Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2019-11-15
Stephen J. Dubner on StarTalk Radio: books mentioned
StarTalk Podcast: Freakonomics, with Stephen J. Dubner & Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed SuperFreakonomics LP by Steven D. Levitt and others. James Altucher discussed Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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SuperFreakonomics LP
Discussed“but you were worried you didn't know how the book would do and you were scared and I said I was lying I was just being nice I said don't worry it's gonna be a big hit Cuz I read the galley but I just was being nice I didn't know and then you called me a few days led”
Where to get it
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Freakonomics
Discussed“number two for economics for the next year and a half it was number two was Freakonomics I was really jealous”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The big short
“as we all learn in the big short and so you're not actually betting on it you're wimping out by pulling out your cash waiting for things to happen before you jump back in”
“I wrote an entire book on this called space chronicles and I write books so that I never have to talk about that subject again”
“Just check out the rankings okay number one was Harry Potter number two for economics for the next year and a half it was number two was Freakonomics”
“number one was Harry Potter number two for economics for the next year and a half”