Podcast Episodes featuring Emily Oster

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“Covid, two years later: Looking back and looking forward” – with Emily Oster

Healthful Woman Podcast - April 11, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 320 ratings
Dr. Emily Oster and Dr. Fox review their predictions about Covid-19 from the pilot episode of Healthful Woman. They review how things have changed, the unknowns that remain, and the mistakes and successes we’ve seen in the past two years.

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"Covid Updates, Expecting Better 2021, and The Family Firm" - with Emily Oster

Healthful Woman Podcast - August 09, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 320 ratings
Emily Oster returns to Healthful Woman to give updates on her thoughts regarding the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic after reviewing the data. She and Dr. Fox cover topics like the vaccine, the Delta variant, predictions for remote vs. in-person school this fall, and more.

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Data Driven Solutions To Parenting Featuring Emily Oster, Author & Professor of Economics

Generation.Mom - June 17, 2020 05:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 129 ratings
This episode is for you if you’re looking for some data-driven answers about the many decisions made during pregnancy and parenthood. There’s so much information out there about what you should or shouldn’t do during pregnancy, delivery, and those early parenting years that it can be really chal...

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"Pregnancy in the Land of Corona!" -with Emily Oster

Healthful Woman Podcast - April 01, 2020 00:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 320 ratings
Dr. Emily Oster, an economist and expert in pregnancy who has authored data-driven parenting books including Expecting Better and Cribsheet, meets virtually with Dr. Fox to discuss what parents can expect in regards to the COVID-19 virus. How are the virus and social distancing impacting pregnanc...

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Invisible Failures: With Guests Emily Oster, Sendhil Mullainathan & Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Choiceology with Katy Milkman - November 04, 2019 08:05 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
If you’ve toured through any old world cities, you’ve probably marveled at ancient buildings that have stood the test of time. You might think to yourself, “They sure made things to last back in those days.” And while the Notre Dame Cathedral or the Parthenon or the Tower of London may seem like...

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Pregnancy with Emily Oster

Amy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls, 1 Keith - October 08, 2019 08:02 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 2.3K ratings
Author Emily Oster joins to dispel the myths around pregnancy. Can you have a little wine? A little salmon? A little crack? Emily also talks about massaging your taint, and she happily jumps on the #MuteKeith bandwagon. Pregnant Jessica Simpson is the subject of this week’s Pound It or Pass. Lear...

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Emily Oster, "Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, From Birth to Preschool" (Penguin, 2019)

New Books Network - September 26, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 123 ratings
As any new parent knows, there is an abundance of often-conflicting advice hurled at you from doctors, family, friends, and strangers on the internet. From the earliest days, parents get the message that they must make certain choices around feeding, sleep, and schedule or all will be lost. There...

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Economist Emily Oster helps making decisions a little bit easier and how to potty train!

Raising Good Humans - August 02, 2019 23:58 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratings
How does an economist make a decision about breastfeeding, sleep training, vaccines, going back to work and potty training? Economics Professor Emily Oster tirelessly combs through the data and clears up some longstanding myths. I’m also walking you through potty training! 

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048 Dr Emily Oster | The Parenting Pivot

Redirected - July 29, 2019 13:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratings
Check out the full podcasts on my website! http://www.andrewdeast.com/podcast Today I have a really exciting episode for you guys. As many of you might know, Shawn and I are about to be parents and we have been doing everything we can to prep for baby East's arrival. Sitting down with Emily Oster...

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Making Sense of Parenting Advice with Emily Oster

KQED's Forum - July 02, 2019 18:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
When it comes to parenting, the questions are endless, as is the advice. Health economist Emily Oster uses data to sort through the overwhelming number of studies, books, and articles telling parents what to do, in hopes of encouraging a more relaxed approach to child rearing. Oster argues that o...

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Data-driven parenting (that might even make your life easier!) with Prof. Emily Oster. Ep 97

Best of Both Worlds Podcast - June 11, 2019 09:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 682 ratings
Laura and Sarah discuss their latest favorite podcasts and are then joined by Emily Oster, a Ph.D. in economics and a professor at Brown University.  She is the author of recent release Crib Sheets: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, and she was inspired to dig deep into the d...

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Ep. 304: Do You Let Your Kids Draw On You? Plus Emily Oster’s Data-Driven Guide

One Bad Mother - May 09, 2019 14:35 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratings
Biz and Theresa wonder if it’s “cool” to be drawn on by our kids. Do we set limits or are we totally broken and therefore willing to have a portrait of the cat drawn in sharpie on our faces if it means 10 minutes of silence? Plus Biz feels like an idiot, Theresa is sooooooo relaxed and we welcom...

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Ep. 43: Should You Sleep Train? Breastfeed? Room Share? Science May Hold the Answer! Talking the Data of Parenthood in the Early Years with Emily Oster, Author of Cribsheet

Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey - April 29, 2019 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 421 ratings
Shanna and Laura interview Emily Oster, economist and author of the new book Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool, and they talk about how new parents can use the results of scientific research to guide their parenting decisions on to...

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Emily Oster on Cribsheet

EconTalk - April 29, 2019 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
Economist and author Emily Oster of Brown University talks about her book Cribsheet with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Oster explores what the data and evidence can tell us about parenting in areas such as breastfeeding, sleep habits, discipline, vaccination, and food allergies. Oster often finds ...

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87. Cribsheet with Dr. Emily Oster

Psychologists Off The Clock - April 23, 2019 18:14 ★★★★★ - 162 ratings
Dr. Emily Oster joins Yael to discuss her new book, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, From Birth to Preschool. Emily discusses how data and decision-making strategies can guide better and more relaxed parenting during the early years of parenthood. Join us to disco...

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124: Emily Oster on Diabetes and Diet, Disease and Vaccinations and Debunking Pregnancy Myths

Economic Rockstar - January 18, 2018 22:22 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratings
Emily Oster is Professor of Economics at Brown University. Before joining Brown University Professor Oster was a faculty member of the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business following the completion of her PhD from Harvard. Emily’s research covers development economics, health economics...

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Emily Oster on Infant Mortality

EconTalk - November 24, 2014 06:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
Emily Oster of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about why U.S. infant mortality is twice that in Finland and high relative to the rest of the world, given high income levels in the United States. The conversation explores the roles of measurement and definition alo...