Steve Levitt is my Freakonomics friend and co-author.

He's an economist at the University of Chicago.

One of the most unusual things about Levitt is that he doesn't really care what anybody

else thinks about his ideas.

For better or worse.

One of the easiest ways to differentiate an economist from almost anyone else in society

is to test them with repugnant ideas.

Because economists are pretty much immune to repugnant.

It's fun, your wife will love you more if you go do it.

It makes you feel like a proud American, but never should anyone delude themselves into

thinking that the vote they cast will ever decide an election.

Well, it's just lazy.

I could be investing in the kids or I could be indulging my own hobbies.

I just watched TV instead.

I'm not one of those people who really hates fat people.

I know there are people who hate fat people, but I don't really mind fat people.

So what will Levitt say in this week's installment of Freak Quently Asked Questions?

I never know what you're going to put on the video.

From WNYC, this is Freakonomics Radio, the podcast that explores the hidden side of everything.

Here's your host, Stephen Dupner.

Every now and again, Steve Levitt and I asked you to send us some questions and then we

try to answer them in this podcast.

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