freakonomics-radio archive

sort order: page size:

< 2018

September 2018

Day: 6 | 13 | 20 | 27

  • How to Stop Being a Loser September 27, 2018

    Stephen Dubner speaks with the&nbsp;San Francisco 49ers'&nbsp;owner, head coach, general manager, and star players, including their new $137.5 million quarterback. (episode)

  • How Sports Became Us September 20, 2018

    Dollar-wise, the sports industry is about the same size as the cardboard-box industry. So why does it make so much noise?&nbsp;Introducing a new series, &ldquo;The Hidden Side of Sports.&rdquo; (episode)

  • An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar… September 13, 2018

    In this live episode of &ldquo;Tell Me Something I Don&rsquo;t Know,&rdquo; we learn why New York has skinny skyscrapers, how to weaponize water, and what astronauts talk about in space. (episode)

  • People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. September 6, 2018

    You wouldn&rsquo;t think you could win a Nobel Prize for showing that humans tend to make irrational decisions. But that&rsquo;s what Richard Thaler has done. (episode)