Hey there, Steven Dubner, and this is a special bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio.

You may remember a couple months ago, we tried a new kind of episode, a Freakonomics Radio

Book Club, where we interviewed an author and had her read excerpts from her book.

That episode was called How to Make Your Own Luck.

The author was Maria Kanakova, a PhD psychologist who became a professional poker player in order

to learn more about decision making and luck.

Her book is called The Biggest Bluff.

So many of you wrote in to say how much you love that episode, and Maria, in particular,

that for our second Freakonomics Radio Book Club episode, we are asking Maria to take

a turn as host.

That's the episode you are about to hear.

Today's author is Read Hastings, and the book is No Rules Rules, Netflix, and the Culture

of Reinvention, which Hastings co-wrote with Aaron Meyer.

We are going to keep playing with this format to see how much we like it, how much you like

it.

The next book club episode we're planning will have me as host again.

If you'd like to read that book ahead of time, our selection will be Inside of a Dog,

What Dogs See, Smell, and Know by Alexandra Harwitz.

It was first published around a decade ago, but with so many pandemic puppies out there,

it is more relevant than ever.

Plus, I just really like this book.

Also, if you want to send a dog question for Alexandra Harwitz, our email is radioatfreakonomics.com.

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