# Better in Person with Stephen Dubner

A podcast by Freakonomics Radio. Everyone has a public story. Stephen Dubner wants the rest. On Better in Person, Dubner invites remarkable people into his home for a kind of conversation that’s hard to find: curious, free-wheeling, even profound. They talk, play, eat and drink, argue and laugh. The result? Less interview, more shared discovery. This is how a conversation works.

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## Latest episodes

- [How to Be a Double Unicorn, with John Urschel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/0a7e14a0fa4a) (2026-09-08, 32 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/dc2272b4-2c40-468b-9bb8-6de75d69017c/group-item/2f365634-0f0c-49b4-be0a-f54b7713b615/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6
- [Amazon Was Supposed to Kill the Bookstore. James Daunt Had Other Plans](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/b5614e943184) (2026-09-01, 32 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/0bf101c4-e470-404a-b0f5-b16ffa78fd95/group-item/e06b135e-21ba-4f09-8265-6c9d3d2e3c9e/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6
- [How to Run an Institution in an Anti-Institution Era](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/7a3517cf0591) (2026-08-25, 37 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/7678d0d4-eacb-4e38-8aa2-b361ac3b3fc2/group-item/b04da923-9e18-47de-aed1-1ff226b5be19/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6
- [“I Trust Almost Anyone More Than Myself”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/39ad9596e075) (2026-08-18, 43 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/ea6ad1bc-0f70-4956-9f66-c1278c06eef2/group-item/a573392c-7215-4031-8455-7e846674a151/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6
- [Meet Warren Zanes, the Author and Rocker Behind the Springsteen Movie](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/35f6057aa254) (2026-08-11, 54 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/f2b5f011-77c0-436d-8eb5-6c5de9261b98/group-item/ebc15ff4-e694-4bc7-813d-cae8a9d0c0d4/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6
- [What If Being a Stranger Is Actually Your Superpower?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/aad564e24b6c) (2026-08-04, 34 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/6310a5b4-dccc-45f0-84c5-8e401849c2d3/group-item/ed63f9ce-2069-4c9b-b98d-90178cdbd14c/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6
- [Does it Take a Twisted Mind to Write Twisted Stories?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/fd09f7f809e8) (2026-07-28, 44 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/5e065b32-4b15-4325-8a70-bf324d048869/group-item/056afd2a-c383-4165-b624-89a9e0bbe0c9/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6
- [How Gary Gulman Turned Depression Into Comedy Gold](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/6b19fa9db54c) (2026-07-21, 48 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/96394035-ca40-42ed-be2b-e0734f753cca/group-item/5dc1350c-0e7d-45ef-9e33-0df7d553221b/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6
- [Introducing Better in Person with Stephen Dubner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/7befb7147f45) (2026-07-15, 3 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/f4538989-0706-4bc6-841a-72763097e0d3/group-item/da8e7503-2b06-4b89-8e5a-9fc7bbebd808/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6
- [Trusting Your Senses Over Science, with Chef Hillary Sterling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/24cac18d05f2) (2026-07-14, 44 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/b709dbce-c654-402d-980b-3bba6124dfd9/group-item/f6e898b5-2508-4b33-a227-69667e135b50/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6
- [How a Great Architect Thinks, with Bjarke Ingels](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6789198595/a056bce77f23) (2026-07-14, 43 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/dd74e7bd-f654-43a6-b249-3f071c897900/8741bbc5-0bd4-4fd2-aa97-31051cd1e8d9/episodes/audio/group/80f63c71-95a0-4959-83c5-081e33ca4025/group-item/a6707c60-88ad-4a84-b1bc-07a8e144c988/128_extracted_from_video_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_puMcco6

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