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Freakonomics Radio is an American public radio program and podcast network which discusses socioeconomic issues for a general audience. [2] While the network, as of 2023, includes five programs, the primary podcast is also named Freakonomics and is a spin-off of the 2005 book Freakonomics.
Stephen Joseph Dubner (born August 26, 1963) is an American author, journalist, and podcast and radio host. He is co-author of the popular Freakonomics book series: Freakonomics, [3] SuperFreakonomics, [4] Think Like a Freak [5] and When to Rob a Bank. [6] He is the host of Freakonomics Radio.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything is the debut non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner. Published on April 12, 2005, by William Morrow , the book has been described as melding pop culture with economics . [ 1 ]
If Books Could Kill is a podcast hosted by Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri, in which they critique bestselling nonfiction books of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. . Books featured on the podcast include Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuya
The pilot was rebroadcast in May 2015 and Freakonomics solicited feedback from its audience in order to produce TMSIDK as its own show. [2] Shortly thereafter, Earwolf launched Dubner's Quora -inspired podcast Question of the Day with co-host James Altucher [ 3 ] that ran until September 2016, after which the premiere of Tell Me Something I Don ...
In September 2011, Venkatesh was featured on Freakonomics Radio episode 42, "The Upside of Quitting." [6] Venkatesh was also a Freakonomics blog contributor in 2008, authoring a nine-part blog series titled, "What Do Real Thugs Think of The Wire", in which he reported on the experience of watching episodes of popular crime drama television series The Wire with gang members he knew through his ...
Outside of movies and TV, he also co-hosts the Las Culturistas podcast with Matt Rogers. RELATED: The Top 'Wicked' Easter Eggs We Caught in the New Movie. Neil Mockford - Getty Images.
Created in September 2010, Freakonomics Radio is a weekly public radio show and podcast hosted by journalist Stephen Dubner, with economist Steven Levitt as a regular guest. [104] The two had previously collaborated on the 2005 book Freakonomics. In July 2018 production moved from WNYC Studios to Stitcher Radio. [105]