Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner from Freakonomics Radio. I am busting into this episode to tell you that we are doing a live Freakonomics Radio show in Los Angeles on February 13th, and I hope you'll join us.

Guests will include Ari Emanuel, the CEO of the Sports and Entertainment Firm Endeavor,

the filmmaker R.J. Cutler, and the Freakonomics Radio House Band, led by Luis Guerra.

For tickets, go to Freakonomics.com slash live shows. A portion of our ticket sales will go to

Wildfire Relief Efforts. Again, that's Freakonomics.com slash live shows February 13th in LA.

I hope to see you there.

He gave you a pink sweater, too?

We all have the same pink sweater.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Stephen Dubner.

And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

Today on the show, would it be better to have funerals and give eulogies before people die?

They could turn into interventions, essentially.

You know, there's something I've been wanting to say to you for a long time now.

Also, comedian Eugene Merman joins us to discuss the question, what do all funny things have in common?

They're all small. They're all yellow. They're always delicious.

So, Angela, I had a question to ask you today, and it suddenly became much more timely, unfortunately, though, because it's a question about death.

We've discussed death a bit on the show.

Yeah.

My original question was going to be, wouldn't it be better, generally, to have funerals for people before they die?

Because, you know, we tell stories

about people and discuss their virtues. And it makes me sad that so many people gather together

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