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Dec 2018
55m 20s

Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fea...

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Our co-host is comedian Christian Finnegan, and we learn: the difference between danger and fear; the role of clouds in climate change; and why (and when) politicians are bad at math. Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri is our real-time fact-checker. 
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