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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.

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264. In Praise of Incrementalism Oct 27, 2016

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What do Renaissance painting, civil-rights movements, and Olympic cycling have in common? In each case, huge breakthroughs came from taking tiny steps. In a world where everyone is looking for the next moonshot, we shouldn't ignore the power of incrementalism.

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263. In Praise of Maintenance Oct 20, 2016

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Has our culture's obsession with innovation led us to neglect the fact that things also need to be taken care of?

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262. This Is Your Brain on Podcasts Oct 13, 2016

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Neuroscientists still have a great deal to learn about the human brain. One recent MRI study sheds some light, finding that a certain kind of storytelling stimulates enormous activity across broad swaths of the brain. The takeaway is obvious: you should be listening to even more podcasts.

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How To Win A Nobel Prize (Rebroadcast) Oct 06, 2016

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The process is famously secretive (and conducted in Swedish!) but we pry the lid off at least a little bit.

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261. Why Are We Still Using Cash? Sep 29, 2016

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It facilitates crime, bribery, and tax evasion -- and yet some governments (including ours) are printing more cash than ever. Other countries, meanwhile, are ditching cash entirely. And if Star Trek is right, we won't have money of any sort in the 24th century.

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260. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? Sep 22, 2016

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Sure, we all pay lip service to the Madisonian system of checks and balances. But as one legal scholar argues, presidents have been running roughshod over the system for decades. The result? An accumulation of power that's turned the presidency into a position the founders wouldn't have recognized.

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259. Ten Signs You Might Be a Libertarian Sep 15, 2016

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Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate, likes to say that most Americans are libertarians but don't know it yet. So why can't Libertarians (and other third parties) gain more political traction?

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258. Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream Sep 08, 2016

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To you, it's just a ride-sharing app that gets you where you're going. But to an economist, Uber is a massive repository of moment-by-moment data that is helping answer some of the field's most elusive questions.

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257. The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think Sep 01, 2016

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Internet pioneer Kevin Kelly tries to predict the future by identifying what's truly inevitable. How worried should we be? Yes, robots will probably take your job -- but the future will still be pretty great.

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Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? (Rebroadcast) Aug 25, 2016

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The gist: we spend billions on end-of-life healthcare that doesn’t do much good. So what if a patient could forego the standard treatment and get a cash rebate instead?

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