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It Turns Out

Kara Miller

"It Turns Out" reveals the hidden realities reshaping our world—from how marriage impacts inequality to the way that the tax code has transformed wealth.Through conversations with experts who challenge conventional wisdom, award-winning journalist Kara Miller focuses each episode on groundbreaking research, changing how listeners see society, economics, technology, and human behavior. “It Turns Out” delves into data that directly impacts your life—whether you know it or not.You can reach us at [email protected] gratefully acknowledge the support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This work was done under Grant No. G-2025-79141.

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Episodios

28 episodios

  1. Why Food Allergies Have Skyrocketed (And How to Prevent Them) 28:21
  2. Forget class differences. How age divides America. 44:51
  3. Elizabeth Kolbert on why we stopped talking about climate change 35:49
  4. Bosses ordered people back to work. Where are they? 43:32
  5. How do you get rich in America? Not the way you think. 34:59
  6. How the rich escaped taxation. Ray Madoff’s argument, revisited. 37:47
  7. How marriage divides us. Melissa Kearney’s case, revisited 44:52
  8. How to extend life - and where the science stands 39:23
  9. Miami, Mamdani, and the War over Wealth 38:39
  10. Why have kids left public school? 39:19
  11. Longevity: What we get wrong 35:49
  12. Being social scares us. It also makes us happier. 39:59
  13. Is College Worth It? (Plus, waitlists and marriage markets) 40:03
  14. What we get wrong about weight and nutrition 43:47
  15. Should Americans have more kids? 47:41
  16. Why white collar jobs are heading to China 35:55
  17. The Real Reason Billionaires Want to Go to Space 32:40
  18. The Betting States of America 46:10
  19. This is how we fix traffic 39:18
  20. Why boys and men are struggling in America 54:56
  21. How economic thinking can transform your biggest choices 45:23
  22. Americans have long moved South. Get ready for the move North. 31:44
  23. Is healthcare eating the economy? 32:58
  24. Is this how AI mania ends? 48:49
  25. Higher ed is in trouble. But not for the reason you think. 47:24
  26. How the rich escaped taxation 43:20
  27. How marriage became a luxury good 51:56
  28. Coming Soon: It Turns Out 1:08