So you have been practicing and you recently actually went out. Two, I think you described it as an urban desert park in Phoenix to practice.
Sarah: I live in Phoenix, which is the urban desert, but I mean, I live in like the middle of central Phoenix around tall buildings and asphalt streets, but like about fifteen, twenty minutes from my house, is this. Beautiful park called South mountain park. It's just stunningly beautiful. I actually got married at South mountain, so it holds a special place in my heart. So I, you know, was originally thinking when I realized that we would be doing the same services virtually, I started wondering if there was a way that I could play the shofar and then to be able to do something that's such an ancient tradition in such an ancient space, felt like it would feel really, really meaningful to me.
I was kind of right up next to a wash. So sort of like on a little, a small ridge, just out on a dirt path. Nahanni: When you talk about like the ancient tradition, I, when I hear a shofar, it really, there is something about it that feels like, this is like the call of the desert.
Like you can picture somebody standing on a hill, in a desert and like blowing so that the person on the next hill and the desert will be able to hear it. Sarah: Oh, absolutely. I mean so much of our history and so many of our biblical stories take place in the desert and around the desert and I feel very spiritually connected to the desert.
I do feel like it has spiritual quality. So there was something really beautiful about that, but you also hear construction and airplanes. And I kind of like after I was done, I sort of thought about this and realized that in some ways it's a little bit, it feels a little bit like a metaphor of So we are trying so hard, many of us to turn inward, to spend time with our families, to socially distance, to really take stock of what is most important to us and prioritize those things and sacrifice everything else.
So as much as we love being around other people or going out, we sacrifice that because we want to take care of the people that we love. Um, and I think after it was over and I was reflecting back, you know, I was trying so hard to hone in on, you know, the sounds of the animals around me and the sound of the shofar, and to really think about what it means to be spiritually awakened in this moment, in time in our country, in our history. And also trying to block out these like, you know, intense, distracting things like airplanes and construction, but realizing that they are a part my life too.
Dubner speaks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, intellectuals and entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers. Archive of On the Radio episodes. The U. How did that happen?
The answer may come down to two little letters: V. Is venture capital good for society, or does it just help the rich get richer? Stephen Dubner invests the time to find out. Really Less Corrupt Than China? One modern solution is to invoke a diversity mandate. Now the kids are old enough to talk — and they have a lot to say. We hear about nature vs. Arthur Brooks is an economist who for 10 years ran the American Enterprise Institute, one of the most influential conservative think tanks in the world.
He has come to believe there is only one weapon that can defeat our extreme political polarization: love. Is Brooks a fool for thinking this — and are you perhaps his kind of fool? Media So Negative? Breaking news! Sources say American journalism exploits our negativity bias to maximize profits, and social media algorithms add fuel to the fire.
Stephen Dubner investigates. Rebroadcast Verbal tic or strategic rejoinder? In his new book, Letters to a Young Athlete , Bosh covers the highlights and the struggles. So what if we start to think about policing as … philanthropy? Among O. How can that be?
To find out, Stephen Dubner speaks with a Republican senator, a Democratic mayor, and a large cast of econo-nerds. Along the way, we hear some surprisingly good news: Washington is finally ready to attack the problem head-on. How did nudge theory hold up in the face of a global financial meltdown, a pandemic, and other existential crises?
With the publication of a new, radically updated edition, Thaler tries to persuade Stephen Dubner that nudging is more relevant today than ever. Would the Covid crisis be an opportune time to reverse this tendency? But is the true cost even higher? Stephen Dubner explores the links between pollution and cognitive function, and enlists two fellow Freakonomics Radio Network hosts in a homegrown experiment.
The technologists say that human ingenuity can solve just about any problem. Is anyone right? A new study suggests we should channel our inner toddler and get 30 minutes of shut-eye in the afternoon. But are we ready for a napping revolution? Rebroadcast Nearly two percent of America is grassy green. Sure, lawns are beautiful and useful and they smell great. But are the costs — financial, environmental and otherwise — worth the benefits?
Bren Smith, who grew up fishing and fighting, is now part of a movement that seeks to feed the planet while putting less environmental stress on it. He makes his argument in a book called Eat Like a Fish ; his secret ingredient: kelp. But she admits that her profession would do well to focus on policy that actually helps people. Rouse explains why President Biden wants to spend trillions of dollars to reshape the economy, and why — as the first Black chair of the C. The greatest accidental experiment in the history of labor has lessons to teach us about productivity, flexibility, and even reversing the brain drain.
His book Influence is a classic, and he has just published an expanded and revised edition. In this episode of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club , he gives a master class in the seven psychological levers that bewitch our rational minds and lead us to buy, behave, or believe without a second thought. Rebroadcast The human foot is an evolutionary masterpiece, far more functional than we give it credit for.
Could Andrew Yang Be the Answer? And he has some big plans. That, at least, is what the economists are telling us. Should we believe them? We talk to a bunch of them — and a U. They also talk parenting, self-esteem, and how easy it is to learn econometrics if you feel like it.
Kidney failure is such a catastrophic and expensive disease that Medicare covers treatment for anyone, regardless of age. Since Medicare reimbursement rates are fairly low, the dialysis industry had to find a way to tweak the system if they wanted to make big profits. They succeeded. Healthcare Medicine has evolved from a calling into an industry, adept at dispensing procedures and pills and gigantic bills , but less good at actual health.
Most reformers call for big, bold action. What happens if, instead, you think small? In a word: networks. Once it embraced information as its main currency, New York was able to climb out of a deep fiscal and psychic pit. Will that magic trick still work after Covid?
Behavioral scientists have been exploring if — and when — a psychological reset can lead to lasting change. Americans are so accustomed to the standard intersection that we rarely consider how dangerous it can be — as well as costly, time-wasting, and polluting.
Is it time to embrace the lowly, lovely roundabout? This is an episode of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club. Rebroadcast Researchers are trying to figure out who gets bored — and why — and what it means for ourselves and the economy. What does the C. Most of us are are afraid to ask sensitive questions about money, sex, politics, etc. New research shows this fear is largely unfounded.
Time for some interesting conversations! Our corporate funeral industry, she argues, has made us forget how to offer our loved ones an authentic sendoff. Pancreatic cancer, for instance, is nearly always fatal. A new clinical-trial platform could change that by aligning institutions that typically compete against one another.
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. Consider the car seat: parents hate it, the safety data are unconvincing, and new evidence suggests an unintended consequence that is as anti-child as it gets.
Host Steve Levitt seeks advice from scientists and inventors, memory wizards and basketball champions — even his fellow economists. He also asks about quitting, witch trials, and whether we need a Manhattan Project for climate change. In the U. What can we do to fix it? 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? Patients in the U. Doctors and nurses have tragically high levels of burnout. Could fixing the first problem solve the second? And does the rest of society need more compassion too? This is reflected in his choice for National Economic Council director — Brian Deese, a climate-policy wonk and veteran of the no-drama-Obama era. Tony Hsieh, the longtime C. Five years ago, we sat down with him around a desert campfire to talk about those dreams.
Hsieh died recently from injuries sustained in a house fire; he was Mary Barra, the C. In our previous episode, we learned that TV advertising is much less effective than the industry says.
Is digital any better? Part 1: TV Companies around the world spend more than half-a- trillion dollars each year on ads. The ad industry swears by its efficacy — but a massive new study tells a different story. He also argues for a style of capitalism and politics that at this moment seems like a fantasy. Then he wandered into an even stranger world: social media.
He spent the past five years at Facebook and Twitter. In this pilot episode of a new podcast, Venkatesh interviews the progressive political operative Tara McGowan about her digital successes with the Obama campaign, her noisy failure with the Iowa caucus app, and why the best way for Democrats to win more elections was to copy the Republicans.
Some legislators are demanding that insurance firms pay up anyway. Is it time to rethink insurance entirely? That stops now. In this latest installment of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, we discuss Inside of a Dog with the cognitive scientist and dog devotee Alexandra Horowitz.
Amidst a deep fiscal hole, rising homicides, and a flight to the suburbs, some people think the city is heading back to the bad old s. Three leading researchers from the Mount Sinai Health System discuss how ketamine, cannabis, and ecstasy are being used or studied to treat everything from severe depression to addiction to PTSD. We discuss the upsides, downsides, and regulatory puzzles. These companies, they say, paid the Taliban protection money, which gave them the funding — and opportunity — to attack U.
A look at the messy, complicated, and heart-breaking tradeoffs of conflict-zone economies. Rebroadcast Trump says it would destroy us. Biden needs the voters who support it especially the Bernie voters.
The majority of millennials would like it to replace capitalism. We bring in the economists to sort things out and tell us what the U. Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings came to believe that corporate rules can kill creativity and innovation.
In this latest edition of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, guest host Maria Konnikova talks to Hastings about his new book, No Rules Rules , and why for some companies the greatest risk is taking no risks at all.
Thanks to daily Covid testing and regimented protocols, the new football season is underway. Meanwhile, most teachers, students, and parents are essentially waiting for the storm to pass.
Steve Levitt tries to learn more about this one-time academic and Hollywood non-conformist, who is both very similar to him and also quite his opposite. Some say the Republicans and Democrats constitute a wildly successful industry that has colluded to kill off competition, stifle reform, and drive the country apart.
So what are you going to do about it? We explore the science, scalability, and of course economics surrounding the global vaccine race. Guests include the chief medical officer of the first U.
Steve Levitt tries to understand why. We sort out the winners and losers. The endless pursuit of G. It has found an audience among reformers, and now the city of Amsterdam is going whole doughnut. Not quite. The supermarket was in fact the endpoint of the U.
Our farm policies were built to dominate, not necessarily to nourish — and we are still living with the consequences. But most of the standard solutions — scolding the Brazilians, invoking universal morality — ignore the one solution that might actually work. But that is where the agreement ends. The racial wealth gap in the U. We explore the causes, consequences, and potential solutions. Also: another story of discrimination and economic disparity, this one perpetrated by an international sporting authority.
The first of a two-part series. As a researcher, she specializes in the Great Depression. But she did have a Ph. Will it stick? Will it cut costs — and improve outcomes? We ring up two doctors and, of course, an economist to find out. Also: does all creativity come from pain? We speak with four economists — and one former presidential candidate — about the best policy options and the lessons good and bad from the past.
Covid is the biggest job killer in a century. As the lockdown eases, what does re-employment look like? Who will be first and who last? Which sectors will surge and which will disappear?
Welcome to the Great Labor Reallocation of Most of them are woefully unproductive, and tyrannize our offices. The revolution begins now — with better agendas, smaller invite lists, and an embrace of healthy conflict.
The result? Not much pomp and a whole lot of circumstance. We speak with a governor, a former C. Pandemillions, anyone? But as former mayor of Chicago, he says that cities are where real problems get solved — especially in the era of Covid The waiting may be over.
Should a nurse or doctor who gets sick treating Covid patients have priority access to a potentially life-saving healthcare device? We consult a lung specialist, a bioethicist, and of course an economist. Covid has shocked our food-supply system like nothing in modern history.
We examine the winners, the losers, the unintended consequences — and just how much toilet paper one household really needs. Congress just passed the biggest aid package in modern history. We ask six former White House economic advisors and one U. Senator: Will it actually work? What are its best and worst features?
There are a lot of upsides to urban density — but viral contagion is not one of them. Also: a nationwide lockdown will show if familiarity really breeds contempt. And: how to help your neighbor. What consequences will this have on our future — and is there a silver lining in this very black pandemic cloud?
They say it helps a small albeit noisy group of renters, but keeps overall rents artificially high by disincentivizing new construction. So what happens next? Trump says it would destroy us. Sanders says it will save us.
Pai defends his actions and explains how the U. We asked this same question nearly a decade ago. The answer then: probably not. So once again we try to sort out presidential signal from noise. What we hear from legal and policy experts may leave you surprised, befuddled — and maybe infuriated.
So they decided to do a full reboot — and it worked: this week, they are headed back to the Super Bowl. A story of regulation, stigma, and the potentially fatal faith in abstinence. There is even stronger evidence that most people hate to exercise. In a special holiday episode, Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth take turns asking each other questions about charisma, wealth vs.
Update A year ago, nobody was taking Andrew Yang very seriously. This episode includes our Jan. Most ideas to increase compliance are more stick than carrot — scary letters, audits, and penalties. But what if we gave taxpayers a chance to allocate how their money is spent, or even bribed them with a thank-you gift?
Acknowledging this reality — and encouraging it — would be good for the economy and the soul too. Politicians who flip-flop get mocked; family and friends who cross tribal borders are shunned. And how can we get better at it ourselves? But would a ban on e-cigarettes do more harm than good? We smoke out the facts. But is that thinking too small? Could nudging be used to fight income inequality and achieve world peace? We dig into the data to find out why.
Are big democracies any good at spreading democracy? What is the root cause of terrorism? It turns out that data analysis can help answer all these questions — and make better foreign-policy decisions. Recorded live in Chicago; Steve Levitt is co-host.
But it seems like cold, hard data — with an assist from the actor Geena Davis — may finally be moving the needle.
It used to be a global capital of innovation, invention, and exploration. We visit London to see if the British spirit of discovery is still alive. Guests include the mayor of London, undersea explorers, a time-use researcher, and a theoretical physicist who helped Liverpool win the Champions League.
A longtime Euroskeptic, he nevertheless led the Remain campaign. So what did Cameron really want? Hint: not much. She thinks the central bank needs an upgrade too. It starts with recognizing that the economy is made up of actual humans. It has evolved into a nightmare of noise and discomfort. Can the open office be saved, or should we all just be working from home? So do concerns about environmental and other costs. Rebroadcast The quirky little grocery chain with California roots and German ownership has a lot to teach all of us about choice architecture, efficiency, frugality, collaboration, and team spirit.
But what is the day-to-day reality of living with such a name? Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, a newly-minted Ph. But is your name really your destiny? They — along with a great many other high-achieving women — were all once Girl Scouts. So was Sylvia Acevedo. But she did, and then became a rocket scientist and tech executive. Wade to a massive crime drop is back in the spotlight as several states introduce abortion restrictions.
Steve Levitt and John Donohue discuss their original research, the challenges to its legitimacy, and their updated analysis. Also: what this means for abortion policy, crime policy, and having intelligent conversations about contentious topics. What can the rest of us learn from his breakthrough?
An all-star team of behavioral scientists discovers that humans are stubborn and lazy, and sometimes dumber than dogs. We also hear about binge drinking, humblebragging, and regrets. Guests include the keeper of a 10,year clock, the co-founder of Lyft, a pioneer in male birth control, a specialist in water security, and a psychology professor who is also a puppy.
But how will you deal with upsetting news? What if your privacy is compromised? And are you prepared to have your DNA monetized? We speak with Anne Wojcicki, founder and C. The economist Emily Oster marshals the evidence on the most contentious topics — breastfeeding and sleep training, vaccines and screen time — and tells her fellow parents to calm the heck down. But the production efficiencies that made it so cheap have also made it vulnerable to a deadly fungus that may wipe out the one variety most of us eat.
Scientists do have a way to save it — but will Big Banana let them? But what has it done for all those musicians stuck in the long tail? Cohn talks about the fights he won, the fights he lost, and the fights he was no longer willing to have.
We ask artists, scientists, and inventors how they turned ideas into reality. Plus: the truth about brainstorming. Is it stronger governments? Freer markets? But if you own the team or run the league, your players are essentially very expensive migrant workers who eat into your profits.
We talk to N. In the American Dream sweepstakes, Andrew Yang was a pretty big winner. We head to Denmark to learn the secrets of this happiness epidemic and to see if we should steal them.
Tom Whipple is not one of those people. The World Is Hard. The founder of behavioral economics describes his unlikely route to success; his reputation for being lazy; and his efforts to fix the world — one nudge at a time. But Oysters, They Hold it Down. Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri is our real-time fact-checker. Journalist Manoush Zomorodi co-hosts; our real-time fact-checker is the author and humorist A.
Mike Maughan is our real-time fact-checker. In the early 20th century, Max Weber argued that Protestantism created wealth. Finally, there are data to prove if he was right. All it took were some missionary experiments in the Philippines and a clever map-matching trick that goes back to 16th-century Germany. The quirky little grocery chain with California roots and German ownership has a lot to teach all of us about choice architecture, efficiency, frugality, collaboration, and team spirit.
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The World Trade Organization is the referee for trading partners, each with their own political and economic agendas. A variety of Olympic and professional athletes tell us how they made it and what they sacrificed to get there.
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