Stephen Dubner

Stephen Dubner has 50 podcast episodes indexed on PodLexicon, appearing on shows including No Stupid Questions, Freakonomics Radio and The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway. Browse every conversation and read an AI-generated summary of each appearance.

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88. Is Self-Improvement Too Selfish?

No Stupid Questions · 2026-08-16

How a Great Architect Thinks, with Bjarke Ingels | Better in Person

Freakonomics Radio · 2026-07-14

81. Why Is It So Hard to Talk About Money?

No Stupid Questions · 2026-06-28

674. How Does a Composer Feel After the World Premiere?

Freakonomics Radio · 2026-05-08

53. What’s the Secret to Making a Great Prediction?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-12-21

51. What Separates Humans From Other Animals?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-12-07

46. How Can You Stop Feeling So Irritable?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-11-02

40. Have We All Lost Our Ability to Compromise?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-09-21

19. Is There Such a Thing as Good Estrangement?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-04-27

Is San Francisco a Failed State? (And Other Questions You Shouldn’t Ask the Mayor)

Freakonomics Radio · 2025-01-22

5. What Do Tom Sawyer and the Founder of Duolingo Have in Common?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-01-19

1. Did Covid-19 Kill the Handshake?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-12-22

Why Do People Love Horror Movies? (Replay)

No Stupid Questions · 2024-10-03

EXTRA: Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-08-26

591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-06-06

585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-04-25

Capitalism, Private Equity, and the Seven Deadly Sins — with Stephen Dubner

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · 2023-04-20

135. What Should You Do on Your Birthday?

No Stupid Questions · 2023-02-26

133. Can You Really Work on an Airplane?

No Stupid Questions · 2023-02-05

132. Is It Wrong to Enjoy Yourself While the World Is Burning?

No Stupid Questions · 2023-01-29

131. Why Do We Cry?

No Stupid Questions · 2023-01-22

129. Why Do We Cheat, and Why Shouldn’t We?

No Stupid Questions · 2023-01-08

529. Can Our Surroundings Make Us Smarter?

Freakonomics Radio · 2023-01-05

When Is It OK to Tell a Lie? (Replay from Ep. 66)

No Stupid Questions · 2022-11-13

119. J***s C****t, Angela, Why Are You Such a F***ing Potty-Mouth?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-10-16

112. Is It Okay to Hate Highbrow Culture?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-08-28

What’s the Best Advice You’ve Ever Received? (Replay from Ep. 65)

No Stupid Questions · 2022-08-07

94. What to Do When Everything Looks Like a Catastrophe?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-04-10

92. Is Poor Nutrition a Supply Problem or a Demand Problem?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-03-27

91. Do You Savor or Gobble?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-03-20

87. What’s So Great About Retirement?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-02-20

76. Why Can’t Baby Boomers and Millennials Just Get Along?

No Stupid Questions · 2021-12-05

67. How Can You Escape Binary Thinking?

No Stupid Questions · 2021-09-19

Why Do We Buy Things We Never Use? (Rebroadcast From Ep.22)

No Stupid Questions · 2021-08-22

59. Do Dreams Actually Mean Anything?

No Stupid Questions · 2021-07-11

58. What’s So Gratifying About Gossip?

No Stupid Questions · 2021-06-27

57. Which Incentives Are Best at Boosting Vaccination, and Why?

No Stupid Questions · 2021-06-20

53. What’s the Secret to Making a Great Prediction?

No Stupid Questions · 2021-05-23

52. How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?

No Stupid Questions · 2021-05-16

32. Which Gets You Further: Talent or Effort?

No Stupid Questions · 2020-12-20

29. How Do You Know When It’s Time to Quit?

No Stupid Questions · 2020-11-29

2. What is the Optimal Way to Be Angry?

No Stupid Questions · 2020-05-25

1. Did Covid-19 Kill the Handshake?

No Stupid Questions · 2020-05-18

339. The Future of Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio · 2018-07-03

128. Baby, You Can Program My Car

Freakonomics Radio · 2013-05-29

113. Sure, I Remember That

Freakonomics Radio · 2013-02-06

97. Lying to Ourselves

Freakonomics Radio · 2012-10-17

65. It’s Not the President, Stupid

Freakonomics Radio · 2012-03-07

57. Does Money Really Buy Elections?

Freakonomics Radio · 2012-01-11

44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-10-10