Freakonomics Radio Freakonomics Radio

Of all the podcasts I listen to, this is the one that is most likely to leave me thinking and the most likely for me to bore people with “I heard on a podcast that. . . .” I listen to every episode because I have learned that I enjoy even the ones that don’t sound like they will interest me. We need more interviewers like Steven Dubner. He presents experts on both sides of an issue, presses both with hard questions, and is invariably kind and polite.

I tried. Again. And the sad pattern continues with every single episode I listen to. But the denials of facts that don’t fit their narrative is just the most base way they disrespect and disappoint their audience. The absolute lack of integrity and honesty analysis especially ignoring the death and harms to First Nations peoples in the nuclear episode is just plain disgusting. They should be ashamed. They owe all those impacted by mining uranium and it’s legacy of pain and disease and destruction a huge apology. One I have no confidence whatsoever they will ever make. To do so would betray the bias they show in their presentation of every topic.

I started listening to a show that had come from a book about detective work. Years later everyone listens to podcasts however the detective work seems to detect less. The theatre episode was literally so bad a teenager could have done it. Many segments were absolutely wasted time. The whole idea of an economist giving a take on humanities is stupid because economists are famously not human while wearing their economist hats. Dubner should stick to things he could conceivably actually do, but I’m tuning out because I’m tired of listening to him fail.