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What does it take to play offensive line in the NFL? John Urschel bench pressed 225 pounds 30 times at the @NFL scouting combine before getting drafted to the Baltimore Ravens.

How did @GinaRaimondo convince TSMC to manufacture more of its chips in America? The former Commerce Secretary tells Stephen Dubner about the behind-the-scenes push that helped get the company on board, including how she enlisted some of its biggest customers, @Apple, @nvidia a…Mostrar mais

This week on Better in Person… John Urschel has spent his life at the intersection of two worlds that rarely overlap: professional football and higher mathematics.

We’ll take “Things That Made Our Day” for $2,000.

In the U.S., bankruptcy can mean a fresh start. In the U.K., it's game over. Here's how James Daunt stepped in to save Waterstones just in time. www.youtube.com/watch

The problem with bestseller lists? They're boring. @BNBuzz C.E.O. James Daunt on why it's important to take risks and foster energy around new authors. www.youtube.com/watch

This week on Better in Person... 30 years ago, James Daunt was an independent bookseller. Today, he’s C.E.O. of Barnes & Noble (@BNBuzz) and running the very bookstore chains that once ruled the industry. His philosophy on running a global chain? Think local.

What if one of the strongest arguments for returning stolen art comes from inside a museum? Our updated three-part series asks: • How does stolen art end up in museums? • Who should it be returned to? • What should museums do next? The final chapter of our updated Freakonomics…Mostrar mais

He’s just like the rest of us. Be honest, what word do you often misspell?

Anne Pasternak on access, low pay, and why museums often fail to live up to their own ideals.

Could AI make in-person education more valuable? @mroth78

Bloopers with Anne Pasternak and @mroth78.

Do you know what a museum director actually does? Anne Pasternak has heard some interesting theories. She sets the record straight in the full episode, out now on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch

How does a university like Wesleyan actually make the numbers work? President @mroth78 explains the math of college tuition. More on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch

.@mroth78 strongly disagreed with Justice Scalia. He invited him to speak at Wesleyan anyway. Here’s why. Watch the full episode of Better in Person on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch

Anne Pasternak makes the case for engaging with challenging issues, not boycotting them.

Is speaking up for your values courageous? For Anne Pasternak of the @brooklynmuseum and Michael Roth of Wesleyan University, it’s part of the job.

Who should own history? For more than a century, museums around the world have displayed the Benin Bronzes: thousands of objects looted by British forces during the destruction of the Kingdom of Benin in 1897. Today, many institutions agree they should be returned. The harder q…Mostrar mais

Share this with someone who agrees 👞 And then catch more of Stephen on his new show, Better in Person, now on YouTube. www.youtube.com/@Freakonomics

She's won a Pulitzer and still sometimes feels like an imposter. @Egangoonsquad

Bloopers with @Egangoonsquad.

.@egangoonsquad Also in this week's Substack: Stephen shares a sneak peek at an upcoming Freakonomics Radio episode from this fall's lineup. 
More at stephenjdubner.substack.com

Amazing turnout at Friday's collab between Better in Person and Must Love Dogs and Comedy. Come to our next gathering — a pre-screening of the next episode of Better in Person — on Monday (8/24) at the member club Moss NYC. Details: luma.com/anvqgs5h

You asked, he answered. What’s with the bear painting in the apartment?  Catch more of Stephen on his new talk show, Better in Person, now on YouTube.

"What if this ridiculous idea actually made perfect sense?" Jennifer Egan explains more about her process on YouTube now.

Check out the full list on Stephen’s Substack. substack.com/home/post/p-210928435

Bestselling novelist Jennifer Egan on why she’s not interested in other people’s judgments.

What’s the purpose of fiction? Jennifer Egan argues that great novels let us experience the impossible.  Watch the full episode of Better in Person on the Freakonomics YouTube channel.

What do a looted gold coffin, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Kim Kardashian have in common?  In 2017, the Met paid nearly $4 million for what it believed was a rare Egyptian coffin with a legitimate provenance. But the paperwork had been forged, and the artifact had actually…Mostrar mais

Warren Zanes prices in the value of mistakes.

What did a young Stephen Dubner learn from Bruce Springsteen? www.youtube.com/watch

.@WarrenZanes
 
Also in this week's Substack: Stephen shares two books he's reading right now + an economics paper he loved.  Read here: substack.com/home/post/p-210778064

What indie films have the Freakonomics and Better in Person teams been watching during their down time from making an indie talk show? Very good ones.  See the full list on Substack.

Bloopers with @WarrenZanes.

Tom Petty delivered the career advice Warren didn’t want to hear – but he listened. Watch the full conversation with Warren Zanes, on YouTube now.

A dog portrait. A taxidermy proposal. A lamb chop toy. There are love stories in this clip.

What's the best reason to take an art history class? Part professor and part rocker, Warren Zanes knows the straightest path to the heart is through the brain. Full episode on YouTube now: www.youtube.com/watch

What does it feel like to make it in Hollywood? For Warren Zanes, it feels like the humility of seeing your name misspelled on the director’s chair.

Photo shoots are better in person, too. Get a cap that tells the world what you think is b.i.p. Therapy, Opinions, A Masterpiece, Horror Movies, Old Friends, Revenge and Flirting, all available now. Order yours at freakonomics.com

$750 billion. That's roughly how much is being spent on A.I. infrastructure today. Current revenues from A.I. are only a fraction of that. As former S.E.C. chair Gary Gensler says, we’ve seen that kind of imbalance before. This week on Freakonomics Radio, Stephen Dubner talks w…Mostrar mais

Social clubs. Churches. Synagogues. Bowling leagues. Maybe they mattered more than we realized. Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Stephen Dubner on YouTube now. www.youtube.com/watch

If you're going to make something new, take some risks and try to make it NEW. Stephen explains the thinking behind Better in Person. Watch it now on the Freakonomics YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@Freakonomic

Check out the full list on Stephen’s Substack substack.com/home/post/p-209020621

Maybe the best conversations don't start with opinions — they start with experiences. More with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl now on the Freakonomics YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch

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5 lessons from Stephen's conversation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl.

Thanks for sending us photos of the watch parties you’re having all over the world. We’ve loved seeing Stephen’s living room in yours. If you're in NYC, don't miss your chance to join us. The social club Moss NYC is hosting a special pre-screening of our next episode on August…Mostrar mais

Bloopers with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl.

Should public figures sign petitions? Rabbi Angela Buchdahl explains why she stopped adding her name to open letters and why she worries that public declarations can become more about pressure than principle.