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• 642. How to Wage Peace, According to Tony Blinken

  The former secretary of state isn’t a flamethrower, but he certainly has strong opinions. In this wide-ranging conversation with Stephen Dubner, he gives them all: on Israel, Gaza, China, Iran, Russia, Biden, Trump — and the rest of the...

  25 jul 2025 3988 sec.

• Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone? (Update)

  Until recently, Delaware was almost universally agreed to be the best place for companies to incorporate. Now, with Elon Musk leading a corporate stampede out of the First State, we revisit an episode from 2023 that asked if Delaware’s...

  23 jul 2025 2822 sec.

• 641. What Does It Cost to Lead a Creative Life?

  For years, the playwright David Adjmi was considered “polarizing and difficult.” But creating Stereophonic seems to have healed him. Stephen Dubner gets the story — and sorts out what Adjmi has in common with Richard...

  18 jul 2025 2782 sec.

• 640. Why Governments Are Betting Big on Sports

  The Gulf States and China are spending billions to build stadiums and buy up teams — but what are they really buying? And can an entrepreneur from Cincinnati make his own billions by bringing baseball to Dubai?   SOURCES:Simon...

  11 jul 2025 3012 sec.

• How to Make Your Own Luck (Update)

  Before she decided to become a poker pro, Maria Konnikova didn’t know how many cards are in a deck. But she did have a Ph.D. in psychology, a brilliant coach, and a burning desire to know whether life is driven more by skill or chance....

  9 jul 2025 3487 sec.

• 639. “This Country Kicks My Ass All the Time”

  Cory Booker on the politics of fear, the politics of hope, and how to split the difference.   SOURCES:Cory Booker , senior United States Senator from New Jersey.  RESOURCES:"'When Are More Americans Going to Speak Up? '" by The New...

  4 jul 2025 3226 sec.

• 638. Are You Ready for the Elder Swell?

  In the U.S., there will soon be more people over 65 than there are under 18 — and it’s not just lifespan that’s improving, it’s “healthspan” too. Unfortunately, the American approach to aging is stuck in the 20th century. In less than...

  27 jun 2025 3293 sec.

• What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Update)

  In this episode from 2013, we look at whether spite pays — and if it even exists.   SOURCES:Benedikt Herrmann , research officer at the European Commission.Steve Levitt , co-author of Freakonomics and host of People I (Mostly)...

  25 jun 2025 2173 sec.

• 637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages)

  The simplicity of life back then is appealing today, as long as you don’t mind Church hegemony, the occasional plague, trial by gossip — and the lack of ibuprofen. (Part two of a three-part series, “Cradle to Grave.”)   SOURCES:Jordan...

  20 jun 2025 2754 sec.

• 636. Why Aren’t We Having More Babies?

  For decades, the great fear was overpopulation. Now it’s the opposite. How did this happen — and what’s being done about it? (Part one of a three-part series, “Cradle to Grave.”)   SOURCES:Matthias Doepke , professor of economics at...

  13 jun 2025 3028 sec.

• An Economics Lesson from a Talking Pencil (Update)

  A famous essay argues that “not a single person on the face of this earth” knows how to make a pencil. How true is that? In this 2016 episode, we looked at what pencil-making  can teach us about global manufacturing — and the proper...

  11 jun 2025 2392 sec.

• 635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation?

  Nicholas Cullinan, the new director of the British Museum, seems to think so. “I'm not afraid of the past,” he says — which means talking about looted objects, the basement storerooms, and the leaking roof. We take the guided...

  6 jun 2025 3055 sec.