Freakonomics Radio

  • 418. What Will College Look Like in the Fall (and Beyond)?

    Three university presidents try to answer our listeners’ questions. The result? Not much pomp and a whole lot of circumstance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use…


  • 417. Reasons to Be Cheerful

    Humans have a built-in “negativity bias,” which means we give bad news much more power than good. Would the Covid-19 crisis be an opportune time to reverse this tendency?


  • 417. Reasons to Be Cheerful

    Humans have a built-in “negativity bias,” which means we give bad news much more power than good. Would the Covid-19 crisis be an opportune time to reverse this tendency? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company.…


  • 416. How Do You Reopen a Country?

    We speak with a governor, a former C.D.C. director, a pandemic forecaster, a hard-charging pharmacist, and a pair of economists — who say it’s all about the incentives. (Pandemillions, anyone?)


  • 416. How Do You Reopen a Country?

    We speak with a governor, a former C.D.C. director, a pandemic forecaster, a hard-charging pharmacist, and a pair of economists — who say it’s all about the incentives. (Pandemillions, anyone?) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz…


  • 415. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World

    As a former top adviser to presidents Clinton and Obama, he believes in the power of the federal government. But as former mayor of Chicago, he says that cities are where real problems get solved…


  • 415. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World

    As a former top adviser to presidents Clinton and Obama, he believes in the power of the federal government. But as former mayor of Chicago, he says that cities are where real problems get solved…


  • 414. Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China?

    The U.S. spent the past few decades waiting for China to act like the global citizen it said it wanted to be. The waiting may be over.


  • 414. Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China?

    The U.S. spent the past few decades waiting for China to act like the global citizen it said it wanted to be. The waiting may be over. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com…


  • 413. Who Gets the Ventilator?

    Should a nurse or doctor who gets sick treating Covid-19 patients have priority access to a potentially life-saving healthcare device? Americans aren’t used to rationing in medicine, but it’s time to think about it. We…


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