Timeless Podcast Wisdom

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

The Tim Ferriss Show

1:23:33Sep 6, 2016

BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

Planet Money

36:03Jan 22, 2026

#742: Tony Robbins and Jerry Colonna

The Tim Ferriss Show

2:10:14May 30, 2024

Skeptoid #617: 10 Great Science Hoaxes

Skeptoid

15:31Apr 3, 2018

Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio

36:46May 4, 2017