Freakonomics, M.D.

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87 Episodes

  1. 44. Office Hours with Bapu

    Published: 7/1/2022
  2. 43. The Comedian-Ophthalmologist Will See You Now

    Published: 6/24/2022
  3. 42. Your Doctor Has to Go Home. Now What?

    Published: 6/17/2022
  4. 41. Is Rainy Day Joint Pain All in Your Head?

    Published: 6/10/2022
  5. 40. How Will We Handle the Heat?

    Published: 6/3/2022
  6. A Shave, a Haircut, and a Blood Pressure Test (Ep. 6 Update)

    Published: 5/27/2022
  7. 38. Pfizer’s CEO on the Big Gamble That Brought Us the COVID Vaccine

    Published: 5/20/2022
  8. 37. Can Fear Be Good Medicine?

    Published: 5/13/2022
  9. 36. Bad News — It’s Your Surgeon’s Birthday

    Published: 5/6/2022
  10. 35. Are More Expensive Hospitals Better?

    Published: 4/29/2022
  11. 34. Should We Have to Pay for Our Sins?

    Published: 4/22/2022
  12. 33. What Do a Full Moon, the Super Bowl, and Tax Day Have in Common?

    Published: 4/15/2022
  13. From Against the Rules with Michael Lewis: Six Levels Down

    Published: 4/12/2022
  14. 32. What is a Good Death — and Why Do So Few of Us Get One?

    Published: 4/8/2022
  15. 31. Should You Trust Angelina Jolie or Your Doctor?

    Published: 4/1/2022
  16. 30. How Do We Know if Alcohol Is Bad for Us?

    Published: 3/25/2022
  17. 29. How to Save a Stranger’s Heart

    Published: 3/18/2022
  18. 28. Is Daylight Saving Time Hazardous to Your Health?

    Published: 3/11/2022
  19. 27. What Can Bin Laden Teach Us About Medicine?

    Published: 3/4/2022
  20. 26. When is a ‘High-Risk’ Pregnancy a Good Thing?

    Published: 2/25/2022

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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?