2021-06-10
23 分钟Bapu Jena was already a double threat: a doctor who’s also an economist. Now he’s a podcast host too. In this sneak preview of the Freakonomics Radio Network’s newest show, Bapu discovers that marathons can be deadly — but not for the reasons you may think.
Hey, Bapu, how's it going?
I like your podcast.
Thank you.
So why don't you just say your name and what you do?
My name is Bapu, Jenna.
I'm an economist and a physician at Harvard.
I teach healthcare policy and health economics.
I see patients at Massachusetts General Hospital, and I'm a professor at Harvard Medical School.
As if you need another job, you are getting ready to host a new podcast for the free economics radio network.
We are about to play now for our listeners a pilot episode of your new show, which I am incredibly excited about.
But first, let me just ask.
Bapu is not the name on your birth certificate, is it?
Is this being recorded for legal purposes?
No, my first name is Anupam.
Bapu is my middle name.
It's really more of a nickname.
It's probably on every legal document except for my birth certificate.
So Bapu means father in a variety of different indian languages.
It's what they used to actually call Mahatma Gandhi.
Not that I'm trying to draw any.