Hey there. It's Stephen Dubner. This is the time of year we like to play for you some of the other

shows we've been making for the Freakonomics Radio Network. Today an episode of No Stupid

Questions with Angela Duckworth and Mike Mawn.

We started this show a few years ago with me as Angela's co-host, but when it came time to replace

myself, well I think you will agree that Mike has done brilliantly.

Mike is an executive with Qualtrix and does a variety of other interesting things.

Angela, in case you don't know, is a research psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the book, Grit.

I hereby predict that you will love this episode of No Stupid Questions and that you will immediately follow the show on your

podcast app. So don't make a liar out of me. As always, thanks for listening. Yeah, that was basically psychology a hundred years ago.

She was like, went to this restaurant.

Let me tell you what happened.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Mike Mann, and you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on a special episode of the show, do you need closure in order to move on?

When a lottery gets to over... Do you need closure in order to move on?

When a lottery gets to over $1 billion,

I call a friend in another state

and Ben Mohamson money. Mike we have an email from Shreya Barga and it is something I have long wanted to talk about.

Let's go.

Hi Mike and Angela, I recently read about the Zygarnic effect and wanted to ask is it true that people remember unfinished

or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks?

And could this be extrapolated to human relationships? Do relationships that have no

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