35 min

Why Do We Really Follow the News? (Rebroadcast‪)‬ Freakonomics Radio

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There are all kinds of civics-class answers to that question. But how true are they? Could it be that we like to read about war, politics, and miscellaneous heartbreak simply because it's (gasp) entertaining?

  • 2021 Dubner Productions and Stitcher

There are all kinds of civics-class answers to that question. But how true are they? Could it be that we like to read about war, politics, and miscellaneous heartbreak simply because it's (gasp) entertaining?

35 min

  • 2021 Dubner Productions and Stitcher

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