Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
Economist Steven Levitt's counterintuitive analyses of everyday topics, from tax myths to bourbon production.
Why we picked this
We picked Freakonomics Radio because no other show applies economic thinking to non-economic subjects with such consistent range. Stephen Dubner treats economics as a lens for interrogating how systems work—healthcare software, intellectual history, digital media—rather than a ledger of numbers. The show trades academic rigor for accessibility, but it never dumbs down; it makes the trade-off explicit and moves. A subscription delivers a steady catalog of reported arguments about why the world operates the way it does, not merely what happened this week.
Recent episodes
This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Update)
Jun 10, 202647 min
676. Has America Lost the Plot?
Jun 5, 20261h 5m
The Vanishing Mr. Feynman (Update)
May 29, 20261h
The Brilliant Mr. Feynman (Update)
May 27, 202652 min
The Curious Mr. Feynman (Update)
May 22, 20261h 3m
675. Has the New York Times Become a Games Company?
May 15, 202657 min
674. How Does a Composer Feel After the World Premiere?
May 8, 202645 min
Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update)
May 6, 20261h 8m
673. What Is Money?
May 1, 202654 min
672. What Makes Judy Faulkner Run?
Apr 24, 20261h
Why Does Everyone Hate Rats? (Update)
Apr 22, 202640 min
671. Why Has There Been So Little Progress on Alzheimer’s Disease?
Apr 17, 20261h 1m
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