PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Freakonomics Radio Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior.

Freakonomics Radio is available as a year-round radio feed on Content Depot. Episodes feature content from the Freakonomics Radio podcast and radio specials — delivering the strongest content to the radio platform in the form of a weekly show.


Program: Freakonomics Radio — weekly, 00:58:30, not newscast compatible
Source: WNYC
Hosts: Stephen J. Dubner

OPERATIONAL DETAILS

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00:59:00 *newscast compatible* Two 01:30 floating breaks

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