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Research psychologist Angela Duckworth (author of "Grit") and tech and sports executive Mike Maughan really like to ask people questions, and they believe there’s no such thing as a stupid one. So they have a podcast where they can ask each other as many “stupid questions” as they want. New episodes each week. "No Stupid Questions" is a production of the Freakonomics Radio Network. Join the Freakonomics Radio Plus membership program for weekly member-only episodes of Freakonomics Radio. You’ll also get every show in our network without ads. To sign up, visit our show page on Apple Podcasts or go to freakonomics.com/plus.

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Research psychologist Angela Duckworth (author of "Grit") and tech and sports executive Mike Maughan really like to ask people questions, and they believe there’s no such thing as a stupid one. So they have a podcast where they can ask each other as many “stupid questions” as they want. New episodes each week. "No Stupid Questions" is a production of the Freakonomics Radio Network. Join the Freakonomics Radio Plus membership program for weekly member-only episodes of Freakonomics Radio. You’ll also get every show in our network without ads. To sign up, visit our show page on Apple Podcasts or go to freakonomics.com/plus.

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Episodes

188. Why Do Kids Today Get So Many A’s?

3/23/2024
Is grade inflation on the rise? How much does your G.P.A. matter in the long run? And when did M.I.T., of all places, become “the cool university”? SOURCES:Scott HugoBob LadouceurJon MarcusThe Hechinger Report.Amelia NierenbergThe New York Times. James PennebakerStuart Rojstaczer RESOURCES:Making the (Letter) Grade: The Incentive Effects of Mandatory Pass/Fail CoursesEducation Finance and Policy, To Help New Students Adapt, Some Colleges Are Eliminating GradesHechinger Report, Grade Inflation Continues to Grow in the Past DecadeACT Research,Why Good Teaching Evaluations May Reward Bad Teaching: On Grade Inflation and Other Unintended Consequences of Student EvaluationsPerspectives on Psychological Science, Grade Inflation at American Colleges and UniversitiesGradeInflation.comChasing Perfection: The Principles Behind Winning Football the De La Salle Way, Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement GapsPLOS One, EXTRAS:Higher Education Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed?People I (Mostly) Admire Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to SchoolFreakonomics Radio

Duration:00:41:41

187. Is Fear Running Your Life?

3/16/2024
How can you summon courage when you’re terrified? Is hiking more dangerous than skiing? And what is the stupidest thing that Mike has ever done? SOURCES:Albert BanduraMarc BrackettLisa DamourChristopher PetersonStanley RachmanMikaela ShiffrinLindsey VonnShaun WhiteJoseph Wolpe RESOURCES:The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents, What Scares the World’s Most Daring OlympiansThe New York Times, The Upside of AnxietyThe New York Times, Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive, World With No FearInvisibilia Abū Zayd Al-Balkhī''s Sustenance of the Soul: The Cognitive Behavior Therapy of a Ninth Century PhysicianSearching for the Source of a Fountain of CourageThe New York Times, Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification, Fear and Courage, Relative Efficacy of Desensitization and Modeling Approaches for Inducing Behavioral, Affective, and Attitudinal ChangesJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, EXTRAS:Fear No MortRick and Morty Can Fear Be Good Medicine?Freakonomics, M.D. How We Feel,

Duration:00:39:00

186. Do You Need a Routine?

3/9/2024
Would you be more adventurous if you had more structure? Do you multitask while brushing your teeth? And what would Mike’s perfect brother Peter do? SOURCES:David BrooksThe New York Times.Colin CamererJames ClearMason CurreyDavid GogginsJesse ItzlerKaty MilkmanChoiceology Aneesh RaiTony RobbinsSydney ScottCass SunsteinElanor Williams RESOURCES:A Field Experiment on Subgoal Framing to Boost Volunteering: The Trade-Off Between Goal Granularity and FlexibilityJournal of Applied Psychology, What’s Next? Advances and Challenges in Understanding How Environmental Predictability Shapes the Development of Cognitive ControlCurrent Directions in Psychological Science, A Neural Autopilot Theory of Habit: Evidence From Consumer Purchases and Social Media UseJournal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, In Goal Pursuit, I Think Flexibility Is the Best Choice for Me but Not for YouJournal of Marketing Research, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet, The Good OrderThe New York Times, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work,

Duration:00:38:34

185. Do You Need Closure?

3/2/2024
What’s the best way to carry out random acts of kindness? What’s wrong with making an “Irish exit”? And why is Mike secretly buying lottery tickets? SOURCES:Roy BaumeisterDaniel GilbertJohn GottmanKurt LewinE. J. MasicampoTimothy WilsonBluma Zeigarnik RESOURCES:Life and Work of the Psychologist Bluma ZeigarnikNeurosciences and History, Why We Need AnswersThe New Yorker, Consider It Done! Plan Making Can Eliminate the Cognitive Effects of Unfulfilled GoalsJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples'Let Me Dream On!' Anticipatory Emotions and Preference for Timing in LotteriesTinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, Explaining Away: A Model of Affective AdaptationPerspectives on Psychological Science, On Finished and Unfinished TasksA Source Book of Gestalt Psychology, EXTRAS:Big Five Personality InventoryNo Stupid Questions Can We Disagree Better?No Stupid Questions Would You Be Happier if You Were More Creative?No Stupid Questions How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself?No Stupid Questions What’s Wrong With Holding a Grudge?No Stupid Questions Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch,

Duration:00:38:08

184. Are You Doing Too Much?

2/24/2024
How can you strive for excellence without overworking yourself? Why is perfectionism on the rise? And is Angela part of the problem? SOURCES:Kristin AndrusAaron (Tim) BeckThomas CurranJulia DiGangiZac EfronScott Hugo RESOURCES:For Happiness in the New Year, Stop Overdoing EverythingThe Wall Street Journal, Good EnoughCharacter Lab, The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough, Perfectionism Is Not the Secret to Success (and Pursuing It May Guarantee the Opposite)Fast Company, Zac Efron Rides AgainMen's Health, Tim Beck’s Final BrainstormsThe Philadelphia Gazette, Perfectionism Is Increasing Over Time: A Meta-Analysis of Birth Cohort Differences From 1989 to 2016Psychological Bulletin, UCLA Senior From Alamo Among 32 Rhodes ScholarsSFGate, EXTRAS:What Does Success Look Like?No Stupid Questions Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Life?People I (Mostly) Admire Are You Suffering From Burnout?No Stupid Questions Happy Days, The Period Project

Duration:00:40:51

183. Does Free Will Exist, and Does It Matter?

2/17/2024
Does anyone have any real agency? What do McDonald’s and Oxford University have in common? And why did Angela give up on philosophy? SOURCESSam HarrisBrian GallaRobert SapolskyHarry Emerson FosdickMartin E. P. SeligmanBrian KershisnikPlato RESOURCESFree WillDetermined: A Science of Life without Free WillFree Will Beliefs Predict Attitudes Toward Unethical Behavior and Criminal PunishmentPNASLearned Helplessness: Theory and EvidenceJournal of Experimental Psychology: GeneralFailure to Escape Traumatic ShockJournal of Experimental Psychology EXTRASFinal Thoughts on Free WillMaking Sense with Sam Harris Sam Harris: ‘Spirituality is a Loaded Term’People I Mostly Admire

Duration:00:41:09

182. Is It Good or Bad to Keep Secrets?

2/10/2024
Should you shout your sins from the rooftops? How many skeletons are in the average person’s closet? And what has Angela been hiding? SOURCES:Maya AngelouStephen BaumClayton CritcherJohn LegendKareem Abdul JabbarMichael SlepianJason SudeikisChrissy TeigenVauhini VaraLindsey VonnJohn Wooden RESOURCES:The Bright Side of Secrecy: The Energizing Effect of Positive SecretsJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, Ghosts(The Believer,The Costs of Not DisclosingCurrent Opinion in Psychology, Why the Secrets You Keep Are Hurting YouScientific American, The Benefits and Burdens of Keeping Others' SecretsJournal of Experimental Social Psychology, The Experience of SecrecyJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court, Survey Says 1 In 5 People Are Keeping A Major Secret From Their SpouseHuffPost, EXTRAS:Ted Lasso, All of Me

Duration:00:40:06

181. What’s So Great About Meritocracy?

2/3/2024
Do you really deserve the credit for your accomplishments? Should college admissions be determined by lottery? And how did Mike’s contribution to a charity auction change his life? SOURCES:Warren BuffettJames FlynnRobert FrankRogé KarmaThe AtlanticNicholas LemannDaniel MarkovitsCharles MungerJohn RawlsGuy RazHow I Built ThisWisdom from the TopMichael SandelMartin SeligmanRyan Smith RESOURCES:The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite, 'The Meritocracy Trap,' ExplainedVox, Reflections About Intelligence Over 40 YearsIntelligence, Here’s Why Warren Buffett Says That He and Charlie Munger Are SuccessfulCNBC, Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy, The Lottery, The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy, The Psychology of Human Misjudgment EXTRAS:What’s the Point of I.Q. Testing?No Stupid Questions What’s So Bad About Nepotism?No Stupid Questions

Duration:00:34:28

180. What Makes Some Objects Feel Special?

1/27/2024
Where does sentimental value come from? Why did Angela throw out her childhood journals? And would Mike wear Hitler’s sweater? SOURCES:Jeffrey GalakJohn IrvingMarie KondoPaul RozinYang Yang RESOURCES:Experiences EndureCharacter Lab, Study Finds That THESE Are the Most Valued Family HeirloomsSWNS, Micro Wave: How 'Bout Dem Apple...SeedsShort Wave, Sentimental Value and Its Influence on Hedonic AdaptationJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, A Real-Life Version of the Hitler’s Sweater ExperimentBig Think, The Makings of the Magical Mind: The Nature and Function of Sympathetic Magical ThinkingImagining the Impossible: Magical, Scientific, and Religious Thinking in Children, Operation of the Laws of Sympathetic Magic in Disgust and Other DomainsJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, EXTRAS:How Do You Connect With Someone You Just Met?No Stupid Questions Do You Savor or Gobble?No Stupid Questions Why Do We Hoard?No Stupid Questions The Twilight SagaA Prayer for Owen Meany,

Duration:00:38:29

179. Can You Really “Manifest” Success Through Positive Visualization?

1/21/2024
Is there any scientific basis for the law of attraction? Are people who believe in “cosmic collaboration” more successful? And what happens when you write yourself a check for $10 million? SOURCES:Rhonda ByrneJim CarreyChristopher ClareyPeter GollwitzerDave LevinGabriele OettingenWallace Wattles RESOURCES:'The Secret' to Success? The Psychology of Belief in ManifestationPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Making Dreams Come True: Inside the New Age World of ManifestingThe Guardian, TikTok's ‘Manifesting’ Craze, ExplainedGQ, From Feeling Good to Doing GoodThe Oxford Handbook of Positive Emotion and Psychopathology, Self-Regulation of Time Management: Mental Contrasting With Implementation IntentionsEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, Olympians Use Imagery as Mental TrainingThe New York Times, Self-Fulfilling ProphecyEncyclopedia of Human Behavior - Second EditionThe Secret, The Science of Getting Rich,

Duration:00:36:29

178. Do Kids Need More Independence?

1/14/2024
Are modern parents too protective? Why do we worry so much about things that almost never happen? And how did Mike learn about bus stops? SOURCES:David BjorklundPeter GrayDavid LancyLenore Skenazy RESOURCES:Decline in Independent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Children’s Mental Well-being: Summary of the EvidenceThe Journal of Pediatrics, Parental Intrusive Homework Support and Math Achievement: Does the Child's Mindset Matter?Developmental Psychology, Children Today Have Less Independence. Is That Fueling a Mental Health Crisis?The Washington Post, Yes, the ‘Old Enough!’ Kids Really Think the Camera Crew Are ‘Electricians’Tudum by Netflix, Kidnapped Children Make Headlines, but Abduction Is Rare in U.S.Reuters, Utah’s ‘Free-Range Parenting’ Law Said to Be First in the NationThe Washington Post, Mother Who Left Baby Outside New York Restaurant in 1997 Says Arrest Was UnjustThe Guardian, Children’s Independent Mobility: An International Comparison and Recommendations for ActionPolicy Studies Institute, I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone. I Got Labeled the ‘World’s Worst MomThe Washington Post, Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway AloneThe New York Sun, EXTRAS:Should You Give Kids an Allowance or Make Them Get Jobs?No Stupid Questions Old Enough!

Duration:00:36:46

177. What Does Success Look Like?

1/7/2024
What matters more: meeting our own ambitions, or winning fame and glory? What’s it like to earn a gold medal at the Olympics? And why didn’t Mike’s grandfather get a watch? SOURCES:Alain de BottonKirk FlatowKatie LedeckyDiana NyadMichael PhelpsMartin SeligmanKerri Walsh JenningsJohn Wooden RESOURCES:Why Success Doesn’t Lead to SatisfactionHarvard Business Review, Katie Ledecky Matches Michael Phelps Record With Dominant World Championships WinSports Illustrated, Success Index, PERMA and the Building Blocks of Well-BeingThe Journal of Positive Psychology, Michael Phelps: ‘I Am Extremely Thankful That I Did Not Take My LifeCNN, The PERMA-Profiler: A Brief Multidimensional Measure of FlourishingInternational Journal of Wellbeing, Diana Nyad: Dream AccomplishedTell Me More, A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of SuccessTEDGlobal, The Difference Between Winning and SucceedingTED, EXTRAS:Where Is the Line Between Exaggeration and Lying?No Stupid Questions Is a 'Success Hangover' Real?No Stupid Questions

Duration:00:37:30

63. How Contagious Is Behavior? With Laurie Santos of “The Happiness Lab.” (Replay)

12/31/2023
Why do we mirror other people’s accents? Does DJ Khaled get tired of winning? And also: life is good — so why aren’t you happy? SOURCES:Albert Bandura, John BarghTanya ChartrandClay CockrellIain CouzinWilliam IrvineDaniel KahnemanStephen KosslynCristine LegareKevin OchsnerAmos Tversky, RESOURCES:How to Escape the Hedonic Treadmill and Be HappierPositive Psychology, Revealing the Hidden Networks of Interaction in Mobile Animal Groups Allows Prediction of Complex Behavioral ContagionPNAS, A Calm Look at the Most Hyped Concept in Neuroscience — Mirror NeuronsWIRED, The Chameleon Effect: The Perception–Behavior Link and Social InteractionJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under RiskThe Econometric Society,Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive ModelsJournal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, EXTRAS:Why Are Rich Countries So Unhappy?No Stupid Questions Do You Mind if I Borrow Your Personality?No Stupid Questions Episode 2: The Unhappy MillionaireThe Happiness Lab The Happiness Lab.

Duration:00:36:30

176. Why Is It So Hard to Make Decisions?

12/24/2023
Why do we get overwhelmed when we have too many choices? Should we make our own decisions or copy other people's? And how can Angela manage her sock inventory? SOURCES:Arie KruglanskiKaty MilkmanSylvia PlathBarry SchwartzHerbert SimonWill Smith RESOURCES:Choice Deprivation, Choice Overload, and Satisfaction with Choices Across Six NationsJournal of International Marketing, Will, Can’t Decide What to Stream? Netflix’s New Feature Will Choose for YouThe Wall Street Journal, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, The Tyranny of ChoiceScientific American, Maximizing Versus Satisficing: Happiness Is a Matter of ChoiceJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, Self-Determination: The Tyranny of FreedomAmerican Psychologist, To 'Do the Right Thing' or to 'Just Do It': Locomotion and Assessment as Distinct Self-Regulatory ImperativesJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, Rational Choice and the Structure of the EnvironmentPsychological Review, Administrative Behavior, EXTRA:Do You Mind if I Borrow Your Personality?No Stupid Questions How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?No Stupid Questions Are You a Maximizer or a Satisficer?No Stupid Questions Cars.com Superbowl Ad

Duration:00:40:17

175. Why Is Astrology So Popular?

12/17/2023
Why does your horoscope seem so accurate? Is it possible to believe and not believe in something at the same time? And is Mike a classic Gemini? SOURCES:P. T. BarnumDavid BrooksNew York Times OpinionBertram ForerDaniel KahnemanIrving KirschSten OdenwaldSydney PageThe Washington Post. Jane L. Risen RESOURCES:Young People Are Flocking to Astrology. But It Comes With RisksThe Washington Post, The Age of Aquarius, All Over Again!The New York Times, Response Expectancy and the Placebo EffectInternational Review of Neurobiology, Believing What We Do Not Believe: Acquiescence to Superstitious Beliefs and Other Powerful IntuitionsPsychological Review, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Effects of Stress and Tolerance of Ambiguity on Magical ThinkingJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, Changing Expectations: A Key to Effective Psychotherapy, The Fallacy of Personal Validation: A Classroom Demonstration of GullibilityThe Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator EXTRAS:What Do Broken-Hearted Knitters, Urinating Goalkeepers, and the C.I.A. Have in Common?Freakonomics Radio Sam Harris: 'Spirituality Is a Loaded TermPeople I (Mostly) Admire

Duration:00:37:32

174. What’s the Point of I.Q. Testing?

12/10/2023
Are gifted and talented programs discriminatory? Why do so many adults still remember their SAT scores? And how did Angela transform from a party girl to an Ivy League psychologist? SOURCES:Alfred BinetStefan DombrowskiJohann Wolfgang von GoetheTravis KelceRobert O'ConnellRobert RosenthalAmy Tan RESOURCES:What’s the Best Way to Find a Gifted 4-Year-Old?The New York Times, Without the Wonderlic, the N.F.L. Finds Other Ways to Test Football I.Q.The New York Times, The Dark History of I.Q. TestsTED-Ed, Grinnell College 2019 Commencement AddressUniversal Screening Increases the Representation of Low-Income and Minority Students in Gifted EducationPNAS, The Supreme Court Ruling That Led To 70,000 Forced Sterilizations Fresh Air, Intelligence Is Not Enough: Non-IQ Predictors of AchievementDissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, Pygmalion in the ClassroomThe Urban Review, EXTRAS:Are Humans Smarter or Stupider Than We Used to Be?No Stupid Questions America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add UpPeople I (Mostly) Admire The Hundred Secret Senses, The Joy Luck Club,

Duration:00:35:42

173. How Important Is Your Choice of Words?

12/3/2023
What happens when three psychologists walk into a magic show? What’s Angela’s problem with the word “talent”? And why does LeBron James refer to himself in the third person? SOURCES: John BarghDerren BrownCarol DweckDaniel KahnemanEthan KrossBarbara MellersDaniel SouthwickLior SuchardRESOURCES: 4 Ways to Get Into the Magic CastleTimeOut, The Trouble With Talent: Semantic Ambiguity in the WorkplaceOrganizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, A Decade of Power Posing: Where Do We Stand?The Psychologist, Influencing Choices With Conversational Primes: How a Magic Trick Unconsciously Influences Card ChoicesPNAS, If You Want Your Marketing Campaign To Succeed, Choose Your Words CarefullyForbes, What's Next for Psychology's Embattled Field of Social PrimingNature, Silent Third Person Self-Talk Facilitates Emotion RegulationPsychology Today, Disputed Results a Fresh Blow for Social PsychologyScientific American, A Proposal to Deal With Questions About Priming EffectsBehavioral Priming: It's All in the Mind, but Whose Mind?PLoS One, Thinking, Fast and Slow,

Duration:00:35:28

149. Is It Harder to Make Friends as an Adult? (Replay)

11/26/2023
How do friendships change as we get older? Should you join a bowling league? And also: how does a cook become a chef? RESOURCES: Social Support From Weak Ties: Insight From the Literature on Minimal Social InteractionsSocial and Personality Psychology CompassJoin or Die, I Tried Bumble BFF for 30 Days — Here’s What HappenedThe Everygirl, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make — and Keep — Friends, Grocery Store Opens ‘Chat Registers’ for Lonely CustomersVice, The State of American Friendship: Change, Challenges, and LossNumber of Close Friends Had by Adults in the United States in 1990 and 2021You’re Not Uncool. Making Friends as an Adult Is Just HardWBUR, My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore?The New York Times Magazine, Why You Miss Those Casual Friends So MuchHarvard Business Review, The Bros Who Met Their BFFs on BumbleGQ, Sex Differences in Social Focus Across the Life Cycle in HumansRoyal Society Open Science, Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic ReviewPLoS Medicine, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community, Character LabEXTRAS: How Much Are the Right Friends Worth?People I (Mostly) Admire Is It Weird for Adults to Have Imaginary Friends?No Stupid Questions How Much Do Your Friends Affect Your Future?No Stupid Questions Is There Really a ‘Loneliness Epidemic’?Freakonomics Radio Tell Me Something I Don’t KnowSOURCES: Daniel BouludPete DavisWylie DufresneMarisa FrancoBeth GilletteCosmopolitan.Gabrielle HamiltonDaniel HummRay OldenburgRobert PutnamRené RedzepiGillian SandstromDieter UchtdorfLyle Ungar

Duration:00:52:56

172. Is Marriage Worth It?

11/19/2023
Can long-term relationships do more harm than good? Where is the line between intimacy and codependence? And should we all try to be more like Mike’s parents? RESOURCES: A Record-High Share of 40-Year-Olds in the U.S. Have Never Been MarriedPew Research Center, Divorce Skyrocketing Among Aging BoomersAARP, Don’t Let Love Take Over Your LifeThe Atlantic, Marriage Provides Health Benefits – and Here’s WhyThe Conversation, The Benefits of Diversifying Your Social PortfolioPsychology Today, Satisfying Singlehood as a Function of Age and Cohort: Satisfaction With Being Single Increases With Age After MidlifePsychology and Aging, Pathology in RelationshipsAnnual Review of Clinical Psychology, Behind 'the Collateral Heartbreak' and Intense Devotion of the Reagans' Decades-Long RomancePeople, U.S. Marriage Rate Plunges to Lowest Level on RecordThe Wall Street Journal, The Suffocation Model: Why Marriage in America Is Becoming an All-or-Nothing InstitutionCurrent Directions in Psychological Science, EXTRAS: Are We Getting Lonelier?No Stupid Questions The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than OneFreakonomics Radio Why Did You Marry That Person? (Replay)Freakonomics Radio The Fracking Boom, a Baby Boom, and the Retreat From MarriageFreakonomics Radio SOURCES: Eli FinkelKatie GenadekFaith HillThe AtlanticAbraham MaslowKatherine K. Merseth

Duration:00:36:38

171. Where Is the Line Between Exaggeration and Lying?

11/12/2023
Why do we use “literally” figuratively? Does conveying an "emotional truth" justify making things up? And are Angela’s kids really starving or just hungry? RESOURCES: My Response to The New Yorker ArticleHasan Minhaj’s 'Emotional TruthsThe New Yorker, Lying to Spice up LifeSociety for Personality and Social Psychology, Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally), Literally,Urban Dictionary, Does Living in California Make People Happy? A Focusing Illusion in Judgments of Life SatisfactionPsychological Science, The Giver, EXTRAS: Swearing Is More Important Than You ThinkFreakonomics Radio The Ugly Truth of Fast FashionPatriot Act with Hasan Minhaj SOURCES: Holly ColeDaniel KahnemanMark LibermanLois LowryJohn McWhorterHasan Minhaj

Duration:00:34:34