Stephen Dubner

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14,500 appearances 96 recordings 4 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 2d ago

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

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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

In 2018, Alexander Mamut sold Waterstones to the hedge fund Elliott Management. voice-verified

So when Barnes Noble came up for sale the same year, Elliot, which was already confident in the leadership of James Daunt, was a natural buyer. voice-verified

I asked Daunt to meet me at the Barnes Noble on Broadway and 82nd Street in Manhattan. voice-verified

This is my local store. voice-verified

I don't know if you know. voice-verified

Um, and I love it. voice-verified

And I love w it's voice-verified

Yeah, so that's what I I'd love you to just show us around a little bit. voice-verified

I follow James Daunt up the escalator to the second floor. voice-verified

So I can see voice-verified

But there was a time, if you go back to the origin of Amazon, I felt like Bezos persuaded a lot of people that it didn't really matter for books, that a book I could buy here is exactly the same as there. voice-verified

So, if that's the case, and this involves a lot of real real estate, not warehouse real estate on the outskirts of, you know, Western New Jersey, how was this a viable? voice-verified

business proposition. voice-verified

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This episode of Better in Person is presented by ChatGPT. voice-verified

ChatGPT work moves beyond answers into getting real work done. voice-verified

It's a new experience in ChatGPT for bigger multi-step projects across web, mobile, and desktop. voice-verified

You can give ChatGPT work a goal and have it gather context, choose an approach, create the output, and continue iterating, all while you stay in control. voice-verified

It can help turn messy inputs into useful. voice-verified

Outputs like briefs, spreadsheets, dashboards, presentations, prototypes, landing pages, and workflows. voice-verified

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