Extra Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It Freakonomics Radio

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Stephen Dubner appears as a guest on "Fail Better," a new podcast hosted by David Duchovny. The two of them trade stories ... Giving up can be painful. That's why we need to talk about it. Today: stories about glitchy apps, leaky paint cans, broken ... Only a tiny number of “supertaskers” are capable of doing two things at once. The rest of us are just making ourselves miserable, ... There are a lot of factors that go into greatness, many of which are not obvious. As the Olympics come to a close, we revisit a 2018 ... A new proposal from the Biden administration calls for a nationwide cap on rent increases. Economists think that's a terrible idea. In medicine, failure can be catastrophic. It can also produce discoveries that save millions of lives. Tales from the front line, the lab, ... Macy's wants to recapture its glorious past. The author of the Wimpy Kid books wants to rebuild his dilapidated hometown. We just ... We revisit an episode from 2016 that asks: Has our culture's obsession with innovation led us to neglect the fact that things also ... The last two years have radically changed the way we work — producing winners, losers, and a lot of surprises. In this episode of ... Everyone makes mistakes. How do you learn from them? Lessons from the classroom, the Air Force, and the world's deadliest ... In blue cities across the country, unions and politicians want to ban self-driving cars. In this episode from the Search Engine ... America's top colleges are facing record demand. So why don't they increase supply? (Part 2 of our series from 2022, ... An economist calls America's beef industry a “miracle.” An antitrust scholar calls it “broken.” Maybe they're both right? You can find ... The pandemic may be winding down, but that doesn't mean we'll return to full-time commuting and packed office buildings.