Check out the following podcast on academic fraud from Freakonomics.com hosted by Stephen Dubner. Among other things, it provides fascinating details about the Francesca Gino fraud scandal, including interviews with Max Bazerman, one of Gino’s Harvard co-authors, and the Data Colada team that uncovered the fraud. The original podcast was aired in January 2024 but was recently updated on December 25^th, 2024.

Here is the description provided by Freakonomics:

“Some of the biggest names in behavioral science stand accused of faking their results. Last year, an astonishing 10,000 research papers were retracted. In a series originally published in early 2024, we talk to whistleblowers, reformers, and a co-author who got caught up in the chaos. (Part 1 of 2)”

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A transcript of the podcast is provided online.

Enjoy! (Not sure that is the right word!)