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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2023-01-18

Books mentioned on Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 477

1 book · With Bruce Sacerdote, Erica Okrent, Steve Rathje, Arthur Brooks · Watch on YouTube

Mentioned: The Power of Bad by John Tierney and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Power of Bad

    John Tierney, Roy F. Baumeister · at 14:09

    The Power of Bad by John Tierney and Roy F.

    Discussed
    “the social psychologist Roy bowmeister calls it the power of bad”
    Speaker Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 477 2023-01-18 Listen at 14:09
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Anna Karenina
“because one of the most famous lines in literature is the first sentence of Anna Karenina by Tolstoy happy families are all alike every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”
Speaker Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 477 2023-01-18 Listen at 16:52
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“and thanks to Erica ocran whose latest book is called highly irregular why tough through and do don't rhyme and other Oddities of the English language”
Speaker Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 477 2023-01-18 Listen at 45:15
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