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310 Episodes

  1. Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)

    Published: 10/28/2024
  2. 608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?

    Published: 10/24/2024
  3. 607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?

    Published: 10/17/2024
  4. 606. How to Predict the Presidency

    Published: 10/11/2024
  5. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)

    Published: 10/10/2024
  6. 605. What Do People Do All Day?

    Published: 10/3/2024
  7. EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

    Published: 9/30/2024
  8. 604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)

    Published: 9/26/2024
  9. 603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)

    Published: 9/19/2024
  10. EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)

    Published: 9/16/2024
  11. 602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think?

    Published: 9/12/2024
  12. 601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying?

    Published: 9/5/2024
  13. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update)

    Published: 8/29/2024
  14. EXTRA: Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It

    Published: 8/26/2024
  15. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into (Update)

    Published: 8/22/2024
  16. What Exactly Is College For? (Update)

    Published: 8/15/2024
  17. EXTRA: Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (Update)

    Published: 8/12/2024
  18. 600. “If We’re All in It for Ourselves, Who Are We?”

    Published: 8/8/2024
  19. 599. The World's Most Valuable Unused Resource

    Published: 8/1/2024
  20. EXTRA: Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Update)

    Published: 7/29/2024

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