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. Join the Freakonomics Radio Plus membership program for weekly member-only episodes of Freakonomics Radio. You’ll also get every show in our network without ads. To sign up, visit our show page on Apple Podcasts or go to freakonomics.com/plus.
| Title | Date published | ||
| 75. Retirement Kills | 2012-05-16 | ||
| 74. Soul Possession | 2012-05-07 | ||
| 73. A Rose By Any Other Distance | 2012-05-02 | ||
| 72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors | 2012-04-25 | ||
| 71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line? | 2012-04-18 | ||
| 70. Eating and Tweeting | 2012-04-11 | ||
| 69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms | 2012-04-03 | ||
| 68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb | 2012-03-28 | ||
| 67. The Patent Gap | 2012-03-22 | ||
| 66. Show and Yell | 2012-03-14 | ||
| 65. It’s Not the President, Stupid | 2012-03-07 | ||
| 64. The Days of Wine and Mouses | 2012-02-27 | ||
| 63. The Dilbert Index? | 2012-02-22 | ||
| 62. How Biased Is Your Media? | 2012-02-15 | ||
| 61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat? | 2012-02-08 | ||
| 60. Save Me From Myself | 2012-02-01 | ||
| 59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl | 2012-01-25 | ||
| 58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common? | 2012-01-19 | ||
| 57. Does Money Really Buy Elections? | 2012-01-11 | ||
| 56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say? | 2012-01-04 |