Freakonomics Radio

  • Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadcast)

    Whether it’s a giant infrastructure plan or a humble kitchen renovation, it’ll inevitably take way too long and cost way too much. That’s because you suffer from “the planning fallacy.” (You also have an “optimism…


  • 378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)

    The revolution in home DNA testing is giving consumers important, possibly life-changing information. It’s also building a gigantic database that could lead to medical breakthroughs. But how will you deal with upsetting news? What if…


  • 378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)

    The revolution in home DNA testing is giving consumers important, possibly life-changing information. It’s also building a gigantic database that could lead to medical breakthroughs. But how will you deal with upsetting news? What if…


  • 378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)

    The revolution in home DNA testing is giving consumers important, possibly life-changing information. It’s also building a gigantic database that could lead to medical breakthroughs. But how will you deal with upsetting news? What if…


  • 377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt?

    As the cost of college skyrocketed, it created a debt burden that’s putting a drag on the economy. One possible solution: shifting the risk of debt away from students and onto investors looking for a…


  • 377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt?

    As the cost of college skyrocketed, it created a debt burden that’s putting a drag on the economy. One possible solution: shifting the risk of debt away from students and onto investors looking for a…


  • 376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting

    Humans have been having kids forever, so why are modern parents so bewildered? The economist Emily Oster marshals the evidence on the most contentious topics — breastfeeding and sleep training, vaccines and screen time —…


  • 376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting

    Humans have been having kids forever, so why are modern parents so bewildered? The economist Emily Oster marshals the evidence on the most contentious topics — breastfeeding and sleep training, vaccines and screen time —…


  • 376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting

    Humans have been having kids forever, so why are modern parents so bewildered? The economist Emily Oster marshals the evidence on the most contentious topics — breastfeeding and sleep training, vaccines and screen time —…


  • The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast)

    Humans, it has long been thought, are the only animal to engage in economic activity. But what if we’ve had it exactly backward?


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