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How Gary Gulman Turned Depression Into Comedy Gold | Better in PersonGary and Stephen talk about creativity, recovery, getting fired, and holding grudges. They also […]
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682. Should A.I. Move to Space?At first it sounds ridiculous. But it might be inevitable. Guest host Steve Levitt talks to a team that hopes to push A.I. […]
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Why Cooking is Caregiving, with Chef Hillary Sterling | Better in PersonHillary Sterling was a Brooklyn kid raised on cream cheese sandwiches and canned potatoes. So […]
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Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin? (Update)Like tens of millions of people, Stephen Dubner thought he had a penicillin allergy. Like the vast majority, he […]
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How a Great Architect Thinks, with Bjarke Ingels | Better in PersonIs the oxymoron really “the secret sauce to everything”? That’s the case Ingels makes in this […]
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681. How to Host a Talk Show, with Dick CavettStephen Dubner had an idea for a new project. So he drove to Connecticut and knocked on the door of the master. […]
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680. Can Universities Win Back Our Trust?Dartmouth president Sian Beilock, a psychologist by training, made her name studying why people choke. Now she’s applying t […]
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679. Why Does Vanderbilt Keep Winning?It’s a hard time to run a university: public trust is low, political pressure is high, and finances are fragile. But Daniel D […]
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The World Is (Still) Drowning in SludgeInsurance forms that make no sense. Subscriptions that can’t be cancelled. A never-ending blizzard of automated n […]
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678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?New York is the latest state to legalize medical aid in dying. Stephen Dubner speaks with the governor who signed the law, a […]
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677. Can Backgammon Save Us from Ourselves?It brings strangers together. It teaches probability, strategy, and emotional control. It has even helped N.F.L. teams […]
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This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Update)As the Trump administration rolls back environmental regulations, we revisit a 2022 episode that explored the hidden cost of […]
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676. Has America Lost the Plot?Another war in the Middle East. A retreat from the international order. A presidency built on self-dealing and arbitrary power. […]
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The Vanishing Mr. Feynman (Update)In his final years, Richard Feynman’s curiosity took him to some surprising places. We hear from his companions on the trips he t […]
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The Brilliant Mr. Feynman (Update)What happens when an existentially depressed and recently widowed young physicist from Queens gets a fresh start in California? We […]
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The Curious Mr. Feynman (Update)From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy i […]
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675. Has the New York Times Become a Games Company?Not exactly. But their runaway success with games like Wordle says something bigger about the way we live now. […]
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674. How Does a Composer Feel After the World Premiere?Great. Then depressed. Then great again. Stephen Dubner gets the full story from David Lang; we also hear […]
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Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update)Economists and politicians have turned him into a mascot for free-market ideology. Some on the left say the right has […]
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673. What Is Money?That’s what the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang wanted to learn. So he turned Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations into an oratorio. We […]
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