Freakonomics on Failure
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Stephen Dubner, host of "Freakonomics Radio" and the co-author of the Freakonomics books talks about what he's learned about failure, including how it is related to success.
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| 0:00.0 | Brian Leur on WNYC and Stephen Dubner is back with us now, author of the Freakonomics |
| 0:13.8 | books and host of Freakonomics Radio, which we are on Sunday, it's on WNYC. |
| 0:19.5 | Stephen has a live Freakonomics event coming up at the Green Space on Wednesday and it's |
| 0:24.3 | called How to Succeed at Failing. |
| 0:27.1 | It's related to a three-part Freakonomics series on Failure, which we try to succeed |
| 0:32.4 | at talking about right now. |
| 0:34.0 | Hi, Stephen, always great to have you. |
| 0:35.5 | Welcome back to Brian Leur. |
| 0:37.3 | Thank you so much, Brian. |
| 0:38.3 | It's great, great, great to be back with you. |
| 0:40.6 | Okay, so I'll bite via three-part series and Green Space event about Failure. |
| 0:45.5 | Well, okay, first of all, it turned into a four-part series. |
| 0:48.7 | Oh, sorry about that. |
| 0:49.7 | Oh, sorry about that. |
| 0:50.7 | No, no, no. |
| 0:51.7 | I think we just kept expanding. |
| 0:52.7 | Did the fourth one drop yet? |
| 0:54.3 | I didn't see it. |
| 0:55.3 | The third, let me think, the fourth one comes this coming Wednesday night. |
| 1:00.5 | So that's why it's available now. |
| 1:02.2 | Yep, exactly. |
| 1:04.6 | But why unfailing is a very good question. |
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