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Explore “the hidden side of everything" with Freakonomics Radio on WNIJ

Join us for a week of Freaknonomics Radio beginning Monday night at 6pm here on WNIJ.

Just like the books, Freakonomics Radio explores “the hidden side of everything.” It will tell you things you always thought you knew but didn't, and things you never thought you wanted to know, but do.

 

 

Monday February 6th

  • The Days of Wine & Mouses - Do more expensive wines taste better? And: what does one little rodent in a salad say about a restaurant's future?

 

Tuesday February 7th

  • Show and Yell - Is booing an act of verbal vandalism or the last true expression of democracy? And: when you drive a Prius, are you guilty of "conspicuous conservation"?

 

Wednesday February 8th

  • The Power of the President...and the Thumb - How much does the President of the United States really matter? And: where did all the hitchhikers go? A pair of "attribution errors."

 

Thursday February 9th

  • Eat and Tweet -Does the future of food lie in its past – or inside a tank of liquid nitrogen? Also: how anti-social can you be on a social network?

 

Friday February 10th

  • Is a 'No-Lose Lottery' the Answer to America’s Savings Problem? - What do you do when smart people keep making stupid mistakes? And: are we a nation of financial illiterates?