166. How to Think Like a Freak -- and Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions

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🗓️ 8 May 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Stephen Dubner and Steve Levitt talk about their new book and field questions about prestige, university life, and (yum yum) bacon.

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0:00.0	Hey podcast listeners, we have a new book out next week called Think Like A Freak.
0:08.5	You can read an excerpt in this weekend's Wall Street Journal and then on Sunday at midnight,
0:13.3	also known as Monday, the book goes on sale, all stores, all formats.
0:18.0	If you want to keep up with what we're doing in the coming weeks, TV, radio, live talks,
0:22.2	go to Freakonomics.com slash events.
0:25.5	You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and if you want a free autographed book plate
0:30.4	to stick in your new copy of Think Like A Freak, you can sign up for one of those at Freakonomics.com.
0:35.6	Thanks.
0:46.0	So, Levit, how you feeling today?
0:49.0	I'm so tired. We had a tiring run at golf yesterday.
0:56.6	When you got home late last night to Chicago, did you find a package there waiting from the publisher?
1:03.9	Yes.
1:06.9	I'll do that one again.
1:10.5	So Levit, when you got home late last night, did you find a package waiting for you from
1:15.6	the publisher?
1:16.6	I did.
1:17.6	Did you open it?
1:18.6	No, I didn't actually because my daughter Amanda got to it before I could get to it.
1:23.3	Did you really?
1:24.3	She did.
1:25.3	She opened it up.
1:26.3	And?
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