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Why early retirement may not be good for your health
Freakonomics Radio explores the hidden side of early retirement.
Interview with Stephen Dubner
Don't buy your mom fresh flowers
As Mother's Day approaches, it's time to consider the hidden side of fresh flowers, and the carbon footprint they leave behind.
Interview with Stephen Dubner
Good corporate citizenship can pay off
Freakonomics Radio takes a look at whether having a high level of corporate social responsibility is good for business in the long run.
Interview with Stephen Dubner
When burglar alarms don't work
Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner on the high costs of faulty home alarm systems.
Interview with Stephen Dubner
Closing the gender gap in patent filing
Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner on one scientifically-proven way that helps women embrace risk.
Interview with Stephen Dubner
Does the president actually influence the economy?
Believe it or not, there's nearly no relationship between the U.S. president and the economy, no matter who it is.
Interview with Stephen Dubner
The hidden side of keeping employee morale high
Freakonomics Radio takes a look at alternative indicators of office morale, and the unintended consequences when companies try to keep employees happy.
Interview with Stephen Dubner
The unintended consequences of the recession
The decline in smoking among Americans may have contributed to rising obesity levels -- could the recession also be affecting people’s waistlines?
Interview with Stephen Dubner
Tackling old football myths
That old adage about defense winning the game? Not true.
Interview with Stephen Dubner
Does money buy elections?
Conventional wisdom says the candidate who raises the most money is likely to get the most votes. But is that really true?
Interview with Stephen Dubner, Kai Ryssdal

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Good corporate citizenship can pay off

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Freakonomics Radio takes a look at whether having a high level of corporate social responsibility is good for business in the long run.
Posted In: corporate responsibility
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When burglar alarms don't work

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner on the high costs of faulty home alarm systems.
Posted In: police, alarms, burglar
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Closing the gender gap in patent filing

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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner on one scientifically-proven way that helps women embrace risk.
Posted In: innovation, gender gap, patents, Science, engineering
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Does the president actually influence the economy?

Interview with
Stephen Dubner
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Believe it or not, there's nearly no relationship between the U.S. president and the economy, no matter who it is.
Posted In: president
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The hidden side of keeping employee morale high

Interview with
Stephen Dubner
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Freakonomics Radio takes a look at alternative indicators of office morale, and the unintended consequences when companies try to keep employees happy.
Posted In: employees, office behavior, morale
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The unintended consequences of the recession

Interview with
Stephen Dubner
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The decline in smoking among Americans may have contributed to rising obesity levels -- could the recession also be affecting people’s waistlines?
Posted In: smoking, cigarettes, weight
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Tackling old football myths

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
That old adage about defense winning the game? Not true.
Posted In: American Football, football, Super Bowl
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Does money buy elections?

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Conventional wisdom says the candidate who raises the most money is likely to get the most votes. But is that really true?
Posted In: 2012 election, campaign spending, fundraising, politics
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Your Thanksgiving turkey is probably a product of artificial insemination

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner discusses why the turkey industry is built around artificial insemination.
Posted In: turkey, Thanksgiving
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Don't buy your mom fresh flowers

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
As Mother's Day approaches, it's time to consider the hidden side of fresh flowers, and the carbon footprint they leave behind.
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Friends don't let friends walk drunk

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
We all know that drunk driving kills. But research shows, so does walking drunk.
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How political history influences what's on your plate

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What do Prohibition, World War II and immigration policy have to do with your food? Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner discusses reasons why American food is what it is today.
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"Freakonomics" and "SuperFreakonomics," by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, are groundbreaking books that explore "the hidden side of everything." Now there's Freakonomics Radio, a project that includes a weekly podcast, regular segments on Marketplace, and one-hour specials to be broadcast on public-radio stations across the country. Prepare to be enlightened, engaged, perhaps enraged, and definitely surprised.

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