343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…

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🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this live episode of “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know,” we learn why New York has skinny skyscrapers, how to weaponize water, and what astronauts talk about in space. Joining Stephen J. Dubner as co-host is the linguist John McWhorter; Bari Weiss (The New York Times) is the real-time fact-checker.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner.
0:03.7	The mission of Freakonomics Radio is to tell you things you always thought you knew,
0:07.6	but didn't, and things you never thought you wanted to know, but do.
0:11.3	To that end, we occasionally put on a live show.
0:13.9	It's called Tell Me Something I Don't Know, where we invite smart people on stage to tell us stuff.
0:19.8	The episode you're about to hear was taped in New York City at Joe's Pub,
0:23.6	Part of the Amazing Public Theater Complex.
0:26.1	We'll soon be taping four more shows there on October 19th and 20th for tickets or to be on the show.
0:32.3	Visit Freakonomics.com slash TMS IDK.
0:36.7	As in Tell Me Something I Don't Know.
0:38.4	Again, it's Freakonomics.com slash TMS IDK.
0:43.4	Hope you enjoyed this episode and hope to see you there.
0:48.0	Why do I need?
0:48.8	Why do I have conversations?
0:50.4	Why do I travel?
0:51.5	I don't have to go to school.
0:52.9	Why do I pay attention?
0:53.9	Why do I pay attention because I want to be abused?
0:56.7	Because I want to get outside my comfort zone.
1:00.1	But mostly, mostly, mostly because...
1:02.5	Because I want to find out stuff.
1:04.2	Find out stuff.
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