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Jun 2014
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Freakonomics Is Basically a Peanut Butte...

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Today on the Gist, Politico magazine editor Susan Glasser talks with Mike about "politicization," and why politicians, of all people, like to demonize it. Mike also asks Stephen Dubner about the secret sauce that helped the Freakonomics empire take hold in book and podcast form. For the Spiel, let's partake of national doughnut day. Get The Gist by email as ... Show More
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