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Books by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner mentioned on podcasts
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner and their widely read books have appeared in discussions across multiple shows. On an episode of Freakonomics Radio, Stephen J. Dubner opened by reading excerpts from Freakonomics, which he and Steve Levitt published in 2005, to introduce a segment on cheating in human endeavors. Mike Maughan referenced the same book on No Stupid Questions when discussing counterintuitive ideas and how the work influenced him during his early collegiate career. On People I (Mostly) Admire, Steve Levitt reflected on his experience writing Freakonomics, sharing how it provided a taste of the real world that made academic pursuits feel comparatively less engaging. The book also surfaced in pop culture references discussed on No Stupid Questions, where Stephen Dubner highlighted a scene from Modern Family featuring the character Alex Dunphy reading Freakonomics by a swimming pool. Listener mail on the podcast further revealed how the Freakonomics series inspired readers to major in economics and served as recurring holiday gift choices between family members. Additionally, Freakonomics Radio revisited the namesake book's controversial arguments connecting legalized abortion to declining crime rates. Finally, the authors' second book, SuperFreakonomics, was discussed on No Stupid Questions for its historical re-examination of the events surrounding the Kitty Genovese story and the associated media representation.
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Think Like a Freak (Republish)
Think Like a Freak by Steven D.
Discussed“I was going to say I always say sometimes, I don't want to make a declarative that all things, but my immediate reaction went back to the book Freakonomics.”
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Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“I rarely do this, but today I'm going to start by reading a couple of sentences from Freakonomics, which Steve Levitt and I published in 2005. Cheating, we wrote, may or may not be human nature, but it is certainly a prominent feature in just about every human endeavor.”
Speaker Freakonomics Radio Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update) 2024-12-26 Listen at 6:18Where to get it
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SuperFreakonomics LP
SuperFreakonomics LP by Steven D.
Discussed“And it turns out that if you pull apart the story of what actually happened that night—which is a little difficult to do, CU this was in the 1960s—but we went back, and in our second book, Super Freakonomics, we actually retold the story as well as we could, including the incentives for the reporters involved and the police involved.”
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Superfreakonomics
Superfreakonomics is a bestselling pop-economics book by Steven D.
Discussed“Let's take *Super Freakonomics*, the second book that Steven Dubner and I wrote. There was every reason for it to be a huge success. We had just written *Freakonomics*, we knew how to write a book, but honestly, it didn't sell nearly as many copies as *Freakonomics* did.”
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Think Like a Freak
Discussed“It's interesting because in the book that Stephen Dubner and I wrote called Think Like a Freak, we talk about the business context. One of the things we say is nobody ever in a business context says, 'I don't know.'”
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