Before beef ends up at your favorite steakhouse, it passes through the hands of a butcher — a trained specialist with an encyclopedic knowledge of bovine anatomy. Zachary Crockett chews the fat. https://freak.ws/40lYa1N
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It began when New York journalist and author Stephen J. Dubner went to Chicago to write about award-winning economist Steven D. Levitt for The New York Times Magazine. Dubner had been reluctant to take the assignment (he was in the middle of writing a book about the psychology of money). Levitt was reluctant to be shadowed by a journalist (but his mother loved the Times Magazine, so he gave in). The article came out, and led to an unexpected partnership. Levitt and Dubner wrote Freakonomics, a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby names, self-dealing Realtors, and crack-selling mama’s boys. They figured it would sell about 80 copies. Instead, it took up long-term residency on the Times best-seller list, and went on to sell more than 4 million copies in 35 languages. Then they wrote SuperFreakonomics. It also became a worldwide best-seller. A lot of other stuff happened, too. A blog. A documentary film. Jon Stewart and Beauty and the Geek! Lectures. A pair of pants. A radio show. Not bad for a partnership born of such profound reluctance.
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Incarcerated people grow crops, fight wildfires, and manufacture everything from prescription glasses to highway signs — often for pennies an hour. Zachary Crockett takes the next exit, in this special episode of The Economics of Everyday Things. https://freak.ws/404DE4D
Highway Signs and Prison Labor - Freakonomics
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Can academic fraud be stopped? Probably not — the incentives are too strong. But a few reformers are trying. We check in on their progress, in an update to an episode originally published last year. (Part 2 of 2) https://freak.ws/4gUS4Li
Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (Update) - Freakonomics
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How did pistachios become a billion-dollar product, lauded by celebrities in Super Bowl ads? Zachary Crockett cracks open the story. https://freak.ws/3PgIMgV
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Some of the biggest names in behavioral science stand accused of faking their results. Last year, an astonishing 10,000 research papers were retracted. In a series originally published in early 2024, we talk to whistleblowers, reformers, and a co-author who got caught up in the chaos. https://freak.ws/4iRv1Tq
Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update) - Freakonomics
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In her book, Rumbles, medical historian Elsa Richardson explores the history of the human gut. She talks with Steve about dubious medical practices, gruesome tales of survival, and the things that medieval doctors may have gotten right. https://freak.ws/3VTEhMT
Is Your Gut a Second Brain? - Freakonomics
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Once a luxury good, cashmere is now everywhere — which has led to a goat boom in Mongolia. Zachary Crockett tugs at the thread. https://freak.ws/4iLVzFJ
Cashmere (Replay) - Freakonomics
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David Eagleman upends myths and describes the vast possibilities of a brainscape that even neuroscientists are only beginning to understand. Steve Levitt interviews him in this special episode of People I (Mostly) Admire. https://freak.ws/4fuw4FZ
Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think - Freakonomics
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Check out Stephen Dubner’s interview with Alexis Madrigal on @KQED’s Forum! You can listen here: https://freak.ws/3BnTz5P And don’t miss Stephen on stage in San Francisco on Friday, January 3rd. Mayor London Breed and special guests will be joining Freakonomics Radio LIVE! Buy tickets here: https://lnkd.in/e9CmwvgR
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Adam Moss was the best magazine editor of his generation. When he retired, he took up painting. But he wasn’t very good, and that made him sad. So he wrote a book about how creative people work — and, in the process, he made himself happy again. https://freak.ws/41OrHSO
How to Make Something from Nothing - Freakonomics
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