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Every book Stephen J. Dubner recommended on podcasts
Books recommended by Stephen J. Dubner
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The New Encyclopedia Britannica Micropedia Vol
Discussed“And tonight, we are using encyclopedias. So what we've got here is a 12-volume Encyclopedia Britannica Micropedia. We are going to give each of you now your encyclopedia, and you will each have a couple of minutes to come up with something from that book that we don't know, that's worth knowing, and that's true,”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| 280. “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” on the topic of Collections. | Freakonomics Radio | 2017-03-28 | 1 |
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing The 4-Hour Workweek
“Your first book, The 4-Hour Workweek, was turned down by 26 publishers before becoming a gigantic bestseller.”
Passing Tools of Titans
“We know that your latest book is Tools of Titans and that you host a hugely successful podcast called The Tim Ferriss Show.”
Passing The Know-It-All
“For his first book, The Know-It-All, he spent 18 months reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica.”
Passing Wonder Women
“We know you've written widely about business, technology, and society, most notably in a book called Wonder Women, Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection.”
Passing Superfreakonomics
“Here's Levitt reading an essay that's just been published in the new paperback edition of Super Freakonomics.”
Passing Parentonomics
“Is that economists Are strange people Now you heard From Levitt already I'd like you to hear From one more economist This is an Australian Named Joshua Gans Who wrote a book About being a father Called Parentonomics”