WTF did I listen to … on June 14, 2012.
having bid farewell on july 15 to the long-running infomania, which is being cleared off current’s schedule to make way for 21.7 hours a day of keith-olbermann-centered programming, brett joins me to discuss why movies are sucking in triplicate, the soul-crushing joys of hosting a basic cable show, the finer points of fruit-flavored alcoholic beverages, and how not to impress your college girlfriend. plus, we see how many poop jokes we can jam into an hour. answer: a lot.
Freakonomics Radio Podcast: You Eat What You Are, Pt. 2
Our previous podcast, “You Eat What You Are, Pt. 1,”explored how American food got so bad, how it’s begun to get much better, and who has the answers for further improvement. In this installment, we look at the challenge of feeding 7 billion people while protecting the environment, especially from all the pollution associated with the long-distance transportation of all that food. In that regard, it would seem that going local is a no-brainer — until you start to look at the numbers.
Freakonomics Radio Podcast: A Cheap Employee Is … a Cheap Employee
It’s about the question of whether low-paid employees are indeed a good a deal for a retailer’s bottom line as the conventional wisdom states.
