Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2023-07-27

Books mentioned on 551. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life?

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In the final episode of our whale series, we learn about fecal plumes, shipping noise, and why "Moby-Dick" is still worth reading. (Part 3 of "Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.

Stephen Dubner discussed MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE by Herman Melville. Also mentioned: Moby Dick by Herman Melville.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Moby Dick

   Herman Melville · at 1:00 · mentioned 17 times

   Moby Dick by Herman Melville is a classic 19th-century novel exploring the obsessions of Captain Ahab and the dramatic whaling voyage of the Pequod.

   Discussed

   “How many times have you read Moby Dick? I’m 50 years old.”

   Speaker 551. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, a… 2023-07-27 Listen at 1:00

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2. 

   MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE

   Herman Melville · at 1:00 · mentioned 6 times

   Moby-Dick by Herman Melville is an epic American novel that chronicles the obsessive, self-destructive quest of Captain Ahab to hunt down the giant white whale that maimed him.

   Discussed

   “how many times have you read Moby Dick 50 is probably reasonable I'm 50 years old I Read Moby Dick for the first time at the age of 17.”

   Stephen Dubner 551. What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, a… 2023-07-27 Listen at 1:00

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