NPR. Hey, Wayland, what's you reading there?

Oh, hey, Adrienne, you know, I'm just engaged in my usual summer diet of thrillers and

romance novels, and what about you guys?

I want to hear what you're reading.

Anything related to the show?

Oh, like, do I have a summer reading recommendation

with an economic bent to it?

Exactly. I mean, after all, this is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Wailen Wong.

I'm Adrian Ma, and I'm Darren Woods. Today on the show, Summer Reading Wrex.

We'll talk about some books we've loved reading the summer.

We've got a touch of magical realism,

how a little statistical formula explains the entire world,

and the joys of being a generalist after the break.

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