Freakonomics Radio

Episodes

• 641. What Does It Cost to Lead a Creative Life?

  Jul 18, 2025

  David Adjmi shares his challenging journey as a playwright and the personal sacrifices made in pursuit of his creative passion.

• 640. Why Governments Are Betting Big on Sports

  Jul 11, 2025

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• How to Make Your Own Luck (Update)

  Jul 9, 2025

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• 639. “This Country Kicks My Ass All the Time”

  Jul 4, 2025

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• 638. Are You Ready for the Elder Swell?

  Jun 27, 2025

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• What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Update)

  Jun 25, 2025

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• 637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages)

  Jun 20, 2025

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• 636. Why Aren’t We Having More Babies?

  Jun 13, 2025

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• An Economics Lesson from a Talking Pencil (Update)

  Jun 11, 2025

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• 635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation?

  Jun 6, 2025

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• 634. “Fault-Finder Is a Minimum-Wage Job”

  May 30, 2025

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• 633. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of

  May 23, 2025

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• How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency (Update)

  May 21, 2025

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• How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

  May 16, 2025

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• How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death (Update)

  May 14, 2025

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• How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (Update)

  May 9, 2025

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• 632. When Did We All Start Watching Documentaries?

  May 2, 2025

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• 631. Will "3 Summers of Lincoln" Make It to Broadway?

  Apr 25, 2025

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• Is It a Theater Piece or a Psychological Experiment? (Update)

  Apr 23, 2025

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• 630. On Broadway, Nobody Knows Nothing

  Apr 18, 2025

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