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The World Is (Still) Drowning in Sludge

Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Jun 24, 202600:54:46Society & Culture

Insurance forms that make no sense. Subscriptions that can’t be cancelled. A never-ending blizzard of automated notifications. In this update of a 2025 episode, Stephen Dubner discovers where all this sludge comes from —...

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The World Is (Still) Drowning in Sludge is an episode from Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher. Insurance forms that make no sense. Subscriptions that can’t be cancelled. A never-ending blizzard of automated notifications. I...

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Published Jun 24, 2026, 00:54:46 long, audio available.

The World Is (Still) Drowning in Sludge

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