I listen to RadioLab, 99% Invisible and other podcasts like that. (I don’t particularly like Freakonomics).
I honestly just find them interesting and informative and often creative. I don’t get the sense that they’re trying to explain anything more than what they are talking about. Or that they are asserting that their “explanation” is the only thing you need to know or that individual choices are the only thing that matters.
I do think there’s a danger in using anecdotes or cherry-picked facts as evidence of broader truths. Malcom Gladwell is someone who I think does that a lot.
