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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 our network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, sign up for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts at http://apple.co/SiriusXM.

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287. Hoopers! Hoopers! Hoopers!

May 18, 2017
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286. How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google)

May 11, 2017
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Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast)

May 4, 2017
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285. There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified?

Apr 27, 2017
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284. Is Income Inequality Inevitable? (Earth 2.0 Series)

Apr 20, 2017
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283. What Would Our Economy Look Like? (Earth 2.0 Series)

Apr 13, 2017
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282. Could Solving This One Problem Solve All the Others?

Apr 6, 2017
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281. Big Returns from Thinking Small

Mar 30, 2017
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280. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” on the topic of Collections.

Mar 28, 2017
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How Safe Is Your Job? (Rebroadcast)

Mar 23, 2017