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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

Freaky Thinking and Pixar Creativity

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

The Motley Fool

Investing, Business

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On this week's Spring Break Special, we revisit two of our favorite interviews. Disney Animation Studios President Ed Catmull talks about the business of creativity. And Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner talks about how to think like a freak.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's the Motley Fool Money Show. I'm Chris Hill and welcome to our spring break special.

0:39.2

This week we are revisiting two of our favorite interviews.

0:42.3

Coming up, Ed Katmull is the president of Pixar and Disney Animation.

0:46.5

He joins me to talk about the business of creativity.

0:49.3

But first, it's time to think like a freak.

0:52.3

Joining me now from Freekonomic Studios in New York City is Steven Dubner.

0:56.6

He is the co-author of the best selling Freekonomics books.

0:59.8

He's the host of the Freekonomics radio podcast,

1:02.8

which with 4 million downloads a month makes it just a little bit more popular than Motley Fool Money.

1:09.5

His latest book with co-author Steven Levit is Think Like A Freak.

1:14.0

Mr. Dubner, thanks for being here.

1:15.9

Chris, thanks for having me.

1:17.9

Let's jump right into the book because this new book is all about helping us retrain our brains to think like a freak.

1:26.4

I don't know if it is by mere coincidence that the release of this book comes just a few weeks before the start of the World Cup.

1:34.2

But you kick things off in the book with an example from soccer.

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