681. How to Host a Talk Show, with Dick Cavett

9 Jul 2026 · 43 min · Episode 681

Episode 681. How to Host a Talk Show, with Dick Cavett

0:00 43:27

Stephen Dubner had an idea for a new project. So he drove to Connecticut and knocked on the door of the master. Dubner’s new TV talk show Better in Person launches July 14 on the Freakonomics YouTube channel.

• SOURCES:

• Dick Cavett, writer, former talk show host.

• RESOURCES:

• Eye on Cavett, by Dick Cavett and Christopher Porterfield (1983). • Cavett, by Dick Cavett and Christopher Porterfield (1974). • "The Dick Cavett Show" YouTube Channel. • "Better in Person" Trailer.

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