Stephen Dubner

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14,500 appearances 96 recordings 4 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 3d ago

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

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Freakonomics Radio · 685. How to Survive the A.I. Shock · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

Well, how do you feel about quarterly earnings reports? voice-verified

I read that the SEC is proposing stepping way back on the requirement for quarterlies. voice-verified

And how do you think all those things, those foundational attributes of our dynamic economy, how do you think they're doing under the second Trump administration? voice-verified

What's sensible politics look like? voice-verified

And let's even take a pretty big step back because I'm curious to know what you think of our electoral system generally, changes that you'd like to see. voice-verified

And you know, I think the problems that I've heard you talk about before, I think we'd agree on that the primary system leads to extremism from both parties and there are litmus tests that are kind of unrealistic and gerrymandering. voice-verified

I know we've talked about voice-verified

Your first race was for treasurer of Rhode Island. voice-verified

And you won your first time or voice-verified

You've never lost an election, have you? voice-verified

And therefore accountability in government is a different issue. voice-verified

What would need to happen for you to run for president in twenty twenty eight? voice-verified

And if you did run, what would need to happen for you to win? voice-verified

Someone like me meaning what? voice-verified

The algorithm doesn't like that at all. voice-verified

Let's go back to raise us in the little bit of time we've got left. voice-verified

One critique I've heard is that it's not really a jobs plan, but more like a reputational buyout for building future data centers. voice-verified

The financial journalist John Markman wrote, The five hundred million dollars that you've raised is not an apology for jobs already lost. voice-verified

It is a down payment on the political permission to keep building. voice-verified

What do you think of that critique? voice-verified

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