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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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 63 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

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I mean, there was a period during early Amazon peak when most people that I knew in publishing, I don't know so many people in in bookselling, but most people in publishing were pretty sure that Amazon was going to put all other booksellers out of business. voice-verified

What was that period like for you as a bookseller? voice-verified

I feel like I'm in some twilight zone. voice-verified

I feel like everything you're saying about this endeavor, which has been successful by the way, um, goes against what voice-verified

American business schools at least teach and a lot of um, you know, any kind of leadership voice-verified

Preaching would entail. voice-verified

So do you feel like you're a little bit of an outlier, or do you um do are there more of you out there that I just don't know about? voice-verified

What persuaded them that it was worth it? voice-verified

Why were they too I'm I mean I'm just asking where this conventional wisdom comes from? voice-verified

Booksellers today have a new form of marketing in book talk. voice-verified

Have you ever been scrolling on book talk and feel like everyone is talking in code? voice-verified

Don't worry, I gotcha. voice-verified

That's where TikTok users make book recommendations and react, often very emotionally, to what they're reading. voice-verified

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Book talk has become a real cultural force. voice-verified

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