Stephen Dubner

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14,303 appearances 95 recordings 4 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 18 Sep

Stephen Dubner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 62 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 12.

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Freakonomics Radio · Amazon Was Supposed to Kill the Bookstore. James Daunt Had Other Plans | Better in Person · 9 Sep 2026 podcast

So why has that not been copied more, do you think? voice-verified

Why hasn't it been copied in the UK? voice-verified

Okay, so you at this point are a successful independent bookshop owner, and you think, well, Waterstones is a national chain of booksellers, and therefore it would make sense for me to buy them. voice-verified

That was your plan originally, was to raise some money to buy Waterstones and run it yourself. voice-verified

Just walk me through those first few days. voice-verified

What was it like procedurally? voice-verified

Where were you living? voice-verified

What were you doing? voice-verified

And how did you voice-verified

You're walking into the corporate headquarters of Waters? voice-verified

Corporate headquarters. voice-verified

And what did these people think of you? voice-verified

have any idea how to run that huge business? voice-verified

Um voice-verified

So you fired them all? voice-verified

Most. voice-verified

Most of them. voice-verified

Um and what did you do then? voice-verified

How did you find the right people? voice-verified

were there. voice-verified

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