EP 140: Stephen Dubner of Freakonomics Wants To Tell You Something You Don't Know

Stephen J. Dubner is the best-selling co-author of Freakonomics and the host of the Freakonomics Radio Podcast. Today he comes on the show to talk about his new gameshow podcast Tell Me Something I Don't Know. We’ll discuss the origins of the Freakonomics phenomenon and his friendship with quirkly rogue economist Dr. Stephen Levitt. We’ll talk about the Freakonomics philosophy of why incentives matter, whether or not everyone cheats, and some the perils of exploring the hidden side of everything.

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