It’s pretty good I listen sometimes and 👍I like it👍 from B.V.T

Great show providing balanced coverage of an unbelievably broad number of topics

Highly recommended

Another great mini-series - really enjoyed this one.

Has been my favourite podcast for many years, kind of remarkable that they have managed to sustain such a high quality for so long

Hi, I love this show, but I often want to look up the guests and/or read the articles they have published. Please could you put the names of guests (and maybe the names of the articles that you refer to 🙏🏻) in the episode descriptions?

Thank you so much ! 😁

Listening for years now

500th episode triggered my to write a review. (Wish it was easier to find the link). Thank you Stephen

I have now listened to all 500, some twice, best podcast out there, loved tipping, nudge, CEO series, grit and many more.

Fascinating topics, well researched and brilliantly delivered.

Always interesting, always entertaining

🔝🔝🔝 horrendous , historic, fun & full of ( accidental ) revelations.

Do you want controversial problems solved with constructive, creative solutions? Then you should listen to this podcast! It really makes you think deeply about various agendas and topics, and they instigate solutions for the world’s biggest questions/issues. They also enforce prominent knowledge and wiseness amongst viewers. The episode “Why is U.S. media so negative?” is extremely interesting and informative. I recommend listening to about 15m, and If you don’t like it, just turn it off. This show is so good! Once you’ve listened to an episode you always want more! I would recommend 10/10. It’s so knowledgeable and wise. I really enjoy it. It brings so much debate and satisfaction when it brings a good -all-summed-up- ending. It just ties it all together. The occasional comedy adds to its irresistible charm. Amazing. No normal human could create this. It’s incredible.

A mixed bag, often a force for good with positive views on the world with constructive solutions, but every now and then they throw a war monger , or CEO of a heinous corporation at you with agendas such as nuclear weapon proliferation, and the hosts don’t or won’t push back. Political bias is also heavily present.

Sometimes, you’ll have an episode such as the brain on pollution, that puts forward weak conclusions based on correlation rather than causation.

Then you’ll occasionally get a real gem, with a thoughtful guest such as the influence episode.

My advice is give each episode 15 mins, and decide if you want to give another 45 mins of your life to it. Often you’ll be satisfied but occasionally turn off and be happy.

If you like NYT, MSNBC, and The Guardian come here for your feel good bias reinforcement therapy.

Enjoyed the surreal comedy of the bs mixologist mocumentary - it’s the next ‘The office’ in waiting.

I have learnt so much from this podcast, I recommend it 100%

Dubner, Duckworth and Levitt are easy to listen to and the message sticks. Fact based and not too complicated. Maybe a bit too “nice”, but you’ll feel good after most of these. Best podcast in their universe is No Stupid Questions. Interesting fact checks.

Really interesting and informative show on a wide range of topics

Always interesting topics, well researched. Perfect for otherwise uneventful drives, runs, or monotonous, quarantined days. Thank you.

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Our colleague in Chicago has forgotten about the Vikings.

As someone that wants to learn about economics the easiest way possible, this show is PERFECT. The host is absolutely fantastic, super engaging and the content is of top QUALITY!

This is an extremely relevant to the show given the challenges that every nation now faces. It provides suggested solutions and gives an indication of what may be behind government policy in response to the Pandemic.

This is an excellent show with lots of interesting episodes. I particularly enjoyed the Maria Konnikova episode where she was interviewed and read excerpts from her book. Please do more of that type of episode.

A long-time listener of Freakonomics I am a big fan. Stephen is a fantastic interviewer, his podcasts are always topical and he makes economic concepts understandable and fascinating for all.

Listen learn repeat. I could listen to these podcasts all day. What a show and what a subject - always insightful and always educational. Hail the rise of the economists view!

More please!

I’m surprised that this is always so interesting and understandable. Excellent

Well researched, engaging, funny and brilliantly presented and produced. Always enjoy no matter the subject.

I don’t always agree with the centrist ideologies they tend to favour, but it's usually a really engaging show. It gives me alternate points of view to contemplate, which I think we could all stand to do a bit more. The host is great! They recently talked about Universal Basic Income..yeah!

A very insightful show - I’m writing to assist though - the entire episode history is on their website you can stream or download directly from there please enjoy!

Normally very good but the Brexit shows didnt answer the questions if nothing else gave the London Mayor a wonderful platform to sell himself. Pure politics. A wasted opportunity

Consistently fascinating, worthy of repeat listening, and occasional note-taking for reference, save for the episode with David Cameron banging on about his bloody book.

Fantastic show, but I can now only access about 10 shows whereas before all episodes were available. Why has this happened and how can I get the rest again? Thanks!

Used to really enjoy this but the average length of episode these days means I can rarely clear the time to listen.

A long time favourite! First subscribed to keep me entertained on long runs and never looked back.

I have loved this podcast for awhile and look forward to episodes. I have just upgraded my phone and as a consequence, I have lost the 3 Bad Medicine episodes. Totally gutted. Anytime you can re-run them or make that available again, that would be fab. Love you!

The ideas and concepts of things that I would never have considered have changed my thinking forever. Dubner is a marvellous host.

Utterly inaccurate information regarding breastfeeding and C sections births.

Educate yourself on the NICE guidlines in the UK should you want facts that have not been skewer by someone.

I started out with ‘the secret life of CEOs’ through recommendation, and have been hooked ever since

Great show every week. Lots of various and entertaining topics. A must listen.

I really wish they would restore the back catalogue; I can’t think of any good reason not to have them here.

They’re available in another app and on the podcast website, but neither of these work with our smart speakers. First world problems indeed!

Only Dubner could make economics so gripping. Terrifically engaging podcast.

Very informative, it takes you into a world you would never have thought would be so eye opening. Now take on a whole new look at the world around me. They should play this podcast in schools. I would have taken it far more seriously, instead we just had a stuffy teacher not selling the subject at all.

Highly recommend.

Super informative. Thank you, Lara.

It is about economics or social justice? The line is getting blurry. Economics should be impartial to anything other than facts. Please keep it that way, some episodes are painful to listen to.

I’ve been ok with listening to people monetise their podcasts via adverts and sponsorship, that’s fair and reasonable. Merchandising, crowdfunding, live tours etc. I can get behind all of that, but actually blocking content behind a premium pay wall now? There are few things outside food, care and shelter which should be proactively and freely distributed to a modern, progressive society, but Freakonomics content in all its various forms should be one of those things... A poor choice, especially when the premium pay wall is embedded in an apocalyptically badly written app to add insult to injury... I shall miss you Freakonomics but have to bid you adieu because of financial realities as well as principles.

Brilliant show. Fun and intellectual. I know it sounds like a contradiction but Stephen just makes it happen. In many ways Freakonomics is better than any other podcast I found so far. My son 10 told me to make sure I let the producers know that he loves the theme music (and I do too).

This is definitely one of my “go to” podcasts! I love the diversity of topics and the alternative perspectives discussed.

Stephen, you are simply the best. I’d give you 10 stars if I could. Keep going, keep doing what you’re doing, you are inspirational. Thank you.

I love this- have been downloading previous episodes- Stephen Dubner applies his intellect without arrogance and his total engagement with economics and how it works in the micro/macro context is addictive. An essential vitamin for the brain.