At the end of each episode, I encourage you, the listener to write in and let me know

what you think about the show.

And many, many of you do.

In those emails though, you ask a lot of questions and the questions are good, so good that sometimes

I wish I thought of them myself.

We've gotten lots of thought-provoking messages and we thought it'd be fun to actually try

to answer some of them on the air, or at least talk through how I try to answer these

questions if I were doing an actual study.

And I'll also get into what other research your questions make me think about.

So in this episode, I'm going to dissect your interesting questions at the sweet spot

between health and economics, along with some assistance from our producer, Julie.

We'd like to try to do more of this, so please keep sending us those voice memos or even

an email with any questions you have, where Bobu at Freakonomics.com.

Remember, try to record some or quiet and keep the voice memo to under a minute.

Thanks for listening and we hope you like getting your questions answered.

Okay, so Bobu, our first question today is actually about birdwatching.

Okay, Julie, this is from a listener named George.

Hi Dr. Jenna, love the pod.

After the episode that mentioned the effect a full moon has on driver safety, I started

thinking more about my driving habits and what distractions I need to be aware of.

I love birdwatching.

And similarly, for other friends in this hobby, birds soaring above the highway can be

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