These Shoes Are Killing Me! (Ep. 296 Reb...

Like tens of millions of people, Stephen Dubner thought he had a penicillin allergy. Like the vast majority, he didn’t. This misdiagnosis costs billions of dollars and causes serious health problems, so why hasn’t it been fixed? We find out in this update of a 2025 episode. SOURC ... Show More

Is the oxymoron really “the secret sauce to everything”? That’s the case Ingels makes in this debut episode of our new video show Better in Person, filmed in Stephen Dubner’s living room. If you'd like to see the video version of Better in Person, watch it on YouTube or Apple Pod ... Show More

Stephen Dubner had an idea for a new project. So he drove to Connecticut and knocked on the door of the master. Dubner’s new TV talk show Better in Person launches July 14 on the Freakonomics YouTube channel. SOURCES: Dick Cavett, writer, former talk show host. RESOURCES: Eye on ... Show More

<p>As a fashion object and symbol, the high heel shoe is weighted with meaning. It’s also weighted with the wearer’s entire body weight. The stiletto might be one of the only designs that is physically painful but has somehow has … <a href="http://99percentinvisible.prx.org/2014/ ... Show More

WTFF Wide, Thin, Flat, Flexible - This is what to look like in a shoe. We need to free our feet because our feet are the ultimate technolgy and by not allowing them to be used in the way that they are designed we put stress on other parts of our bodies, like our hips and and kne ... Show More

<p>Once in a while, all the necessary factors converge to produce a peculiar nationalized sexual fetish. In China, that fetish was foot binding and over a millennia three billion Chinese women's feet were brutally disfigured for men's pleasure.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your a ... Show More

Footwear - the ‘magic’ & the material reality. Laurie Taylor talks to Claudio Benzecry, Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Sociology at Northwestern University, about the people and places involved in the global manufacture of women’s shoes. They’re joined by Elizab ... Show More

Season 2, Episode 27, week of July 11, 2021 — TopToes and Ennie tackle the stigma associated with being a foot fetishist. Why are we labeled as creeps? Are we creeps? How not to be a creep. And even letting your creep flag fly. More at http://ohthosetoes.teamtoptoes.com. Sponsore ... Show More

We learn what happened to a two-thousand year-old toe, and what to do when our voices make you sick. 

If you're struggling with foot pain from bunions, Achilles tendinitis or plantar fasciitis, it might be time to reevaluate your foot care routine. In this episode, foot experts share advice on picking the right running shoes, strengthening your feet muscles and more. See pcm.adsw ... Show More

Pointy shoes were banned in London in time as far as the 14th century. They were used by the higher orders to court and often resulted in foot deformities as they altered their natural shape. In the present-day world also, fashion often precedes comfort and there exist shoes that ... Show More