Freakonomics, M.D.
A podcast by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher - Fridays
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87 Episodes
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The Economics of Everyday Things: Animal Urine
Published: 7/21/2023 -
Tom Brady, A.D.H.D., and a Really Bad Headache (Bonus)
Published: 7/11/2023 -
78. Do Kids Cause Divorce?
Published: 3/31/2023 -
77. They Make Minimum Wage. They Could Save Your Life.
Published: 3/24/2023 -
76. Is a Spoonful of Sunlight the Best Medicine?
Published: 3/17/2023 -
75. What Is Sugar Really Doing to You?
Published: 3/10/2023 -
74. How Does Playing Football Affect Your Health?
Published: 3/3/2023 -
73. Who Pays for Multimillion-Dollar Miracle Cures?
Published: 2/17/2023 -
72. What’s Stopping Us From Curing Rare Diseases?
Published: 2/10/2023 -
71. What Do COVID-19 and Cancer Have in Common?
Published: 2/3/2023 -
70. Why Are There Still So Few Female Surgeons?
Published: 1/27/2023 -
69. Home Sweet … Hospital?
Published: 1/20/2023 -
68. The E.R. Doctor’s Dilemma
Published: 1/13/2023 -
What Can We Do About the Hardest Patients? (Ep. 51 Replay)
Published: 1/6/2023 -
67. Why Did This 60-Year-Old Man Collapse at the Supermarket?
Published: 12/30/2022 -
66. Does Health Insurance Make You Healthier?
Published: 12/23/2022 -
65. How Do Pandemics Change Health Care?
Published: 12/16/2022 -
64. Is Facebook Bad for Your Mental Health?
Published: 12/9/2022 -
63. What Medicine Gets Wrong About Race
Published: 12/2/2022 -
Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Alzheimer’s? (Ep. 49 Update)
Published: 11/25/2022
Each week, physician, economist, and author of "Random Acts of Medicine" Dr. Bapu Jena will dig into a fascinating study at the intersection of economics and healthcare. He takes on questions like: Why do kids with summer birthdays get the flu more often? Can surviving a hurricane help you live longer? What do heart surgery and grocery-store pricing have in common?