Hey podcast listeners, it's summertime, which means we're slowing down a little bit here.

Also starting to work on a whole new slate of weekly podcasts for the fall and winter.

So this week's show is a repeat of one of our favorite episodes.

How much does your name matter?

Now you may start to listen to this and think, ah man, I've already heard that.

But let me suggest an alternate use for our show.

Here is what one listener wrote to say.

My wife recently gave birth to a lovely but sleep-resistant baby girl.

I often listen to a podcast while I'm feeding her in the middle of the night.

I have found that the Freakonomics podcast puts her to sleep consistently, especially when

Steve Levitt is on.

Have others reported a similar effect on infants?

You may want to collect additional data and possibly rebrand the entire Freakonomics line

as baby sleep aids.

Keep up the good work and many thanks for the rest.

Kevin Benardo.

And so baby Benardo.

Sweet dreams to you and everyone else who uses this podcast to get to sleep and to those

of you who actually stay awake and listen to it.

Hope you enjoy.

Dalton Conley is a sociologist at NYU.

He has a book coming out soon called Parentalogy.

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