To celebrate a wonderful year of production on all of the shows in our network, we asked our staff to choose their favorite episode of the year. Lyric Bowditch, Production Associate“Why Do Doct...
https://freakonomics.com/2022/12/freakonomics-radio-networks-2022-staff-picks/
It should surprise no one, and delight everyone, that Richard Thaler has won this year’s Nobel in economics. Congratulations! Thaler is a big reason I personally got interested in economics. (I...
https://freakonomics.com/2017/10/congratulations-nobel-laureate-richard-thaler/
The Princeton economist Alan Krueger — he led the Council of Economic Advisers under Obama, and his research has been featured several times on Freakonomics.com — is among a group of schola...
How can we at Freakonomics help you during the holidays? Here’s a few ideas: 1. We can provide inspiration for gifts for the “homo economicus” in your life. 2. When you’re making your yea...
https://freakonomics.com/2016/12/happy-everything-freakonomics/
A while back, we tried out a new idea on a special edition of Freakonomics Radio — a game show we called Tell Me Something I Don’t Know. You might remember it. It was so much fun that we deci...
https://freakonomics.com/2016/11/announcing-debut-tell-something-dont-know/
In our recent Freakonomics Radio episode “How to Become Great at Just About Anything ," we spoke with K. ANDERS ERICSSON , a research psychologist who has spent more than 30 years studying expe...
https://freakonomics.com/2016/04/welcome-freakonomics-radio-peak-project/
When STEPHEN DUBNER’s new podcast Question of the Day launched in August , it immediately shot to No. 1 on the iTunes chart. Last month it was selected as one of iTunes "Best of 2015." (You c...
https://freakonomics.com/2016/01/win-free-tickets-to-see-dubner-on-stage-in-brooklyn-on-january-14/
One of the best things about being a journalist is getting to ask questions. STEPHEN DUBNER has been doing this for years, accumulating fascinating bits of knowledge, hidden insights, and wild st...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/11/introducing-question-of-the-day-a-new-dubner-podcast/
Many people have written many nice things to us over the years. (Of course some people have written some not-so-nice things too.) But the following is my favorite, or at least my new favorite: ...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/10/quite-possibly-the-most-flattering-e-mail-ever/
From a computer scientist (and self-professed “data nerd”) named Scott Griggs: Hi! Long time reader/listener here, looking for some quick reading list recommendations… I have submitted an...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/07/any-strategic-reading-tips-for-a-survivor-applicant/
We recently received the following e-mail from Yu Chen, a 29-year-old engineer supervisor in California who moved to the U.S. from China when she was 16. I listened to the episode on diamonds and...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/06/do-we-owe-this-boyfriend-an-apology/
Almost a decade of blogging had worn me down, but after some time off, I'm ready to jump back in the saddle. I can't think of a better way than by embarrassing myself with the annual Kentucky Der...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/05/the-annual-freakonomics-kentucky-derby-predictions/
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. When Freakonomics was first published, its authors, Ste...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/04/read-an-early-excerpt-from-when-to-rob-a-bank/
In a new working paper, ROLAND BENABOU, DAVIDE TICCHI, and ANDREA VINDIGNI follow up their earlier paper which found "a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita."...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/03/religiosity-good-for-society-bad-for-innovation/
A reader writes in with a question that is hard to answer. I thought it'd be best to put the question to you, our readers; hopefully you can help him find his way to a good decision. The post S...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/03/should-i-work-for-an-evil-company/
From a reader named John Keaney: I just finished your book Think Like a Freak, and I’m trying to use the lessons in the book while I’m in Kyrgyzstan. I’m an undergraduate at University of S...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/03/a-would-be-freakonomist-in-kyrgyzstan-needs-your-help/
We’ll be putting out a new Freakonomics Radio episode later this week on the use of RCTs (randomized controlled trials) in healthcare delivery. It features the work of the MIT economist Amy Fin...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/03/what-happens-when-poor-pregnant-women-are-given-medicaid-coverage/
From a podcast listener named Jessica Graham in Sydney, Australia: My name is Jess and for most of my adult life I have been afflicted by various forms of sleeplessness. Would I call it insomnia?...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/02/new-miracle-sleep-aid-discovered/
My good friend and colleague JOHN LIST has very ambitious summer plans. We’ve both believed for a long time that the combination of creative economic thinking and randomized experiments has t...
We're working on an episode about behavior change -- essentially, how to get yourself to do the things you should be doing but often don't. It revolves around the fascinating research of KATY MI...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/02/lend-your-voice-to-freakonomics-radio/