Freakonomics Radio

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211. The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 Jul 09, 2015

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Could a lack of sleep help explain why some people get much sicker than others?

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A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast) Jul 02, 2015

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Takeru Kobayashi revolutionized the sport of competitive eating. What can the rest of us learn from his breakthrough?

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210. Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees? Jun 25, 2015

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We seem to have decided that ethnic food tastes better when it's served by people of that ethnicity (or at least something close). Does this make sense -- and is it legal?

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209. Make Me a Match Jun 18, 2015

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Sure, markets generally work well. But for some transactions -- like school admissions and organ transplants -- money alone can't solve the problem. That's when you need a market-design wizard like Al Roth.

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208. Making Sex Offenders Pay -- and Pay and Pay and Pay Jun 11, 2015

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Sure, sex crimes are horrific, and the perpetrators deserve to be punished harshly. But society keeps exacting costs -- out-of-pocket and otherwise -- long after the prison sentence has been served.

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207. Should We Really Behave Like Economists Say We Do? Jun 04, 2015

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One man's attempt to remake his life in the mold of homo economicus.

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Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (Rebroadcast) May 28, 2015

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The debut of a live game show from Freakonomics Radio, with judges Malcolm Gladwell, Ana Gasteyer, and David Paterson.

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Failure Is Your Friend (Rebroadcast) May 21, 2015

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In which we argue that failure should not only be tolerated but celebrated.

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206. Ten Years of Freakonomics May 14, 2015

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Dubner and Levitt are live onstage at the 92nd Street Y in New York to celebrate their new book "When to Rob a Bank" -- and a decade of working together.

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205. Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... Las Vegas?! May 07, 2015

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Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has a wild vision and the dollars to try to make it real. But it still might be the biggest gamble in town.

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