2021-09-30
19 分钟Verbal tic or strategic rejoinder? Whatever the case: it’s rare to come across an interview these days where at least one question isn’t a “great” one.
Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner.
Some of the freakonomics radio episodes we make have an agenda.
That's the case with the one you are about to hear.
We made it back in 2015 because I had noticed a disturbing trend in the interviews we do for this show, but also throughout the media, academia, politics, you name it.
I was hoping this episode would not only call attention to the problem, but help solve it.
Well, dear listener, we failed.
We did not solve this problem at all, at least as evidenced by how often I still encounter it.
So maybe this time around it'll work.
Hope they say spring's eternal, and if there's anything I have in abundance, it's hope.
This is a nice, short episode, by the way.
Thanks for listening and let us know what you think.
We are at radio at freakonomics.
We've been doing the show for a while now, and I've noticed a trend.
Yeah, that's a great question.
So that's a good question.
That's a very good question.
So it's a great question.
Look, I'm gonna be honest with you.
Most of the questions we ask, they aren't really all that great, but it's like there's a verbal tic going around.
Well, you know, that's another good question.