Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner.

If there's one thing we've all learned from a year-long pandemic shutdown,

it's that no two people respond exactly the same way to a year-long pandemic shutdown.

Around here, we responded by starting some new podcasts.

You may already know this if you follow us closely.

The first show we called No Stupid Questions,

and it's kind of a free-canometer radio for psychology.

It is hosted by me and Angela Duckworth,

who teaches psychology at the University of Pennsylvania,

and she wrote the book, Grit, The Power of Passion and Perseverance.

Angela is brilliant and a force of nature.

I love the conversations we have on No Stupid Questions, like this one.

Stephen, I've been wondering about how different I am in different situations.

So I have a question for you. You ready for it?

Yes, I am.

So I wonder about myself, about how different I can act at home,

versus if I am with colleagues, how different I can think,

and even how different I feel.

It's as if there are multiple needs, multiple Angela's,

and I wondered whether you have multiple Stevens.

One of our other news shows is hosted by Steve Levit,

my Freakonomics friend and co-author who's an economist at the University of Chicago.

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