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Jul 2024
26m 26s

Rory Sutherland on Drink Driving, Five G...

Phill Agnew
About this episode

In today’s episode of Nudge, Rory Sutherland explains how to


  • Sell a £500 hoover

  • Make a flight delay pleasurable 

  • Improve the London Tube map 

  • Persuade more effectively

  • Make any cafe more popular 

  • Stop drink drivers 


It’s a cracker. 

(A version of this episode was released in 2021, but it’s been heavily edited so still worth tuning in to).


Access the bonus episode here: https://nudge.ck.page/a48dd10ceb

Rory’s book Alchemy: http://tinyurl.com/3ucjy6rz

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