Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2026-01-23
Books mentioned on 660. The Wellness Industry Is Gigantic — and Mostly Wrong
Zeke Emanuel (a physician, medical ethicist, and policy wonk) has some different ideas for how to lead a healthy and meaningful life. It starts with ice cream.
Mentioned: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Eat Your Ice Cream by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, and The Ends of Human Life by Ezekiel J. Emanuel.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Jungle
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a 1906 novel that serves as a harsh expose of working conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry during the Gilded Age.
Discussed“So Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, and we're in exactly the same moment, including the uh Gilded Age.”
Where to get it
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Eat Your Ice Cream
Discussed“The full title of your book is Eat Your Ice Cream Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life. Tell me how this book came into being and why.”
Where to get it
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The Ends of Human Life
Discussed“The full title of your book is Eat Your Ice Cream Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life. Tell me how this book came into being and why.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Eat Your Ice Cream
“Again, his new book is called Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life. Let us know what you thought.”
Plugged The Ends of Human Life
“Again, his new book is called Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life. Let us know what you thought.”