Hey there, it's Stephen Dupner, and I have some exciting news.

If you consider yourself a super fan of Freakonomics Radio and you want even more than the weekly

show, and if you'd like to hear the show without ads, there is now a way to do that.

We have just launched a membership program called Freakonomics Radio Plus.

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ad-free, to sign up for Freakonomics Radio Plus, visit the Freakonomics Radio Show page

on Apple Podcasts or go to Freakonomics.com slash plus.

There are already a couple of member-only episodes waiting for you there.

As for future bonus episodes, what do you want to hear?

What kind of conversations do you think would be most valuable or exciting?

Me and all feedback is welcome at radio at Freakonomics.com.

Meanwhile, if you want to keep hearing Freakonomics Radio exactly the way you have always heard

it, all you have to do is nothing.

Nothing is changing with this regular weekly show.

But if you are the kind of person who wants even more, well, more is what we have at Freakonomics

Radio Plus on Apple Podcasts or at Freakonomics.com slash plus.

As always, thank you for listening, however, and whenever you listen.

Now, as for this week's episode.

I'm not a risk-taker.

Even writing this book was a little bit risky for me, and it's really not that risky.

Right in the scheme of risks I could be taking in my life, but it felt like a big risk

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