Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2023-08-11
Steve Levitt & Wendy MacNaughton: books mentioned on People I (Mostly) Admire #110
Wendy MacNaughton: Drawing From Life (and Death) | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 110
Steve Levitt discussed How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton and Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Say Goodbye
How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton is a poignant collection of illustrations and prose that gently explores grief, mortality, and the emotional realities of saying farewell.
Discussed“but the main reason I wanted to talk to her today is that she has produced a stunningly touching book called How to Say Goodbye”
Where to get it
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Think Like a Freak
Think Like a Freak by Steven D.
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.'”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Think Like a Freak
“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”