A podcast about law, economics, and crime.
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Episode 129: Johannes Kasinger on how retail crime affects prices.
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Episode 13 of Probable Causation featured professor Ariel White. She talked about the effects of short jail spells on subsequent voting behavior.
Originally published: October 1, 2019.
Episode 25 of Probable Causation featured professor Sara Heller. She talked about summer youth employment programs as a violence-reduction strategy.
Originally published: March 17, 2020.
Episode 26 of Probable Causation featured professor Kirabo Jackson. He talked about the effects of making schools single-sex, on student outcomes like arrests and teen motherhood.
Originally published: March 31, 2020.
Episode 89 of Probable Causation featured professor Graeme Blair. He talked about a multi-country randomized trial of community policing.
Originally published: March 14, 2023.
Episode 122 of Probable Causation featured professor Vijetha Koppa. She talked about the effects of Lethality Assessment Programs used by police in domestic violence incidents.
Originally published: December 16, 2025.
Episode 127 of Probable Causation featured professor Manisha Shah. She talked about reducing intimate partner violence among young people in Tanzania.
Originally published: June 30, 2026.
Episode 42 of Probable Causation featured professor Andrea Velásquez. She talked about how exposure to violent crime affects risk preferences.
Originally published: December 8, 2020.
Episode 51 of Probable Causation featured professors Amanda Agan and Anna Harvey. They talked with me about our coauthored research on the effect of prosecution for non-violent misdemeanors.
Originally published: June 8, 2021.
Episode 12 of Probable Causation featured professor Mike Lovenheim. He talked about how being held back in school affects future criminal justice involvement.
Originally published: September 17, 2019.
Episode 52 of Probable Causation featured professor Katherine Eriksson. She talked about how access to education affected incarceration in the early 20th century.
Originally published: June 22, 2021.
Episode 128: Diogo Britto on how job loss affects criminal behavior
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Episode 119 of Probable Causation featured economist Elin Colmsjö. She talked about how health shocks affect criminal behavior.
Originally published: August 26, 2025.
Episode 14 of Probable Causation featured professor Aaron Chalfin. He talked about a randomized trial of street lighting in New York City.
Originally published: October 15, 2019.
Episode 45 of Probable Causation featured professor Conrad Miller. He talked about how local racial composition affects punishment severity.
Originally published: February 16, 2021.
Episode 34 of Probable Causation featured economist David Phillips. He talked about how emergency financial assistance affects crime.
Originally published: August 18, 2020.
Episode 14 of Probable Causation featured professor Aaron Chalfin. He talked about a randomized trial of street lighting in New York City.
Originally published: October 15, 2019.
Episode 1 of Probable Causation featured economist Chloe Gibbs. She talked about the intergenerational effects of Head Start programs.
Originally published: April 16, 2019.
Episode 84 of Probable Causation featured economist Alex Albright. She talked about an automatic pretrial release program for low-risk defendants in Kentucky.
Originally published: December 6, 2022.