Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of Time.”

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Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of Time.”

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Dec 15, 2018

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We learn how to be less impatient, how to tell fake news from real, and the simple trick that nurses used to make better predictions than doctors. Journalist Manoush Zomorodi co-hosts; our real-time fact-checker is the author and humorist A.J. Jacobs.

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Dec 15, 2018

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