The Hot Hand: Ben Cohen

That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

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3.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Sarah talks to Ben Cohen of The Wall Street Journal about his book The Hot Hand, including the interesting reason why the creator of NBA Jam came up with "he's on fire," how we invent causes to explain patterns, the differences between the hot hand and flow state, how the best work of creators comes in bunches, and how The Princess Bride finally got made because of a creative hot hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Sarah.
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0:25.0	it out.
0:26.0	That's what she said.
0:27.0	That's what she said.
0:28.0	That's what she said.
0:29.0	Well, that's what she said.
0:30.0	That's what she said.
0:31.0	Welcome to That's What She Said.
0:38.0	Conversations with interesting people from the world of sports, music, comedy, and more,
0:42.8	talk about their lives, careers, successes, and failures.
0:46.7	I'm Ben Cohen, and my dilemma is that my wife and I made cookies last night, and now there
0:52.1	are just way too many cookies in our house for only two of us, and I find myself eating
0:57.2	cookies every hour, basically.
1:00.2	Okay, so see, now this is why I don't bake.
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