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Every book Faith Salie recommended on podcasts
Faith Salie discussed several books authored by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner during an appearance on Freakonomics Radio. Salie cited the authors’ earlier work Think Like a Freak while framing a discussion around their emphasis on childlike thinking. Turning to When to Rob a Bank, she described the book as a collection of elliptical blog posts and asked the authors whether any lingering, unanswered questions haunted them from their writing. Salie praised the personal quality of the blog posts compiled in the book, noting that it gave readers a wonderful sense of how personal the authors got in their writing. During the conversation, she also brought up their breakout book Freakonomics, asking Levitt about the story behind its famous title, which led Levitt to recount how his sister originally suggested the name. Salie continually highlighted how much she appreciated the intimate tone of the writing while steering the conversation toward what had surprised the authors over the preceding decade of their public work.
Books recommended by Faith Salie
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When to Rob a Bank
When to Rob a Bank by Steven D.
Discussed“This book is a collection of blog posts, right? A lot of them are elliptical and you pose questions and you hypothesize, but there aren't a lot of firm answers.”
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Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“Stephen Levitt, your sister named Freakonomics, right? Yep. Can you talk about that story? Yeah, so we, way back, were writing this book,”
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Think Like a Freak
Think Like a Freak by Steven D.
Discussed“And then from your penultimate book, Think Like a Freak, you talk a lot about being childlike.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| 206. Ten Years of Freakonomics | Freakonomics Radio | 2015-05-14 | 5 |