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54. Ghostwriters | The Economics of Everyday Things
Channeling the voices of celebrities can be a lucrative career - one that requires empathy and discretion as well as literary chops. Zachary Crockett checks the acknowledgements.
ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF EVERYDAY THINGS:
Zachary Crockett uncovers the hidden side of the things that surround us. Who decides what snacks are in your office’s vending machine? How much is a 100-year-old elm tree on a suburban block worth - and to whom? And what makes Girl Scout Cookies a billion-dollar business?
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202. Why Can’t We Tolerate Discomfort? | No Stupid Questions
Просмотров 6984 часа назад
Are we using technology to make ourselves numb? What’s the downside of air conditioning? And was Angela the most annoying person in her college classes? SUBSCRIBE TO NO STUPID QUESTIONS: RUclips: freak.ws/3yIl6dl Stitcher: freak.ws/3Vwxib5 Apple Podcasts: freak.ws/3ELhWJR Spotify: freak.ws/3Tb7Gir ABOUT FREAKONOMICS RADIO NETWORK: Freakonomics began as a book, which led to a blog, a documentary...
REPLAY Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.” | People I (Mostly) Admire
Просмотров 2184 часа назад
She is one of the best basketball players ever. She’s won multiple championships, including five Olympic gold medals and four W.N.B.A. titles. She also helped negotiate a landmark contract for the league’s players. Sue Bird tells Steve Levitt the untold truth about clutch players, her thoughts about the pay gap between male and female athletes, and what it means to be part of the first gay coup...
594. Your Brand’s Spokesperson Just Got Arrested - Now What? | Freakonomics Radio
Просмотров 2 тыс.12 часов назад
It’s hard to know whether the benefits of hiring a celebrity are worth the risk. We dig into one gruesome story of an endorsement gone wrong, and find a surprising result. ABOUT FREAKONOMICS RADIO: Discover the hidden side of everything with host Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books. Each week, Dubner speaks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, intellectuals and entrepreneur...
53. Food Trucks | The Economics of Everyday Things
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.21 час назад
How did mobile kitchens become popular with hipster gourmands? And just how much money can a popular truck make from a lunch shift? Zachary Crocket drops some napkins. ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF EVERYDAY THINGS: Zachary Crockett uncovers the hidden side of the things that surround us. Who decides what snacks are in your office’s vending machine? How much is a 100-year-old elm tree on a suburban blo...
201. Are You Dreaming Too Big? | No Stupid Questions
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.21 час назад
Are fantasies helpful or harmful? How is daydreaming like a drug? And what did Angela fantasize about during ninth-grade English class? SUBSCRIBE TO NO STUPID QUESTIONS: RUclips: freak.ws/3yIl6dl Stitcher: freak.ws/3Vwxib5 Apple Podcasts: freak.ws/3ELhWJR Spotify: freak.ws/3Tb7Gir ABOUT FREAKONOMICS RADIO NETWORK: Freakonomics began as a book, which led to a blog, a documentary film, more books...
134. Why Do We Still Teach People to Calculate? | People I (Mostly) Admire
Просмотров 66921 час назад
Conrad Wolfram wants to transform the way we teach math - by taking advantage of computers. The Mathematica creator convinced the Estonian government to give his radical curriculum a try - so why is the rest of the world so resistant? ABOUT PEOPLE I (MOSTLY) ADMIRE: People I (Mostly) Admire is hosted by Steven Levitt, the unorthodox University of Chicago economist and co-author of the Freakonom...
EXTRA: The Fascinatingly Mundane Secrets of the World’s Most Exclusive Nightclub | Freakonomics...
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.День назад
The Berlin dance mecca Berghain is known for its eight-hour line and inscrutable door policy. PJ Vogt, host of the podcast "Search Engine," joins us to crack the code. It has to do with Cold War rivalries, German tax law, and one very talented bouncer. ABOUT FREAKONOMICS RADIO: Discover the hidden side of everything with host Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books. Each week, Du...
52. Little League | The Economics of Everyday Things
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.14 дней назад
Youth baseball - long a widely accessible American pastime - has become overrun by $10,000-per-year, for-profit travel leagues. Zachary Crockett peers inside the dugout. ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF EVERYDAY THINGS: Zachary Crockett uncovers the hidden side of the things that surround us. Who decides what snacks are in your office’s vending machine? How much is a 100-year-old elm tree on a suburban b...
200. What’s the Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy? | No Stupid Questions
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.14 дней назад
Can you ever really know how another person feels? What’s the best way to support a grieving person? And why doesn’t Hallmark sell empathy cards? SUBSCRIBE TO NO STUPID QUESTIONS: RUclips: freak.ws/3yIl6dl Stitcher: freak.ws/3Vwxib5 Apple Podcasts: freak.ws/3ELhWJR Spotify: freak.ws/3Tb7Gir ABOUT FREAKONOMICS RADIO NETWORK: Freakonomics began as a book, which led to a blog, a documentary film, ...
51. Wine Corks | The Economics of Everyday Things
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.21 день назад
Why do we use a specific kind of tree-bark tissue to seal up 70 percent of wine bottles? Zachary Crockett takes a sniff and gives the waiter a nod. ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF EVERYDAY THINGS: Zachary Crockett uncovers the hidden side of the things that surround us. Who decides what snacks are in your office’s vending machine? How much is a 100-year-old elm tree on a suburban block worth - and to wh...
199. What Makes a Good Gathering? | No Stupid Questions
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.21 день назад
Why do so many book clubs fall apart? Do the best parties have rules? And does Angela’s husband want to date you? SUBSCRIBE TO NO STUPID QUESTIONS: RUclips: freak.ws/3yIl6dl Stitcher: freak.ws/3Vwxib5 Apple Podcasts: freak.ws/3ELhWJR Spotify: freak.ws/3Tb7Gir ABOUT FREAKONOMICS RADIO NETWORK: Freakonomics began as a book, which led to a blog, a documentary film, more books, a pair of pants, and...
133. Pay Attention! (Your Body Will Thank You) | People I (Mostly) Admire
Просмотров 2 тыс.21 день назад
Ellen Langer is a psychologist at Harvard who studies the mind-body connection. She’s published some of the most remarkable scientific findings Steve has ever encountered. Can we really improve our physical health by changing our mind? ABOUT PEOPLE I (MOSTLY) ADMIRE: People I (Mostly) Admire is hosted by Steven Levitt, the unorthodox University of Chicago economist and co-author of the Freakono...
591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time | Freakonomics Radio
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591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time | Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy - How We Got Here | Freakonomics Radio
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.28 дней назад
EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy - How We Got Here | Freakonomics Radio
50. Self-Checkout | The Economics of Everyday Things
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.28 дней назад
50. Self-Checkout | The Economics of Everyday Things
198. What Does It Mean to Be “Cool”? | No Stupid Questions
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.28 дней назад
198. What Does It Mean to Be “Cool”? | No Stupid Questions
UPDATE: John Green’s Reluctant Rocket Ship Ride | People I (Mostly) Admire
Просмотров 47328 дней назад
UPDATE: John Green’s Reluctant Rocket Ship Ride | People I (Mostly) Admire
590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic? | Freakonomics Radio
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.Месяц назад
590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic? | Freakonomics Radio
Carnival Games (Replay) | The Economics of Everyday Things
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.Месяц назад
Carnival Games (Replay) | The Economics of Everyday Things
197. Is It Wrong to Lie to Children? | No Stupid Questions
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.Месяц назад
197. Is It Wrong to Lie to Children? | No Stupid Questions
132. Suleika Jaouad’s Survival Mechanisms | People I (Mostly) Admire
Просмотров 600Месяц назад
132. Suleika Jaouad’s Survival Mechanisms | People I (Mostly) Admire
589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long? | Freakonomics Radio
Просмотров 4,8 тыс.Месяц назад
589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long? | Freakonomics Radio
49. Weather Forecasts | The Economics of Everyday Things
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.Месяц назад
49. Weather Forecasts | The Economics of Everyday Things
Extra: Car Colors & Storage Units | Freakonomics Radio
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.Месяц назад
Extra: Car Colors & Storage Units | Freakonomics Radio
196. What’s Wrong With Being a Little Neurotic? | No Stupid Questions
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.Месяц назад
196. What’s Wrong With Being a Little Neurotic? | No Stupid Questions
588. Confessions of a Black Conservative | Freakonomics Radio
Просмотров 3,9 тыс.Месяц назад
588. Confessions of a Black Conservative | Freakonomics Radio
48. College Fraternities | The Economics of Everyday Things
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48. College Fraternities | The Economics of Everyday Things

Комментарии

  • @sh8nn0n92
    @sh8nn0n92 День назад

    Glad comments aren’t turned off😂😂- i kid- but so many are.. the T- no allowance of discussion/outside info.. having women fired, changing facts, men are in women’s prison cells😰- but mention it- blaspheme! We need this as practice. Debate and history and free speech must be used❤️❤️

  • @132indo
    @132indo День назад

    you have to make money as a league first foo

  • @jhvuvnik65s24
    @jhvuvnik65s24 День назад

    The only people that really have an accurate assessment of whether it's easier to be a man or woman in western society are fully transitioned trans people. They universally describe being a man as being more difficult for a slew of reasons. The most common example is simply the fact that women are treated better by society. The trans men particularly describe a sense that nobody gives a shit about you s a man, unless to provide something to them.

  • @Huss417
    @Huss417 2 дня назад

    "I wanted to really like this episode but everyone being Interviewed was so pretentious and ego driven." We must have listened to different podcasts because I didn't pick that up at all.

  • @6969jezabel
    @6969jezabel 2 дня назад

    Regarding acknowledgment, is there any moral consideration in the industry? It seems corrupt to put your name on something you didn’t produce. I’d like to see the short list of non-ghost written autobiographies.

  • @tmemore
    @tmemore 2 дня назад

    Yuval is wrong about money, it's not just a story. Money is a story plus threat of violence enforced by jails, courts, military and now nukes. Try not to believe the story, see what happens. See what US does to people who decide not to believe US dollar story.

  • @iiser1024
    @iiser1024 2 дня назад

    Could we please have a recap of this series as there are many more advanced models today?

  • @marshallbjohnson
    @marshallbjohnson 2 дня назад

    Loury is a small minded intellectual fraud propped up by Brown University As A Token. Economist? Regressive shill who’s personality is much more engaging than anything he can spout about economics.

  • @tiborkoos188
    @tiborkoos188 2 дня назад

    "so much less shady research in economics than in psychology". Huhh????? That's why you guys never ever predicted anything in history! ? You are not even doing research, economics is fake cargo cult science . You are shuffling medicare math to justify ideology

  • @bennguyen1313
    @bennguyen1313 3 дня назад

    Regarding the 37m mark on Dr Saul Newman, don't the Okinawans die at a far lower rate of cancer and cardiovascular disease than everyone else? Dr. Peter Attia suggests that the longevity problem is more manageable if we assume they die of the same diseases just later… but is this accurate?

  • @NicotheMerchant
    @NicotheMerchant 4 дня назад

    It makes sense to have restrictions on how close food trucks park near brick-and-mortor restaurants. If that wasn't in place, there would be an oversaturation of low quality trucks on every block. Exaggerating numbers here but no regulation causes substantial, long-term problems.

  • @genocidegrand2057
    @genocidegrand2057 6 дней назад

    thx

  • @Jordanblackhearts
    @Jordanblackhearts 6 дней назад

    I disagree. When I think about big goals or a fun fantasy I get completely staggered or stuck of the workload that I have to get done in order to get to that goal. Because I can see the path to get there and it's so much work I don't want to do any of it and it makes me depressed

  • @nomadicroadrat
    @nomadicroadrat 8 дней назад

    What a fascinating discussion. One of the better podcasts I have heard. Thank you.

  • @wenbinyang1689
    @wenbinyang1689 9 дней назад

    Really interesting stuff.

  • @sh8nn0n92
    @sh8nn0n92 10 дней назад

    Now, a white hetero male elder puts on a dress and he’s a “diversity hire.”

  • @sh8nn0n92
    @sh8nn0n92 10 дней назад

    Now, a white hetero male elder puts on a dress and he’s a “diversity hire.”

  • @piperrooney8597
    @piperrooney8597 10 дней назад

    This is the best piece on live theatre that I've heard in years. Thank you!

  • @Jordanblackhearts
    @Jordanblackhearts 11 дней назад

    I wanted to really like this episode but everyone being Interviewed was so pretentious and ego driven. The conversation about wanting a specific lifestyle was incredibly annoying. We all want that. I work my ass off every day and being bilingual doesn't shit in today's day. I still don't have that lifestyle. I would love to work in the entertainment industry but it seems that artists have to come from some source of already established economical state. They're all nepo babies capitalizing on their parents' wealth. I've participated in both theater and film shows and majority of those people have no real life experience or understanding of the world. They just want everyone to cater to them. Only once you call them out for this hey start treating you like a human being.

  • @thegoonist
    @thegoonist 12 дней назад

    strongly disagree with noah about responsible vs authentic leaders. they arent mutually exclusive. authenticity is crucial in a leader.

  • @LosAmosdeLasPistas
    @LosAmosdeLasPistas 12 дней назад

    What an stupid audio!!! This idiot has no clue wtf he is talking about!!!

  • @stevehamas5811
    @stevehamas5811 12 дней назад

    This guy refers to ancient Egypt and China in his inferences---I wonder the reason he does not take ancient India reference \ reason could be he has to discuss issues in a completely different perspective, it is possibly, he tried to understand ancient India, and he could not understand text and the depth ---I would suggest to him, don't take easy way out in discussion.

  • @user-wy1ch3if5l
    @user-wy1ch3if5l 12 дней назад

    waaawwwww

  • @robertsemenoff4970
    @robertsemenoff4970 13 дней назад

    This is actually a really very good not-stupid question!

  • @peter_marcelli
    @peter_marcelli 14 дней назад

    Great interview! You both seem to click and everything flowed so well. Really enjoyed this.

  • @Sociology_Tube
    @Sociology_Tube 14 дней назад

    Does not need rebranding we just need to stop paying attention to what stupid white Maga people think about science

  • @Sociology_Tube
    @Sociology_Tube 14 дней назад

    Who the hell feels like they're missing out because they're not using social media? The fact that you say using social media and instead of entrapped by it and snared cognitively by it demonstrates your hitman capitalist biases

  • @patricksullivan4329
    @patricksullivan4329 15 дней назад

    This was a silly piece. Baseball for kids is not being 'overrun by $10,000-per-year, for-profit travel leagues'. There are plenty of teams coached and leagues organized by unpaid volunteers (mostly parents). To say baseball will fall apart if the cream of crop goes to travel leagues is ridiculous. Those leagues taking the exceptional players probably makes it more fun for those who stick with the traditional Little Leagues. I've coached Little Leaguers who ended up playing at Williamsport's WS, and very few of the parents I knew were high income professionals. Most worked on the production lines at Boeing's Seattle area plants. Kids sports are still mostly the products of grass roots organization. Milton Friedman would be thrilled by these private sector, beneficial groups for children done cooperatively. If the participation of black kids is lower than that of whites, I'd look to the much lower level of intact families among blacks. It might be an interesting research project for some economics grad students to see what percentage of imprisoned men ever played Little League baseball.

    • @4RMULA_arch
      @4RMULA_arch 14 дней назад

      as a black man who played in the old system (80s+90s): LL > babe ruth > VFW > american legion > high school > college > semi-pro and who is currently coaching his sons through LL and the transition to club/travel ball, your comment shows an incredibly disappointing level of bigotry and a complete disconnect from the current reality of youth sports in most major metro areas across the country.

    • @patricksullivan4329
      @patricksullivan4329 14 дней назад

      @@4RMULA_arch What specifically, did I get wrong in your opinion?

  • @psikeyhackr6914
    @psikeyhackr6914 15 дней назад

    *Wealth of Nations* has been free on the Internet since 2001. Smith used the word 'education' Eighty Times. Did Milton Friedman ever tell us that? If you search for "read, write' you will find multiple instances and every one is followed by "and account". Not "read, write and arithmetic." If double-entry accounting had been mandatory in the schools since Sputnik for boys and girls what would this country be like today? The Baby Boomers were the first generation to be brainwashed via television. What we have today is television brainwashed consumerism. When have you heard an economist talk about planned obsolescence and what consumers lose on the depreciation of automobiles every year?

  • @donnalynne6016
    @donnalynne6016 15 дней назад

    Can we send this memo to the Trumpmeister😂

  • @stephenboyington630
    @stephenboyington630 16 дней назад

    There is a very universal tendency when people take power, no matter where it is. They want to stay in power. Many of these leaders or parties cannot understand why anyone should just let other people take over, when there are ways to prevent that. That is the battle all across the world. Do you fight to remove the abusive ruler...or just go along with them to reap the rewards of membership?

  • @hermanhalici1
    @hermanhalici1 16 дней назад

    *LIFE is Amazing and Meaningful here is why?* (I simplified it.) ........From a logical perspective, if the building blocks of life are meaningful, the systems they create will also be meaningful. The properties of the whole system are influenced by its parts, ensuring that the inherent meaning is preserved and often amplified. *Therefore*, life, built on meaningful foundations, inherently possesses significance. The interconnectedness of its components ensures that life remains meaningful at every level of existence. We are meaningful because our foundation blocks are meaningful. "Life is whatever you make it." I hope this gives meaning to meaningless thoughts.

  • @bananewane1402
    @bananewane1402 17 дней назад

    I’m neither a male nor a baboon but I do like having bugs picked out of my hair

  • @justafewquestions3647
    @justafewquestions3647 17 дней назад

    Looming Recession The low-income consumer is in recession territory. Wage gains in that sector have slowed. 19 states are already in recession as consumer debt levels rise and confidence declines. ruclips.net/video/xahVOMmQEGU/видео.html

  • @udaymukherji4527
    @udaymukherji4527 18 дней назад

    Around 1990 I read a book, "Ageless body timeless mind" by Dr Deepak Chopra. It said some of the things and more as covered in Ellen's work, as I understood through your conversation! I found myself in almost complete agreement with The book in 1990, which further reinforced my existing practice of meditation/mindfulness, yoga, and related understandings and concepts. Today I am 57 years of age and my appearance, physical and mental capacities and attributes are similar to an individual 20 to 30 years younger

  • @theofficialness578
    @theofficialness578 18 дней назад

    Reading through the comments and all the individuals insulting the way Robert looks, just proves to me a belief in “free will” only leads to cruelty that’s the real reason so many cling on to the notion, it proves what Robert says about being cruel to to an individual viewed as a “them” causes a pleasure response. I would do what Robert teaches, it’s really not cool to insult people for how they look and if possible you should change the way you think, but I don’t hate or blame you for your current state of mind/brain because it is determined and you are not a cruel individual by chance.

  • @nevadataylor
    @nevadataylor 18 дней назад

    Oh this silly religion of capitalism! What a bunch of bullshit, just like any other religion!

  • @DJSTOEK
    @DJSTOEK 18 дней назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @Sociology_Tube
    @Sociology_Tube 19 дней назад

    you really need non southern white men to interview, they just sound like untrustworthy pator-swindler congressmen. "men" like comer, like jim johnson. like devil-abbot.

  • @MmeO
    @MmeO 20 дней назад

    Wonderful. Ellen you are a jewel. "Is it a tragedy or an inconvenience?" BRILLIANT!! Thank you I'm off to find your books to learn more!

  • @christiannegreiros1259
    @christiannegreiros1259 20 дней назад

    Ok he is good , do not make cheap drama 🎉

  • @matthewmaguire3554
    @matthewmaguire3554 21 день назад

    Why when commenting on sites do I feel like Steve Martin in “The Jerk “ when the new telephone book arrives?🎭

  • @matthewmaguire3554
    @matthewmaguire3554 21 день назад

    To paraphrase George Castanza…It’s not a con…if you believe it.

  • @JustinLanier
    @JustinLanier 21 день назад

    I listened to it Joe!

  • @TheDudeKicker
    @TheDudeKicker 22 дня назад

    You would have gotten a 'like' for great content if it wasn't for that damn noisy piano garbage. Sounds like NPR had a baby with a crying clown.

  • @tolotolo2380
    @tolotolo2380 23 дня назад

    We have been struggling for 5000 years trying to answer the questions regarding life so I don’t understand why and how suddenly Harari knows

  • @baudy1337
    @baudy1337 23 дня назад

    Whatever I post here it’s predetermined 😂

  • @TheManaLeek
    @TheManaLeek 23 дня назад

    My BS meter is going off. I'd love to see a source on the woman getting threatened with jail time for forgetting a candy bar. Can't find a shred of evidence that ever happened. This was just a luddite whining about evil scary technology with any excuse he could make up.

    • @kikib48grid
      @kikib48grid 16 дней назад

      Search: Lesleigh Nurse Not the same case, but very enlightening story about being charged with shoplifting on a self checkout at Wal-Mart. Well worth a listen. She got 2.1 million. Enjoy, you're welcome.

  • @wm6549
    @wm6549 24 дня назад

    I gave this clown a chance, but I can't finish this podcast. Between 2008-2018, white-on-white crime was 84% while black-on-black crime was 93% not that big a difference.

  • @vanlepthien6768
    @vanlepthien6768 24 дня назад

    If a kid is old enough to ask the question, they are old enough to be answered truthfully. I asked about Santa when I was 3, and I'm glad my mother came out straight. That in no way interfered with the tradition of leaving cookies and milk for Santa (and a carrot for the reindeer). If you are frequently lying to your kids, they won't trust you when you need to convey the truth. Maybe it works if your kids are stupid.