Freakonomics Radio

The NBA’s superstars are suddenly sporting Urkel glasses -- but is it more than a fashion statement?

How American food so got bad -- and why it's getting so much better.

Sure, we all dream of leaving the office forever. But what if it's bad for your health?

In a world where nearly everything is for sale, is it always okay to buy what isn’t yours?

At a time when people worry about every mile their food must travel, why is it okay to import most of our cut flowers from thousands of miles away?

What do you do when smart people keep making stupid mistakes? And: are we a nation of financial illiterates?

A new study says that yes, it is -- but try telling that to the United Nations officials who are preaching sustainability practices.

Does the future of food lie in its past – or inside a tank of liquid nitrogen? Also: how anti-social can you be on a social network?

If any other product failed 94 percent of the time, you’d probably stop using it. So why do we put up with burglar alarms?

How much does the President of the United States really matter? And: where did all the hitchhikers go? A pair of "attribution errors."

Women hold fewer than one in 10 patents. Why? And what are we missing out on?

Is booing an act of verbal vandalism or the last true expression of democracy? And: when you drive a Prius, are you guilty of “conspicuous conservation”?

Isn’t it time to admit that the U.S. economy doesn’t have a commander in chief?

Do more expensive wines taste better? And: what does one little rodent in a salad say about a restaurant’s future?

Measuring workplace morale -- and how to game the sick-day system.

The left and the right blame each other for pretty much everything, including slanted media coverage. Can they both be right?

A look at some non-obvious ways to lose weight.

A commitment device forces you to be the person you really want to be. What could possibly go wrong?

A football cheat sheet to help you sound like the smartest person at the party.

Education is the surest solution to a lot of problems. Except when it’s not.