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Shows that explore the hidden side of everything with Stephen Dubner. Check out our new show Better in Person on the Freakonomics YouTube channel.

www.youtube.com/@FreakonomicsIngressou em maio de 2026
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Freakonomics@Freakonomics·4d
There is a lot of money in private equity, and the industry has a lot of friends in Washington. Private equity has hired former government officials and contributed millions to political campaigns. Critics argue that those connections have helped private-equity firms maintain fa…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·19 de out.
College sports are already a billion-dollar business. Could private equity be the next big player? David Rubenstein, the billionaire co-founder of @OneCarlyle and owner of the Baltimore @Orioles, thinks we're headed in that direction. He joins Stephen Dubner to talk about where…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·12 de out.
I bet you haven’t heard this one before … A producer, an agent, an economist, a media executive, and an AI evangelist walk into a recording studio — and tell us everything they know about podcasting.
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·5 de out.
Beef prices have been rising faster than inflation, but consumption isn’t falling, with demand now at a 40-year high. And there’s no quick way to bring supply up to meet it. @okstate agricultural economist Derrell Peel says the current cattle shortage will take years to resolve…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·26 de set.
When is a bet not a bet? Our two-part series on prediction markets has generated a lot of discussion from our listeners. Many of you are dead-set against the very idea of them. Freakonomics Radio producer Theo Jacobs has spent the past few months digging into some of the thorni…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·21 de set.
What if prediction markets could do more than forecast sports or elections? @Kalshi is betting on a very different use case: F.D.A. drug approvals. C.E.O. @mansourtarek_ argues that more information about which drugs are likely to succeed could lead to smarter decisions about w…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·17 de set.
Kurt Warner doesn’t believe great athletes rise to the occasion. The Hall of Fame quarterback has played in some of football’s biggest arenas. But when Stephen Dubner asked what made him so good under pressure, Warner offered a different way of thinking about it … Maybe the gre…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·14 de set.
Picking a great NFL quarterback seems like it shouldn’t be that difficult. Teams have college stats, game tape, the scouting combine, cognitive tests, and armies of experts. And yet quarterback evaluation remains “one of the most studied and still most uncertain problems in all…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·10 de set.
What does it take to play offensive line in the NFL? John Urschel bench pressed 225 pounds 30 times at the @NFL scouting combine before getting drafted to the Baltimore Ravens.
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·9 de set.
How did @GinaRaimondo convince TSMC to manufacture more of its chips in America? The former Commerce Secretary tells Stephen Dubner about the behind-the-scenes push that helped get the company on board, including how she enlisted some of its biggest customers, @Apple, @nvidia a…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·8 de set.
This week on Better in Person… John Urschel has spent his life at the intersection of two worlds that rarely overlap: professional football and higher mathematics.
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·1 de set.
This week on Better in Person... 30 years ago, James Daunt was an independent bookseller. Today, he’s C.E.O. of Barnes & Noble (@BNBuzz) and running the very bookstore chains that once ruled the industry. His philosophy on running a global chain? Think local.
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·31 de ago.
What if one of the strongest arguments for returning stolen art comes from inside a museum? Our updated three-part series asks: • How does stolen art end up in museums? • Who should it be returned to? • What should museums do next? The final chapter of our updated Freakonomics…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·24 de ago.
Who should own history? For more than a century, museums around the world have displayed the Benin Bronzes: thousands of objects looted by British forces during the destruction of the Kingdom of Benin in 1897. Today, many institutions agree they should be returned. The harder q…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·20 de ago.
Amazing turnout at Friday's collab between Better in Person and Must Love Dogs and Comedy. Come to our next gathering — a pre-screening of the next episode of Better in Person — on Monday (8/24) at the member club Moss NYC. Details: luma.com/anvqgs5h
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·20 de ago.
You asked, he answered. What’s with the bear painting in the apartment?  Catch more of Stephen on his new talk show, Better in Person, now on YouTube.
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·18 de ago.
What’s the purpose of fiction? Jennifer Egan argues that great novels let us experience the impossible.  Watch the full episode of Better in Person on the Freakonomics YouTube channel.
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·17 de ago.
What do a looted gold coffin, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Kim Kardashian have in common?  In 2017, the Met paid nearly $4 million for what it believed was a rare Egyptian coffin with a legitimate provenance. But the paperwork had been forged, and the artifact had actually…
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·13 de ago.
What indie films have the Freakonomics and Better in Person teams been watching during their down time from making an indie talk show? Very good ones.  See the full list on Substack.
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·13 de ago.
Tom Petty delivered the career advice Warren didn’t want to hear – but he listened. Watch the full conversation with Warren Zanes, on YouTube now.
Freakonomics@Freakonomics·11 de ago.
What does it feel like to make it in Hollywood? For Warren Zanes, it feels like the humility of seeing your name misspelled on the director’s chair.