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The Brilliant Mr. Feynman
Freakonomics Radio - February 08, 2024 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsWhat happens when an existentially depressed and recently widowed young physicist from Queens gets a fresh start in California? We follow Richard Feynman out west, to explore his long and extremely fruitful second act. (Part two of a three-part series.) SOURCES: Seamus Blackley, video game ...
How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Update)
Freakonomics Radio - February 05, 2024 05:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsThey’re heading to the Super Bowl for the second time in five years. But back in 2018, they were coming off a long losing streak — and that’s the year we sat down with 49ers players, coaches, and executives to hear their turnaround plans. It’s probably time to consider the turnaround a success....
The Curious Mr. Feynman
Freakonomics Radio - February 01, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsFrom the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.” Today, the world is awash in lousy ideas — so maybe it’s time to get some more Feynman in our lives? (Part one of a three-part series.) SOURCES: Helen ...
574. “A Low Moment in Higher Education”
Freakonomics Radio - January 25, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsMichael Roth of Wesleyan University doesn’t hang out with other university presidents. He also thinks some of them have failed a basic test of good sense and decency. It’s time for a conversation about college, and courage. SOURCE: Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University. RE...
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay)
Freakonomics Radio - January 22, 2024 05:05 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsWe all like to throw around terms that describe human behavior — “bystander apathy” and “steep learning curve” and “hard-wired.” Most of the time, they don’t actually mean what we think they mean. But don’t worry — the experts are getting it wrong, too. SOURCES: Sharon Begley, senior scienc...
573. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped?
Freakonomics Radio - January 18, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsProbably not — the incentives are too strong. Scholarly publishing is a $28 billion global industry, with misconduct at every level. But a few reformers are gaining ground. (Part 2 of 2) SOURCES: Max Bazerman, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. Leif Nelson, ...
572. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia?
Freakonomics Radio - January 11, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsSome of the biggest names in behavioral science stand accused of faking their results. Last year, an astonishing 10,000 research papers were retracted. We talk to whistleblowers, reformers, and a co-author who got caught up in the chaos. (Part 1 of 2) SOURCES: Max Bazerman, professor of bus...
571. Greeting Cards, Pizza Boxes, and Personal Injury Lawyers
Freakonomics Radio - January 04, 2024 04:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsIn a special episode of The Economics of Everyday Things, host Zachary Crockett explains what millennials do to show they care, how corrugated cardboard keeps your food warm, and why every city has a billboard for a guy who calls himself “The Hammer.” SOURCES: Jason Abraham, managing partne...
570. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever?
Freakonomics Radio - December 28, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsIn a special episode of People I (Mostly) Admire, Steve Levitt talks to Cat Bohannon about her new book Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. SOURCE: Cat Bohannon, researcher and author. RESOURCES: Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human...
Stephen Jenkinson | From the Ruins of a Greenhouse | Part 2
Campfire Podcast - December 27, 2023 08:16 - 1 hourIn the second part of this special podcast edition of the live event "From the Ruins of a Greenhouse", Campfire Stories founder Mattias Olsson continues his interview with activist, farmer and author Stephen Jenkinson. The set finishes with Stephen Jenkinson and Gregory Hoskins performing two pi...
Stephen Jenkinson | From the Ruins of a Greenhouse | Part 1
Campfire Podcast - December 26, 2023 07:32 - 55 minutesIn this special podcast edition of the live event "From the Ruins of a Greenhouse", Campfire Stories founder Mattias Olsson interviews activist, farmer and author Stephen Jenkinson. The evening opens with a song by Petronella Sjöö, followed by part one of the interview, where the topics range fr...
569. Do You Need Closure?
Freakonomics Radio - December 21, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsIn a special episode of No Stupid Questions, Angela Duckworth and Mike Maughan talk about unfinished tasks, recurring arguments, and Irish goodbyes. SOURCES: Roy Baumeister, social psychologist and visiting scholar at Harvard University. Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology at Harvard U...
568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis?
Freakonomics Radio - December 14, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsLewis got incredible access to Sam Bankman-Fried, the billionaire behind the spectacular FTX fraud. His book is a bestseller, but some critics say he went too easy on S.B.F. Lewis tells us why the critics are wrong — and what it’s like to watch your book get turned into a courtroom drama. SO...
567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem?
Freakonomics Radio - December 07, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsIn policing, as in most vocations, the best employees are often promoted into leadership without much training. One economist thinks he can address this problem — and, with it, America’s gun violence. SOURCES Kenneth Corey, director of outreach and engagement for the Policing Leadership Aca...
513. Should Public Transit Be Free? (Update)
Freakonomics Radio - November 30, 2023 04:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsIt boosts economic opportunity and social mobility. It’s good for the environment. So why do we charge people to use it? The short answer: it’s complicated. Also: We talk to the man who gets half the nation’s mass-transit riders where they want to go (most of the time). SOURCES: Marcus Fin...
566. Why Is It So Hard (and Expensive) to Build Anything in America?
Freakonomics Radio - November 23, 2023 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsMost industries have become more productive over time. But not construction! We identify the causes — and possible solutions. (Can you say ... “prefab”?) RESOURCES: "The Strange and Awful Path of Productivity in the US Construction Sector," by Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson (BFI Working P...
Extra: Jason Kelce Hates to Lose
Freakonomics Radio - November 19, 2023 05:05 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsPro footballer and star podcaster Jason Kelce is ubiquitous right now (almost as ubiquitous as his brother and co-host Travis, who's been in the limelight for his relationship with Taylor Swift). After you hear this wide-ranging interview, you might want even more Kelce in your life. RESOUR...
565. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?
Freakonomics Radio - November 16, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsThey say they make companies more efficient through savvy management. Critics say they bend the rules to enrich themselves at the expense of consumers and employees. Can they both be right? (Probably not.) RESOURCES: Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America, by Brendan Ballou (2023...
480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay)
Freakonomics Radio - November 09, 2023 04:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsEvidence from Nazi Germany and 1940’s America (and pretty much everywhere else) shows that discrimination is incredibly costly — to the victims, of course, but also the perpetrators. One modern solution is to invoke a diversity mandate. But new research shows that’s not necessarily the answer. ...
564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency
Freakonomics Radio - November 02, 2023 03:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsEveryone makes mistakes. How do you learn from them? Lessons from the classroom, the Air Force, and the world’s deadliest infectious disease. RESOURCES: Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well, by Amy Edmondson (2023). "You Think Failure Is Hard? So Is Learning From It," by Lauren...
563. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit
Freakonomics Radio - October 26, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsGiving up can be painful. That's why we need to talk about it. Today: stories about glitchy apps, leaky paint cans, broken sculptures — and a quest for the perfect bowl of ramen. RESOURCES "Data Snapshot: Tenure and Contingency in US Higher Education," by Glenn Colby (American Association ...
562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death
Freakonomics Radio - October 19, 2023 03:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsIn medicine, failure can be catastrophic. It can also produce discoveries that save millions of lives. Tales from the front line, the lab, and the I.T. department. RESOURCES: Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well, by Amy Edmondson (2023). "Reconsidering the Application of System...
561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events
Freakonomics Radio - October 12, 2023 03:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsWe tend to think of tragedies as a single terrible moment, rather than the result of multiple bad decisions. Can this pattern be reversed? We try — with stories about wildfires, school shootings, and love. RESOURCES Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well, by Amy Edmondson (2023). ...
232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay)
Freakonomics Radio - October 10, 2023 01:37 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsClaudia Goldin is the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. We spoke with her in 2016 about why women earn so much less than men — and how it’s not all explained by discrimination. SOURCES: Claudia Goldin, professor of economics at Harvard University.
560. Is This “the Worst Job in Corporate America” — or Maybe the Best?
Freakonomics Radio - October 05, 2023 03:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsJohn Ray is an emergency C.E.O., a bankruptcy expert who takes over companies that have succumbed to failure or fraud. He’s currently cleaning up the mess left by alleged crypto scammer Sam Bankman-Fried. And he loves it. RESOURCES: "United States of America v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, a/k/a '...
559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One?
Freakonomics Radio - September 28, 2023 03:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsIf two parents can run a family, why shouldn’t two executives run a company? We dig into the research and hear firsthand stories of both triumph and disaster. Also: lessons from computer programmers, Simon and Garfunkel, and bears versus alligators. RESOURCES: "How Allbirds Lost Its Way," by S...
558. The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than One
Freakonomics Radio - September 21, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsIn her new book The Two-Parent Privilege, the economist Melissa Kearney says it’s time for liberals to face the facts: U.S. marriage rates have plummeted but the babies keep coming, and the U.S. now leads the world in single-parent households. Plus: our friends at Atlas Obscura explore just how ...
557. When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?
Freakonomics Radio - September 14, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsThe union that represents N.F.L. players conducted their first-ever survey of workplace conditions, and issued a report card to all 32 teams. What did the survey reveal? Clogged showers, rats in the locker room — and some helpful insights for those of us who don’t play pro football. For show...
556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You?
Freakonomics Radio - September 07, 2023 03:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsFor all the speculation about the future, A.I. tools can be useful right now. Adam Davidson discovers what they can help us do, how we can get the most from them — and why the things that make them helpful also make them dangerous. (Part 3 of "How to Think About A.I.")
555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different?
Freakonomics Radio - August 31, 2023 03:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsGuest host Adam Davidson looks at what might happen to your job in a world of human-level artificial intelligence, and asks when it might be time to worry that the machines have become too powerful. (Part 2 of "How to Think About A.I.")
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