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a co-author of the book Freakonomics, and also the host of the podcast,

people I mostly admire from the Freakonomics Radio Network.

I interviewed guests that range from Nobel laureates to magicians,

from bestselling authors to NBA referees. People who are smart,

reflective, and sometimes a little bit weird.

My guests include bestselling author John Green,

conservationist Jane Goodall, psychologist Danny Coniman,

and Jennifer Daoudna, the scientist behind the gene editing technology,

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Pushkin.

The London-based Excel recordings is one of the premier indie labels.

In the last few years, along with their offshoot Young Turks,

they've released music by Adele, Radiohead in Tom York,

Kamasi Washington, K. Trinata, F.K. Twigs, and this new release,

Richard Russell's Everything is Recorded.

Richard Russell is the head of Excel, the boss man,

but he loves producing tracks. He's been doing it since the 80s,

but there's a period of time when he gave it up to focus on developing

the label, and it was a good move.

Because once Excel got off the ground in 89, they quickly established

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