Freakonomics Radio
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Sinopsis
Discover the hidden side of everything with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books. Each week, Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew (but didnt) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do) from the economics of sleep to how to become great at just about anything. Dubner speaks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, intellectuals and entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers. Special features include series like The Secret Life of a C.E.O. as well as a live game show, Tell Me Something I Dont Know.
Episodios
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61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat?
08/02/2012 Duración: 05minA look at some non-obvious ways to lose weight.
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60. Save Me From Myself
01/02/2012 Duración: 33minA commitment device forces you to be the person you really want to be. What could possibly go wrong?
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59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl
25/01/2012 Duración: 05minA football cheat sheet to help you sound like the smartest person at the party.
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58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common?
19/01/2012 Duración: 34minEducation is the surest solution to a lot of problems. Except when it’s not.
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57. Does Money Really Buy Elections?
11/01/2012 Duración: 05minWe all know the answer is yes. But the data -- and Rudy Giuliani -- say no.
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56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say?
04/01/2012 Duración: 15minLevitt and Dubner answer your FREAK-quently Asked Questions about certifying politicians, irrational fears, and the toughest three words in the English language.
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55. The Perils of Drunk Walking
27/12/2011 Duración: 05minWe know it's terribly dangerous to drive drunk. But heading home on foot isn't the solution.
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54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore)
21/12/2011 Duración: 29minThe thrill of customization, via Pandora and a radical new teaching method
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53. How American Food Got So Bad
13/12/2011 Duración: 04minTyler Cowen points fingers. There's plenty of blame to go around.
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51. What Makes a Donor Donate?
29/11/2011 Duración: 05minThe science of charity, with economist John List.
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50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It?
22/11/2011 Duración: 30minThere’s a nasty secret about hot-button topics like global warming: knowledge is not always power.
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49. Unnatural Turkeys
16/11/2011 Duración: 04minOur appetite for breast meat renders our holiday birds unable to reproduce.
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48. Boo…Who?
08/11/2011 Duración: 29minIs booing an act of verbal vandalism—or the last true expression of democracy?
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47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers
02/11/2011 Duración: 04minOn Election Day, most people focus on the obvious winners and losers -- that is, the candidates. But we went looking for some of the strange side effects that elections produce.
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46. Misadventures in Baby-Making
25/10/2011 Duración: 27minWe are constantly wowed by new technologies and policies meant to make childbirth better. But beware the unintended consequences.
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45. Those Cheating Teachers!
18/10/2011 Duración: 04minHigh-stakes testing has produced some rotten apples. But they can be caught.
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44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?
10/10/2011 Duración: 28minDid we needlessly scare ourselves into ditching a good thing? And, with millions of cars driving around with no passengers, should we be rooting for a renaissance?
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43. The Decline and Fall of Violence
05/10/2011 Duración: 05minThe world is a more peaceful place today that at any time in history -- by a long, long shot.
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42. The Upside of Quitting
28/09/2011 Duración: 56minYou know the saying: a winner never quits and a quitter never wins. To which Freakonomics Radio says … Are you sure?