Freakonomics Radio Needs Your Help

魔鬼经济学电台需要您的帮助

Freakonomics Radio

社会与文化

2022-12-12

5 分钟
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A sneak peek at an upcoming series — and a call for would-be radio reporters.

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  • Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner breaking in to your freakonomics radio feed with a special request for your help.

  • Let me explain.

  • Whoa.

  • So there is a suitcase on the road.

  • What do you have there?

  • All right, we'll give you a little bit of adventure here.

  • That's me and Matt Sparks, a senior vp with Delta Airlines.

  • Matt was driving us across the absolutely massive tarmac at the Atlanta airport when we came upon on that suitcase in the middle of the road.

  • It had apparently fallen off a luggage cart.

  • Matt got right on it.

  • Hey, Phil, it's going to Salt Lake City at 556, so it's got about 3 hours to connect.

  • Will you grab it?

  • I can grab it.

  • Thank you, sir.

  • All right, so listen, I'm glad you picked up the bag, but it makes me a little nervous that there was just a suitcase sitting in the middle there.

  • Well, it makes me nervous too.

  • That's obviously not the way you want to see the process.

  • The suitcase plainly didn't belong on the tarmac.

  • What about us?

  • What were we doing there?