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Stephen Dubner’s book recommendations in 2017

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Every episode from 2017, newest first

307. Thinking Is Expensive. Who’s Supposed to Pay for It?

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-11-02

World Without Mind by Franklin Foer · discussed · at 14:45

305. The Demonization of Gluten

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-10-19

The Gluten Lie by Alan Levinovitz · discussed · at 35:32
What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You about Food by Alan Desmond (Gastroenterologist) · discussed · at 35:32

“Tell Me Something I Don't Know” on the topic of Behavior Change (Special Feature)

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-10-01

Grit by Angela Duckworth · discussed · at 17:51

301. What Would Be the Best Universal Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-09-21

The Koran by Unknown · discussed · at 25:41

What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-08-10

More Sex Is Safer Sex by Steven E. Landsburg · discussed · at 3:29

298. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-08-03

The Index Card by Helaine Olen · discussed · at 24:50

292. Why Hate the Koch Brothers? (Part 1)

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-06-22

Sons of Wichita by Daniel Schulman · recommended · at 7:16
Dark Money by Jane Mayer · discussed · at 44:25

291. Evolution, Accelerated

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-06-15

A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A. Doudna · discussed · at 10:16
The Genome Factor by Dalton Conley · discussed · at 21:02

290. He’s One of the Most Famous Political Operatives in America. America Just Doesn’t Know It Yet.

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-06-08

The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek · discussed · at 13:02
More Human by Steve Hilton · discussed · at 14:31

286. How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google)

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-05-11

Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz · discussed · at 7:17

Food + Science = Victory! (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-05-04

The Food Lab by J. Kenji López-Alt · discussed · at 6:11
Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson · discussed · at 27:16

285. There’s a War on Sugar. Is It Justified?

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-04-27

Sugar by Elizabeth Abbott · discussed · at 32:51

284. Is Income Inequality Inevitable? (Earth 2.0 Series)

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-04-20

Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu · discussed · at 12:31

How to Get More Grit in Your Life

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-02-09

Peak by Anders Ericsson · discussed · at 16:34
Grit by Angela Duckworth · discussed · at 30:23

Is the American Dream Really Dead?

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-01-19

The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams · discussed · at 6:25
Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam · discussed · at 33:09

272. Trevor Noah Has a Lot to Say

Freakonomics Radio · 2017-01-12

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah · recommended · at 5:01

Other mentions in 2017 (24: passing, ad reads, own books)