Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2025-02-20

Books mentioned on The Show That Never Happened

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A brief meditation on loss, relativity, and the vagaries of show business. RESOURCES:Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, documentary (2021) Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947, by Norman Lebrecht (2019) The War Room, documentary (1993) EXTRAS:“Is San Francisco a Failed State?

Stephen Dubner discussed Genius & Anxiety by Norman Lebrecht.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Genius & Anxiety

   Norman Lebrecht · at 12:42

   Genius and Anxiety by Norman Lebrecht is a historical work detailing how Jewish intellectuals, artists, scientists, and creators shaped the modern world between 1847 and 1947.

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   “I thought back to this passage from a book called genius and anxiety how Jews changed the world 1847 and 1947 by Norman lebre”

   Stephen Dubner The Show That Never Happened 2025-02-20 Listen at 12:42

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