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  Freakonomics Radio • Mar 16thWhy Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Ep. 495 Replay)

  People who are good at their jobs routinely get promoted into bigger jobs they’re bad at. We explain why firms keep producing incompetent managers — and why that’s unlikely to change....

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  Freakonomics Radio • Sep 5th ’19388. The Economics of Sports Gambling

  What happens when tens of millions of fantasy-sports players are suddenly able to bet real money on real games? We’re about to find out. A recent Supreme Court decision has cleared the way to bring an estimated $300 billion in black-market sports betting into the light. We sort out the...

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  Freakonomics Radio • Apr 7th ’22499. Don't Worry, Be Tacky

  The British art superstar Flora Yukhnovich, the Freakonomist Steve Levitt, and the upstart American Basketball Association were all unafraid to follow their joy — despite sneers from the Establishment. Should we all be more willing to embrace the déclassé?...

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  Freakonomics Radio • Mar 17th ’22How to Change Your Mind (Ep. 379 Update)

  There are a lot of barriers to changing your mind: ego, overconfidence, inertia — and cost. Politicians who flip-flop get mocked; family and friends who cross tribal borders are shunned. But shouldn’t we be encouraging people to change their minds? And how can we get better at it ourselves?...

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  Freakonomics Radio • Oct 1st ’20433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry?

  Three leading researchers from the Mount Sinai Health System discuss how ketamine, cannabis, and ecstasy are being used (or studied) to treat everything from severe depression to addiction to PTSD. We discuss the upsides, downsides, and regulatory puzzles....