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Stephen Dubner’s book recommendations in 2019

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Every episode from 2019, newest first

401. How Many Prince Charleses Can There Be in One Room?

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-12-26

Grit by Angela Duckworth · discussed · at 2:52

Why Is This Man Running for President? (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-12-19

Smart People Should Build Things by Andrew Yang · discussed · at 28:45
The war on normal people by Andrew Yang · discussed · at 29:00

399. Honey, I Grew the Economy

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-12-05

Mass Flourishing by Edmund S. Phelps · discussed · at 16:51
Shop class as soulcraft by Matthew B. Crawford · discussed · at 36:05

397. How to Save $32 Million in One Hour

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-11-14

Inside the nudge unit by David Halpern · discussed · at 41:23

394. Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem?

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-10-24

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children. An Investigation Into Cognitive Skills and Cognitive Content in Clinically Referrred and Non-clinical Young Children by Sarah Michelle Quakley · discussed · at 15:21

389. How to Make Meetings Less Terrible

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-09-19

The Surprising Science of Meetings by Steven G. Rogelberg · discussed · at 11:52
Ethnography in Organizations by Helen B. Schwartzman · discussed · at 16:11
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker · discussed · at 20:33

The Future of Meat (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-08-29

Just Food by James E. McWilliams · discussed · at 15:42
The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann · discussed · at 38:46

How Much Does Your Name Matter? (Rebroadcast )

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-08-08

Parentology by Dalton Conley · discussed · at 2:47

America’s Hidden Duopoly (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-07-25

Competitive Strategy by Michael E. Porter · discussed · at 11:56
On Competition by Michael E. Porter · discussed · at 11:56

382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution?

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-06-20

Nudge by Richard H. Thaler · discussed · at 45:01

378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-05-16

Inheritance by Dani Shapiro · discussed · at 48:18

377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt?

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-05-09

Keeping the Republic by Mitch Daniels · discussed · at 42:41

376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-05-02

Raising America by Ann Hulbert · discussed · at 25:02

The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-04-25

Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz · recommended · at 47:43
Being a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz · recommended · at 47:43

374. How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians)

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-04-11

Long Tail by Chris Anderson · discussed · at 30:07
Spotify Teardown by Maria Eriksson · recommended · at 59:06

Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-03-21

The Food Lab by J. Kenji López-Alt · discussed · at 4:49

371. A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-03-14

Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward · discussed · at 6:46

368. Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-02-21

Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith · discussed · at 57:03

367. The Future of Meat

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-02-14

Just Food by James E. McWilliams · discussed · at 14:27
The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann · discussed · at 37:27

366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One?

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-02-07

Saving capitalism from the capitalists by Raghuram Rajan · discussed · at 8:43
Fault Lines by Raghuram Rajan · discussed · at 14:22
The Third Pillar by Raghuram Rajan · discussed · at 33:11

363. Think Like a Winner

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-01-17

Ninety Percent Mental by Bob Tewksbury · discussed · at 13:02

362. Why Is This Man Running for President?

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-01-10

Smart People Should Build Things by Andrew Yang · discussed · at 29:52
The war on normal people by Andrew Yang · discussed · at 30:07

How to Be Happy (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2019-01-03

The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell · discussed · at 4:23
The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking · discussed · at 22:23

Other mentions in 2019 (26: passing, ad reads, own books)