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Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior. To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Episodes

247. How to Win Games and Beat People

246. How to Get More Grit in Your Life

245. Being Malcolm Gladwell

244. How to Become Great at Just About Anything

This episode of Freakonomics Radio, part of a "Self-Improvement Month" series, explores the science of expertise and how to become great at almost anything. Host Stephen Dubner interviews psychologist Anders Ericsson, whose research focuses on deliberate practice as the key to achieving high levels of performance. The ...

243. How to Be More Productive

242. Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income?

241. Are Payday Loans Really as Evil as People Say?

The Economics of Sleep, Part 2 (Rebroadcast)

The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 (Rebroadcast)

240. Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk -- But Not for the Reasons You Think

239. The No-Tipping Point

238. The United States of Cory Booker

237. Ask Not What Your Podcast Can Do for You

236. How Can This Possibly Be True?

235. Who Needs Handwriting?

How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps (Rebroadcast)

Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? (Rebroadcast)

234. Do Boycotts Work?

233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future

232. The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap

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