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The Economics of Everyday Things is a business podcast hosted by Freakonomics Network & Zachary Crockett with 196 episodes. Your strongest route into The Economics of Everyday Things starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.
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What The Economics of Everyday Things is about
Who decides which snacks are in your office’s vending machine? How much is a suburban elm tree worth, and to whom? How did Girl Scout Cookies become a billion-dollar business? In bite-sized episodes, journalist Zachary Crockett looks at quotidian things and finds amazing stories.
In the show’s own words, from its public feed.
- Publishes
- a few times a week
- Latest episode
- Aug 20, 2026
- Catalogue
- 196 episodes
Recent episodes
Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.
- 67. Tow Trucks
- 66. Stradivarius Violins
- 65. Stock Photos
- 64. Sushi Fish
- 63. Botox
Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-08-23.
3 show-specific steps to pitch The Economics of Everyday Things
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Listen before you pitch
Start with the latest episode of The Economics of Everyday Things, which publishes a few times a week, currently “67. Tow Trucks”. Listen for how the host frames the conversation, then make your angle fit The Economics of Everyday Things.
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Send it to the address The Economics of Everyday Things publishes
The Economics of Everyday Things's feed publishes a contact address. We do not print The Economics of Everyday Things's address on public pages. A free account opens a pre-addressed draft for The Economics of Everyday Things in your mail app; we never send it. The Economics of Everyday Things also publishes a contact page on its own site, at freakonomics.com. That one is public, so you can use it right now with no account at all. Get the address for The Economics of Everyday Things. Open The Economics of Everyday Things contact page.
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Lead with a specific, relevant angle
Hosts want an operator who can share real numbers, decisions, and lessons, not generic advice. Open with one sentence on why you fit The Economics of Everyday Things and the exact topic you would bring to an episode. See our pitch template, or write it now, prefilled for The Economics of Everyday Things, then grade the draft against The Economics of Everyday Things.
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