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24 alternatives to Freakonomics Radio - Freakonomics goes to college, part 2

College makes people happier, healthier & wealthier. How so?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Freakonomics Radio - Freakonomics goes to college, part 2 launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Freakonomics Radio - Freakonomics goes to college, part 1▲60
What's a college degree really worth these days?
2015 · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics - Trust Me▲64
Societies that trust one another are healthier & wealthier.
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics - How to Fix a Broken High-Schooler, in Four Easy Steps▲66
The demand side of the education equation.
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
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CollegeBacker▲118
The Best Way to Save for College
2016 · backer.com · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics - This Is Your Brain on Podcasts▲60
Scientific evidence that podcasts are good for your brain
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics Radio - Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-buck▲58
A team of economists running the numbers on the UN's goals
2015 · feedproxy.google.com · its alternatives →
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Becoming Superhuman: David Heinemeier Hansson▲125
An interview with a real-world superlearner
2016 · becomingasuperhuman.com · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics▲97
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Think Like a Freak▲81
The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Tell Me Something I Don’t Know▲56
A new trivia-like series from the Freakonomics folks
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
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This American Life - 562: The problem we all live with▲89
First of a two-part series rethinking and reinvent education
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics - How to Be Tim Ferriss▲88
...the kind of self-improvement ally we all want on our side
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
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College Ranking Tool▲71
College Rankings by satisfaction, career outcomes and cost
2017 · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics - Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?▲65
An episode about "Early Education"
2015 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
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CollegeBacker Gifts▲107
Give the Gift of College Savings
2017 · backer.com · its alternatives →
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Real Talk With Carlos Gil Episode 8 – Stay in School or Drop Out of College▲54
Do you need a college education to be successful in life?
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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CollegePlus▲90
Higher Education. Customized.
2014 · collegeplus.org · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics Radio - The Economics of Sleep, Part 1▲68
Could a lack of sleep explain why some people get sicker?
2016 · wnyc.org · its alternatives →
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Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes▲60
From the life-changing science of behavioral economics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Happy Money▲72
Learn the secret to “happiness-efficient” spending.
2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
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College or Not?▲71
Young Adult Story About Entrepreneurship
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Dudes of Disruption - Ep 53 - College: Opt-In or Drop Out?▲52
Disrupting the state of higher ed, student debt & careers
2016 · podomatic.com · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics: The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think▲55
Kevin Kelly tries to predict the inevitable future.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think▲74
The blueprint of an abundant future
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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