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24 alternatives to Freakonomics - This Is Your Brain on Podcasts

Scientific evidence that podcasts are good for your brain

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Freakonomics - This Is Your Brain on Podcasts launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Planet Money▲153
A podcast covering the global economy
2014 · its alternatives →
2
a16z Podcast — Nootropics and the Best Version of Your Brain, Yourself▲75
Cognitive performance enhancements meets the quantified self
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
3
FT Podcast - The past and future of the human brain▲56
Interview with Neuroscientist David Eagleman argues
2015 · ft.com · its alternatives →
4
Data Skeptic Podcast▲64
Data/Stats/ML podcast with a great Mini series
2015 · dataskeptic.com · its alternatives →
5
Think Like a Freak▲81
The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
News Brain▲63
AI brain behind your favorite articles
2021 · its alternatives →
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Brainfluence - #96: Your Brain on Animation with Carla Clark, Ph.D.▲62
Hosted by Roger Dooley
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
8
Art of Manliness Podcast #196: The Science of Self Motivation & Productivity▲60
Becoming more productive thanks to science!
2016 · artofmanliness.com · its alternatives →
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Brainfluence Podcast Ep #126 Robert Cialdini▲62
New insight: PRE-Suasion
2016 · rogerdooley.com · its alternatives →
10
The Podglomerate▲70
A hybrid podcast network and production house
2017 · thepodglomerate.com · its alternatives →
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Intelligence Squared▲74
A podcast of Oxford-style debates on complex topics
2015 · intelligencesquaredus.org · its alternatives →
12
OPT-IN! — A Marketing and Sales Podcast▲53
Why every business should have a podcast
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
13
Parasocial▲204
Listening to podcasts should be a joy. So let's get started.
Aug 2026 · parasocial.fm · its alternatives →
14
Zen Founder▲131
A weekly podcast about staying sane while starting up
2015 · zenfounder.com · its alternatives →
15
FiveThirtyEight - Totally Subjective Odds▲72
A pre-launch experiment for their new politics podcast
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
16
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know▲56
A new trivia-like series from the Freakonomics folks
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
17
Stuff to Blow Your Mind▲100
Podcast by the writers at How Stuff Works
2015 · iheart.com · its alternatives →
18
Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65
Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
19
Skeptics Guide to the Universe - ep# 548▲56
This is the best podcast out there for science enthusiasts
2016 · theskepticsguide.org · its alternatives →
20
Prehype Podcast▲107
Entrepreneurs speaking to people they think are interesting
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
Exponent - The Amazon of Podcasts▲74
Ben and James discuss the costs of success
2015 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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Faster Than Normal: The Podcast about the Gifts of ADHD▲77
The one where a PhD tells us that ADHDs are WICKED SMART.
2016 · fasterthannormal.com · its alternatives →
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The Web Platform Podcast - 67: Keeping Fluent with Web Technology▲59
A podcast that dives deep into ‘all things’ web
2015 · thewebplatform.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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[Array] Podcast▲88
Hacks on AI/ML and data from founders and investors
2018 · array.vc · its alternatives →

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