Michelle Feynman

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229 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 29 May

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Freakonomics Radio · The Brilliant Mr. Feynman (Update) · 27 May 2026 podcast

And honestly, he nailed it every single time.

They met on a beach in Switzerland because she had aspirations to travel the world.

And she thought a fun way, she liked children, and a fun way would be to be an au pair and to live in people's houses and take care of their children and see the world.

So she went to France and then to Switzerland and met my dad.

I think he was there for a conference and

Apparently he said kind of a joke, like, oh, you could come to California and take care of me.

And then the next day he saw her again and said, you know, that wasn't, I'm sorry, that was out of line.

And she said, no, no, I'll come to California.

I'd love to.

I'd love to come to America.

And that sounds great.

They rented a house, completely a platonic relationship.

He was in the front of the house, she was in the back, I guess.

At some point, he realized that he was falling in love with her and he thought, no, no, too soon, too fast, too impulsive.

So he went to a calendar and he paged forward about six months and he marked the date on the calendar and said, if I still feel the same way on this date, I will ask her to marry me.

The Pasadena Freeway is right near here.

And the story is they hopped on the freeway right after the wedding and they ran out of gas.

I mean, it's a good litmus test for a relationship.

You know, how is this gonna work?

And to my mom's credit, she just laughed and, okay, I guess this is how it's gonna go.

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