Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness? A New Marketplace Podcast
West Virginia University students drink cans of beer while tailgating outside Milan Puskar Stadium on Sept 1, 2012. (Photo: Chelsi Baker, All-Pro Photography) Our latest Freakonomics Radio on...
View ArticleWhy Online Poker Should Be Legal: A New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: Images Money) In our latest Freakonomics Radio podcast, Steve Levitt visits with Marketplace‘s Kai Ryssdal to discuss his poker research and his personal poker history. The episode is called...
View ArticleWhy America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over: a New Marketplace Podcast
With the Presidential debate finished, we are officially in the final lap of America’s second-favorite spectator sport. (Yes, football is better than politics.) Of all the talking that Barack Obama...
View ArticleLying to Ourselves: a New Marketplace Podcast
Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “Lying to Ourselves.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the transcript...
View ArticleHow to Maximize Your Halloween Candy Haul: A New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: Jeff Turner) A few weeks ago, we got an e-mail from a reader Vishal Dosanjh, who lives in St. Louis: My daughter asked me this morning why the fancy neighborhoods are the best places to go...
View ArticleMass Transit Hysteria: A New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: Philip Matarese) New York City’s subways and buses carry roughly seven million passengers a day, which goes a long way toward explaining why New Yorkers have one of the smallest carbon...
View ArticleFree-conomics: A New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: Ken Hawkins) Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “Free-conomics.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or...
View ArticleHave a Very Homo Economicus Christmas: A New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: ahenobarbus) Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the...
View ArticleHow Much Does a Good Boss Really Matter? A New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: Ben Dalton, Creative Commons ) Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “How Much Does a Good Boss Really Matter?” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS...
View ArticleHow to Live Longer: a New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: Ethan Prater) Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “How to Live Longer.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above,...
View ArticleIntroducing “Freakonomics Experiments”: A New Marketplace Podcast
Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “Introducing ‘Freakonomics Experiments.’” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or...
View ArticleSure, I Remember That: A New Marketplace Podcast
Do you remember this skeet-shooting outing with Stephen Dubner, Kai Ryssdal, Barack Obama, and John Boehner? Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “Sure, I Remember That.” (You...
View ArticleThe Downside of More Miles Per Gallon: A New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: Joel) Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “The Downside of More Miles Per Gallon.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media...
View ArticleWhen Is a Negative a Positive? A New Marketplace Podcast
Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “When Is a Negative a Positive?” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the...
View ArticleHow Money Is March Madness? A New Marketplace Podcast
Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “How Money Is March Madness?” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the...
View ArticleThe Tax Man Nudgeth: A New Marketplace Podcast
Photo Credit: Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “The Tax Man Nudgeth.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read...
View ArticleHelp Wanted. No Smokers Need Apply: A New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: Julie Bocchino) Our latest podcast is called “Help Wanted. No Smokers Need Apply.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the...
View ArticleIt’s Crowded at the Top: A New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: Metro Centric) Our latest podcast, “Crowded at the Top,” presents a surprising explanation for why the U.S. unemployment rate is still relatively high. (You can download/subscribe at iTunes,...
View ArticleBaby, You Can Program My Car: A New Marketplace Podcast
Out for a ride with Jarrod Snider of Carnegie-Mellon's autonomous-driving lab: "The throttle, the brake, the steering wheel, the turn signals -- everything is being controlled by a computer right now....
View ArticleWhy Family and Business Don’t Mix: A New Marketplace Podcast
(Photo: Isabell Schulz) Our latest Freakonomics on Marketplace podcast is called “Why Family and Business Don’t Mix.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media...
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