Freakonomics, with Stephen J. Dubner

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🗓️ 14 June 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Private vs public space exploration, asteroid mining, artificial intelligence, universal healthcare, and more – Neil Tyson explores the stochastic world of economics with Stephen J. Dubner, author of Freakonomics and host of Freakonomics Radio, and first-time comic co-host James Altucher. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/freakonomics-with-stephen-j-dubner/ Photo Credit: StarTalk.

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0:00.0	From the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and beaming out across all of space and time.
0:09.0	This is Star Talk. We're science and pop culture.
0:16.0	This is Star Talk. I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:30.0	Coming to you from my office at the Hayden Planetarium right here at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
0:36.0	Today is a cosmic queries edition of Star Talk.
0:40.0	We will focus on economics, not just any kind of economics, freakingomics.
0:46.0	We have a special guest, Steven Dubner. Steven, welcome.
0:50.0	Thank you very much.
0:51.0	Let me first introduce my co-host.
0:53.0	First time co-host.
0:54.0	First time.
0:55.0	James Altichur.
0:56.0	So James, you are host of a podcast.
0:59.0	Yes.
1:00.0	When you've been on.
1:02.0	When I ask you the name of the podcast, I learned it's the James Altichur podcast.
1:08.0	Yes, I'm very egotistical.
1:10.0	I need my name everywhere.
1:12.0	I forget it. I think I'm getting older now and I start to forget things.
1:15.0	Everyone is getting older at all times.
1:17.0	So, Steven, so freaking out. You have a podcast yourself.
1:21.0	It's called Freakonomics Radio.
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