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In the newest show from the Freakonomics Radio Network, host Zachary Crockett explores the hidden side of the things around us. This week: One creature’s trash is another’s cash. (Or, how one man found profit in pee.) 

A sneak peek at Bapu's new book, Random Acts of Medicine, available now from Doubleday, and an announcement about the show. 

Couples get divorced for all kinds of reasons. Is having kids one of them? Bapu talks about research that investigates what happens to parents who unexpectedly have twins. Plus, an announcement about the future of the show. 

In the race for a COVID vaccine, how did a couple of companies who had never produced a successful vaccine make it to the finish line so quickly? Gregory Zuckerman talks about his book, A Shot to Save the World, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the daring, deranged, and damaged ... Show More

Ethan Lindenberger never got vaccinated as a kid. So one day, he went on Reddit and asked a simple question: "Where do I go to get vaccinated?" The post went viral, landing Lindenberger in the middle of a heated debate about vaccination and, ultimately, in front of a US Senate co ... Show More

Now that scientists have created a Covid-19 vaccine in record time, the race is on to vaccinate the world. Public health professor Devi Sridhar follows the journey of the Covid vaccine from factory to arm as she goes behind the scenes of the rollout. Speaking to health leaders, p ... Show More

Dr. Peter J. Hotez, a vaccine expert and Professor of Pediatrics & Molecular Virology at Baylor College of Medicine, joins Dan to discuss the misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccine booster shots. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice a ... Show More

The race for a COVID-19 vaccine entered a new phase recently. Four different vaccine candidates, developed by Moderna, Pfizer, BionTech and Johnson & Johnson, entered final-stage trials, with two others close behind. But we won’t know exactly how these four vaccines work for mont ... Show More

Cette semaine, je vous propose une pause avec celui que l’on présentait il y a peu comme le français qui va sauver le monde.  Originaire de Marseille, il choisit d’évoluer au sein du monde pharmaceutique après son diplôme en génie chimique de l'École Centrale de Paris. Passé par ... Show More

In the first segment, Dr. Andy Southerland talks with Dr. Mijail Serruya about developing a brain-machine interface for patients with stroke. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell discusses the relationship between CAG repeat length and cognition in adult patients ... Show More

This past year, scientists racing to stop the novel coronavirus delivered vaccines at a pace and scale the world has never seen before. Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University's vaccine research institute, recounts how he and his team developed the AstraZeneca vaccine. He expl ... Show More

How virologist Dr. Nada Melhem, from AUB's Faculty of Health Sciences, has been tackling the challenges of COVID-19 and whether she thinks we’ll have a vaccine soon to begin a return to normal life.Interview recorded in September 2020 before phase three trails of COVID-19 vaccine ... Show More