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Podcast · Society & Culture
Freakonomics Radio
15 sponsors across 12 episodes since Oct 2025.
From show notes and transcribed ad reads across 80 episodes. Ads read only in the audio may be missing.
15Sponsors
80Episodes tracked
12Episodes with an ad
Oct 30Latest episode
Connections
RegularsMost episodes first.15
Newest sponsorsFirst ad on this show, newest first.15
Where these sponsors also buy
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ChatGPT
Ozempic
Peloton
Hotels.com
Pacific Life Insurance
Stripe
U.S. Bank
Everpure
LinkedIn
LinkedIn Ads
Mazda
PNC Bank
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Everything we’ve recorded Click a heading to sort.
| ChatGPT | 9 | Oct 16 Report |
| Ozempic | 3 | Oct 23 Report |
| Peloton | 3 | Oct 23 Report |
| Hotels.com | 2 | Oct 23 Report |
| Pacific Life Insurance | 2 | Oct 23 Report |
| Stripe | 2 | Oct 23 Report |
| U.S. Bank | 2 | Oct 23 Report |
| Everpure | 1 | Oct 16 Report |
| GiveDirectly | 1 | Dec 26 Report |
| 1 | Oct 23 Report | |
| LinkedIn Ads | 1 | Oct 23 Report |
| Mazda | 1 | Oct 21 Report |
| PNC Bank | 1 | Oct 21 Report |
| Southern New Hampshire University | 1 | Oct 21 Report |
| VectorVest | 1 | Oct 21 Report |
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| 692. What Will A.I. Do to (and for) Human Creativity?Pacific Life Insurance, U.S. Bank, LinkedIn Ads, Hotels.com, Stripe, Peloton, LinkedIn, Ozempic | Oct 23 | |
| Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy? (Update)VectorVest, Pacific Life Insurance, U.S. Bank, Peloton, PNC Bank, Stripe, Southern New Hampshire University, Mazda, Ozempic | Oct 21 | |
| 691. Is This What a “Good Billionaire” Looks Like?Everpure, ChatGPT, Peloton, Hotels.com, Ozempic | Oct 16 | |
| How to Run an Institution in an Anti-Institution Era | Better in PersonChatGPT | Sep 2 | |
| “I Trust Almost Anyone More Than Myself” | Better in PersonChatGPT | Aug 26 | |
| Meet Warren Zanes, the Author and Rocker Behind the Springsteen Movie | Better in PersonChatGPT | Aug 19 | |
| What if Being a Stranger Is Actually Your Superpower? | Better in PersonChatGPT | Aug 12 | |
| Does it Take a Twisted Mind to Write Twisted Stories? | Better In PersonChatGPT | Aug 5 | |
| How Gary Gulman Turned Depression Into Comedy Gold | Better in PersonChatGPT | Jul 29 | |
| Why Cooking is Caregiving, with Chef Hillary Sterling | Better in PersonChatGPT | Jul 22 | |
| How a Great Architect Thinks, with Bjarke Ingels | Better in PersonChatGPT | Jul 14 | |
| Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor? (Update)GiveDirectly | Dec 26, 2025 | |
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Is Freakonomics Radio sponsored?
Yes. 12 of the 80 episodes tracked name at least one paid sponsor, 15 brands in all. ChatGPT appears most often, in 9 episodes.
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