521. I’m Your Biggest Fan!

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🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It’s fun to obsess over pop stars and racecar drivers — but is fandom making our politics even more toxic?

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0:00.0	My name is Morgan Levy and I am a senior producer at the Freakonomics Radio Network.
0:10.4	You already know Morgan.
0:11.6	If you listen to the podcast that she produces, people I mostly admire.
0:16.0	Morgan has also produced several episodes of Freakonomics Radio.
0:19.6	She and I are colleagues.
0:21.8	We are colleagues.
0:23.1	No Morgan, before we go further on the conversation we're about to have, what would you say if
0:28.5	I told you that we've got a surprise guest joining us?
0:33.4	My heart rate just increased and I have this smile on my face.
0:40.3	Would you like to guess who the surprise guest might be?
0:44.5	I mean we're doing this conversation about my love of Formula One.
0:50.4	And so all I can think is that you have a driver.
0:53.8	What would you say if I told you that not only do we have a driver, but this driver's
0:58.3	name is Lewis Hamilton?
1:00.0	You do not.
1:01.0	Okay, we don't.
1:03.2	We don't.
1:05.0	I'm so sorry to have abused your...
1:10.3	You alright?
1:12.3	Yeah, I did need a minute.
1:14.7	The buildup, every molecule of my being was like logically, no.
1:20.7	That's not a possibility right now.
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