and a flight to the suburbs, some people think the city is heading back to the bad old 1970s.…


  • “Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Ken Jennings

    It was only in his late twenties that America’s favorite brainiac began to seriously embrace his love of trivia. Now he holds the “Greatest of All Time” title on Jeopardy! Steve Levitt digs into how…


  • “Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Ken Jennings

    It was only in his late twenties that America’s favorite brainiac began to seriously embrace his love of trivia. Now he holds the “Greatest of All Time” title on Jeopardy! Steve Levitt digs into how…


  • “Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Ken Jennings

    It was only in his late twenties that America’s favorite brainiac began to seriously embrace his love of trivia. Now he holds the “Greatest of All Time” title on Jeopardy! Steve Levitt digs into how…


  • 433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry?

    Three leading researchers from the Mount Sinai Health System discuss how ketamine, cannabis, and ecstasy are being used (or studied) to treat everything from severe depression to addiction to PTSD. We discuss the upsides, downsides,…


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