Curated from a classic StratLab article featuring the most intellectually stimulating podcast episodes across science, economics, psychology, and business. These are the episodes that make you think differently.
22 episodes
60 Words, 20 Years
Radiolab
1:09:37Sep 10, 2021
How to Be More Productive (Rebroadcast)
Freakonomics Radio
39:23Dec 22, 2016
Radiolab Presents: Ponzi Supernova
Radiolab
38:05Feb 10, 2017
How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update)
Freakonomics Radio
38:53Dec 9, 2024
Placebo
Radiolab
57:14May 17, 2007
#229: Ricardo Semler -- The Seven-Day Weekend and How to Break the Rules
The Tim Ferriss Show
2:07:34Mar 19, 2017
Eye in the Sky
Radiolab
37:42Jun 9, 2023
Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast)
Freakonomics Radio
44:05Aug 17, 2017
Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations (Rebroadcast)
Freakonomics Radio
45:39Aug 24, 2017
Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast)
Freakonomics Radio
48:40Aug 31, 2017
292. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1)
Freakonomics Radio
44:31Jun 22, 2017
293. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 2)
Freakonomics Radio
37:15Jun 23, 2017
Playing God
Radiolab
58:59Sep 30, 2022
Everything’s more expensive!! Pet care!! Concert tickets!! (Two Indicators)
Planet Money
17:39Nov 5, 2025
From Tree to Shining Tree
Radiolab
32:08Jul 30, 2016
#743: Dr. Jane Goodall and Cal Fussman
The Tim Ferriss Show
3:25:51Jun 4, 2024
How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying (Rebroadcast)
Freakonomics Radio
36:27Oct 22, 2015
#184: Shep Gordon - The King Maker on His Best PR Stunts, Hugest Failures, and Practical Philosophies