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A Rescue Plan for Black America (Ep. 453) March 3, 2021 @ 11:00pm Listen now: New York Times columnist Charles Blow argues that white supremacy in America will never fully recede, and that it’s time for Black people to do something radical about it. In The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, he urges a “reverse migration” to the South to consolidate political power and create a region where it’s safe to be Black. (This is an episode of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club.) Listen and subscribe to our podcast at  *      *      * Stephen DUBNER: So, Charles, you have sa...

Jeff Immelt Knows He Let You Down (Ep. 452) February 17, 2021 @ 11:00pm Listen now: Not so long ago, G.E. was the most valuable company in the world, a conglomerate that included everything from light bulbs and jet engines to financial services and The Apprentice. Now it’s selling off body parts to survive. What does the C.E.O. who presided over the decline have to say for himself? Listen and subscribe to our podcast at  *      *      * Stephen DUBNER: So there is a silly question that a lot of authors get asked, which is: Why did you write this book? Silly, because it’s us...

The Downside of Disgust (Ep. 448) January 20, 2021 @ 11:00pm Listen now: It’s a powerful biological response that has preserved our species for millennia. But now it may be keeping us from pursuing strategies that would improve the environment, the economy, even our own health. So is it time to dial down our disgust reflex? You can help fix things — as Stephen Dubner does in this episode — by chowing down on some delicious insects. Listen and subscribe to our podcast at  *      *      * We have just made the entire Freakonomics Radio archive available, free, on every podc...

Trust Me (Ep. 266 Rebroadcast) December 30, 2020 @ 11:00pm Listen now: Societies where people trust one another are healthier and wealthier. In the U.S. (and the U.K. and elsewhere), social trust has been falling for decades — in part because our populations are more diverse. What can we do to fix it? Listen and subscribe to our podcast at  *      *      * First of all, Happy New Year! I think we can all agree that 2020 is the kind of year that belongs in the rear-view mirror. I’d like to take a minute to thank some people. Let’s start with you, our listeners: you are, obj...

Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? (Ep. 445) December 23, 2020 @ 11:00pm In this episode of  No Stupid Questions — a Freakonomics Radio Network show launched earlier this year — Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth debate why we watch, read, and eat familiar things during a crisis, and if it might in fact be better to try new things instead. Also: is a little knowledge truly as dangerous as they say? Listen and subscribe to No Stupid Questions  at  *      *      * It was nearly one year ago — on Christmas Day, 2019 — that we released a pilot episode of a show we t...