Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2011-06-22
Books mentioned on 35. Live From St. Paul!
Freakonomics Radio hits the road, and plays some Quiz Bowl Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.
Michael Levitt discussed The Bronx Zoo by Sparky Lyle and others. Stephen Dubner discussed Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Bronx Zoo
Discussed“I had read the book called, uh, I can't remember the name of the book, but it was about the hijinks of baseball players. Oh, the Bronx Zoo. Yeah. Right. Yeah. That is the first book I ever read.”
Where to get it
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Superfreakonomics
SuperFreakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“And obviously you guys read Freakonomics. I don't know if you read Super Freak. So in Super Freak, there was a chapter on altruism. And we explored whether, you know, how you know when altruism is real, and how do you know whether it's sometimes just the product of scrutiny.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Sound and the Fury
“In a chapter entitled June 2nd, 1910, a Harvard student commits suicide. The narrator is Quentin Compson, who also appears as a character in Absalom, Absalom. Name this classic in American literature penned by William Faulkner. And that is... The Crucible? No. As I lay dying. That's The Sound and the Fury.”
Passing As I Lay Dying
“In a chapter entitled June 2nd, 1910, a Harvard student commits suicide. The narrator is Quentin Compson, who also appears as a character in Absalom, Absalom. Name this classic in American literature penned by William Faulkner. And that is... The Crucible? No. As I lay dying. That's The Sound and the Fury.”
Passing Freakonomics
“And it is, what do you know about one of the most important books of the last 50 years? So in chapter one of Freakonomics, Dr. Levitt explores cheating by Chicago school teachers and what type of elite athlete?”
Passing The Dead Zone
“There's also one in Stephen King's novel, The Dead Zone, possibly based on the real-life Peter Hercos. You might have caught one on TV. Maybe it's Sylvia Brown on Montel, John Edwards on his syndicated show Crossing Over, or on those infomercials of the faux Jamaican Miss Cleo.”
Passing Freakonomics
“And obviously you guys read Freakonomics. I don't know if you read Super Freak. So in Super Freak, there was a chapter on altruism. And we explored whether, you know, how you know when altruism is real, and how do you know whether it's sometimes just the product of scrutiny.”