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I Doubt It Podcast

BONUS #069 – “Robert H. Frank, author of "Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy."”

I Doubt It Podcast

Jesse Dollemore and Brittany Page

Society & Culture, News, Politics, Comedy

4.8657 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jesse and Brittany welcome Robert H. Frank to discuss all things luck, meritocracy, and the simple policy changes that could make life better for everyone. Robert H. Frank is the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and a Professor of Economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He is the author of several books, including "Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy."

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0:00.0

This very special bonus episode of I Doubt It with Dollamore is brought to you by our generous listener supporters on Patreon and PayPal.

0:10.0

If you appreciate what we do and would like to join them, go to dollymour.com slash PayPal or dollymour.com slash Patreon.

0:19.8

The following broadcast may contain free thinking and open-minded discussion, ideas, skepticism, and adult subject matter.

0:27.2

Topics will be discussed using adult language, sometimes gratuitously.

0:31.7

Get ready to move the conversation forward.

0:34.5

This ain't your granddad's news and comment show.

0:37.8

This is I Doubt It with Thalamore.

1:02.4

All right, everybody, welcome to the show and thank you for joining us this very special 69th bonus episode of I doubt it with Dollimore.

1:11.6

I am your host, as always, Jesse Dollimore, and I'm joined by the lovely, the talented, the scholarly, and the excited.

1:13.6

Brittany Page.

1:20.0

This is actually one of my favorite things about hosting a podcast, which is it. Hosting this podcast.

1:21.7

Hosting any podcast.

1:23.8

You know, someone hears this and wants to reach out.

1:26.8

Hi.

1:28.2

No, but being able to reach out to people that I admire or have learned something from and talk to them,

1:37.0

have like a legitimate way to say, hey, can you come on and have a conversation with me?

1:41.3

Because normally if I read a book and I love it, I can't email the author and be like, hey, you want to like chat on the phone for a couple minutes?

1:48.3

You seem like a stalker.

1:50.1

Yeah.

1:51.3

You want to talk to me about your book just on the phone for a little bit?

1:54.3

So this is just a way for you to facilitate your instinct to want to stalk people is what you're saying. I mean, you can phrase it however you'd like, but I'm really excited because I read this book

2:04.8

and you have it there.

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