Stephen Dubner

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

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How Gary Gulman Turned Depression Into Comedy Gold | Better in Person

Freakonomics Radio · 2026-07-29

58. What’s So Gratifying About Gossip?

No Stupid Questions · 2026-01-25

56. Why Is Academic Writing So Bad?

No Stupid Questions · 2026-01-11

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

44. Is Empathy in Fact Immoral?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-10-19

41. Why Are We So Attracted to Fame?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-09-28

40. Have We All Lost Our Ability to Compromise?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-09-21

38. What Does It Mean to Be a “Good” Man?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-09-07

19. Is There Such a Thing as Good Estrangement?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-04-27

8. Wouldn’t It Be Better to Hear Your Eulogy Before You’re Dead?

No Stupid Questions · 2025-02-09

When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?

Freakonomics Radio · 2025-02-05

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

No Stupid Questions · 2025-01-19

2. What is the Optimal Way to Be Angry?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-12-29

1. Did Covid-19 Kill the Handshake?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-12-22

Is It Weird for Adults to Have Imaginary Friends? (Replay)

No Stupid Questions · 2024-12-01

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

135. What Should You Do on Your Birthday?

No Stupid Questions · 2023-02-26

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

No Stupid Questions · 2023-01-29

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

No Stupid Questions · 2023-01-08

124. How Do You Stop Grinding Your Teeth?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-11-27

123. What’s Wrong With Coveting?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-11-20

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

No Stupid Questions · 2022-11-13

121. How Good Are Your Snap Judgments?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-10-30

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

98. Is Having Children Worth It?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-05-08

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

90. If America Is a Train Wreck, Why Am I Doing Fine?

No Stupid Questions · 2022-03-13

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

68. Why Do We Want What We Can’t Have?

No Stupid Questions · 2021-09-26

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

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

40. Have We All Lost Our Ability to Compromise?

No Stupid Questions · 2021-02-21

32. Which Gets You Further: Talent or Effort?

No Stupid Questions · 2020-12-20

28. Why Do We Hoard?

No Stupid Questions · 2020-11-22

10. Why Are Stories Stickier Than Statistics?

No Stupid Questions · 2020-07-20

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

Introducing "No Stupid Questions"

No Stupid Questions · 2020-04-24

119. How Money Is March Madness?

Freakonomics Radio · 2013-03-21