Stephen Dubner

That old adage about defense winning the game? Not true.

We all know that drunk driving kills. But research shows, so does walking drunk.

What do Prohibition, World War II and immigration policy have to do with your food? Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner discusses reasons why American food is what it is today.

Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner discusses strategies to get people to give.

Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner discusses why the turkey industry is built around artificial insemination.

Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner discusses some of the strange side effects that happen around elections.

Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt discuss why teachers cheat and how we can deal with the problem.

Conventional wisdom says a bad economy leads to increased crime. But Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt tell us why that's not true.

Besides the fear of an axe murderer, there are valid reasons why hitchhiking has died off. Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner discusses those reasons and tells us why you should care.

We know what causes hurricanes and how to deal with their symptoms, but not actually how to prevent the storms from happening in the first place. An invention firm may have come up with a 'hurricane vaccine.'