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Freakonomics Radio

200. When Willpower Isn’t Enough

Freakonomics Radio

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4.632K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Sure, we all want to make good personal decisions, but it doesn't always work out. That's where "temptation bundling" comes in.

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You are about to hear the 200th original episode of Freakonomics Radio.

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Have you missed any?

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What about number 19?

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Waiter, there's a physicist in my suit, Part 1.

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Or number 20?

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Yes, it's waiter, there's a physicist in my suit, Part 2.

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By number 42, the upside of quitting.

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The game show we made, tell me something I don't know.

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That was number 183.

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If you missed these or any others, they are all there for the taking.

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For free at iTunes or wherever else you get your podcast.

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And also at Freakonomics.com.

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Just go to Freakonomics.com, find the Radio tab and select the archives.

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Thanks for listening to some or maybe even all of these 200 episodes.

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And thanks especially to those of you who have chosen to donate money to help make Freakonomics Radio.

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Our producing partner is WNYC, a public radio station.

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And one of their most important streams of revenue is listener donations.

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So while you're at Freakonomics.com rooting through our archives, go ahead and click on the donate button.

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You'll see there your money goes to WNYC which in addition to producing Freakonomics Radio

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makes great shows and podcasts like Radio Lab, Death Sex and Money on the Media, New Tech City, many more.

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I will say this, the people who listen to Freakonomics Radio are famous around here

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for their high rate of giving.

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