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Stephen Dubner

66 lectures, interviews and podcast episodes featuring or about Stephen Dubner, recommended by Freakonomics. The most-recommended is “Arne Duncan Says All Kids Deserve a Chance — and Criminals Deserve a Second One (Update) |...”.

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46 min

Arne Duncan Says All Kids Deserve a Chance — and Criminals Deserve a Second One (Update) |...

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Why Are Stories Stickier Than Statistics? (Replay) | No Stupid Questions

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Bigger Fish, or Bigger Pond? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 158

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Do You Have a Scarcity Mindset or an Abundance Mindset? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 145

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Why Do We Get Angry? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 139

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How Do You Avoid Freezing Under Pressure? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 146

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Is Sloth a Sin or a Virtue? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 136

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What Should Be the Eighth Deadly Sin? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 144

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Is Greed Good? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 141

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Is Envy Healthy? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 140

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Do You Savor or Gobble? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 91 (Replay)

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Are We All Addicted to Ultra-Processed Foods? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 137

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How Sinful Are No Stupid Questions Listeners? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 143

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What Should You Do on Your Birthday? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 135

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Is Pride the Worst Sin? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 142

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Will You Live to Be 100? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 134

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Why Is It So Hard to Talk About Money? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 81

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How Can You Stop Comparing Yourself With Other People? (Replay) | No Stupid Questions | Episode 13

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Why Do We Cry? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 131

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Can You Really Work on an Airplane? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 133

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Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away| People I (Mostly) Admire | 44

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Is Laziness Real? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 47

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How Does When You're Born Affect Who You Are? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 42

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Why Do We Cheat, and Why Shouldn’t We? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 129

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Is It Weird for Adults to Have Imaginary Friends? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 100

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Should We Separate the Art From the Artist? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 20

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Should We Just Ignore Our Weaknesses | No Stupid Questions | Episode 61

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Why Is It So Hard to Resist Temptation? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 130

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Why Do We Forget So Much of What We’ve Read? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 24

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The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rainforest | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 53

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39 min

How Can You Give Better Gifts? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 128

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34 min

Is Family Overrated? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 122

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37 min

How Should You Ask for Forgiveness? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 27

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How Can You Identify Hidden Talent? With Eric Schmidt | No Stupid Questions | Episode 21

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Is Self-Improvement Too Selfish? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 88

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Is There Such a Thing as Good Estrangement? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 19

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Are Women Required to Be Nicer Than Men? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 64

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34 min

How Can You Improve Your Mental Endurance? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 113

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37 min

What Separates Humans From Other Animals? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 51

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24 min

What’s the Best Advice You’ve Ever Received? (Replay) | No Stupid Questions | Episode 65

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38 min

If Everyone Hates Meetings, Why Do We Have So Many of Them? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 72

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38 min

Do Dreams Actually Mean Anything? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 59

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37 min

How Good Are Your Snap Judgments? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 121

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What’s Wrong With Holding a Grudge? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 117

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Why Can’t Baby Boomers and Millennials Just Get Along? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 76

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38 min

How Do You Stop Grinding Your Teeth? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 124

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37 min

Do People Pay Attention to Signs? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 116

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29 min

Is a “Success Hangover” Real? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 80

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34 min

How Simple Is Too Simple? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 104

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Are You as Observant as You Think? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 50

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32 min

What’s So Bad About Denial? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 95

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Should Toilets Be Free? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 103

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Should We Replace Umpires With Robots? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 125

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J***s C****t, Angela, Why Are You Such a F***ing Potty-Mouth? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 119

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29 min

How Valuable Is Enthusiasm? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 89

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37 min

What's So Gratifying About Gossip? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 58

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36 min

Have We All Lost Our Ability to Compromise? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 40

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38 min

Do Good Deeds Invite More Bad Ones? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 48

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34 min

Can You Change Your Mind Without Losing Face? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 83

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How Does Facing Death Change Your Life? (Replay) | No Stupid Questions | Episode 49

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