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3 days ago · There’s a 15 percent approval rating for U.S. Congress today, and a 94 percent reelect rate for incumbent House members. So the fiction we’ve been sold is, our leaders have to make 51 percent of us happy to stay in office. That’s actually not true for 9 out of 10 seats.
1 day ago · Mondays, 12:00 – 1:00pm From WNYC Studios: Discover the hidden side of everything with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books. Each week, Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn’t) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do) — from the economics of sleep to how...
2 days ago · 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 …
3 days ago · 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 engin…
5 days ago · The latest Freakonomics Radio episode is called “ Your Brand’s Spokesperson Just Got Arrested — Now What? ” (Apple, Spotify)It was inspired by a new research paper from the Cornell economist John Cawley and five co-authors, called “ The Role of Repugnance in Markets: How the Jared Fogle Scandal Affected Patronage of Subway.”
Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their eventual success.
4 days ago · 24 episodes. Curious what it would be like to walk in someone else’s (work) shoes? Join New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath as he explores the world of work, one profession at a time, and interviews people who love what they do.
