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🗓️ 26 June 2014

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Dubner and Levitt answer reader questions in this first installment of the “Think Like a Freak” Book Club.

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0:42.6	Thanks.
0:43.6	Hey Leva, how's it going?
0:53.2	It's gone good.
0:54.4	So are you feeling recovered from Booktour yet?
0:58.3	Yes.
0:59.3	I thought it was interesting as much as you wind and complained on this podcast about how
1:02.7	much you hate the Booktour.
1:04.2	It actually worked out beautifully didn't it?
1:05.7	You want to tell people how beautifully that worked out?
1:09.9	So everywhere we went, people were very gentle with me.
1:13.5	They gave me presents.
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1:19.8	certificate that I used.
1:21.1	Bacon.
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