Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2023-01-03

Books mentioned on In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was … Electric | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 498

1 book · With Tom Standage, Kevin McDowell, Tal Zaks, Mary Barra · Watch on YouTube

Stephen Dubner discussed A Brief History of Motion by Tom Standage.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. A Brief History of Motion

    Tom Standage · at 1:36 · mentioned 2 times

    Discussed
    “his latest is called a brief history of motion from the wheel to the car to what comes next”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Superfreakonomics
“You may remember this story from Super Freakonomics where we told it in some detail perhaps too much detail”
Passing SuperFreakonomics LP
“You may remember this story from Super Freakonomics, where we told it in some detail, perhaps too much detail.”