Hi, NSQ ers.
We're off this week, so we're sharing one of our favorite episodes from the early days of the show.
We'll be back next week with a brand new episode.
In the meantime, enjoy this conversation from the NSQ archive.
Wow.
Maybe she doesn't really have it together.
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Stephen Dubner, and you're listening to.
No stupid questions today on the show.
When is it okay to tell a lie?
I feel that I get more honest the older I get.
Or maybe it's just cranky is the better word.
Hello, Angela.
Steven, I hope you don't mind me asking you a fairly personal question, but I want to know, how many times a day do you tell a lie and when and why is it okay to lie?
And maybe the answer to both questions is never, but I think that would put you well outside the normal range of humans.
I would like to say that I go days, if not weeks or months, without a single lie.
Wow.
I said I would like to say that.
Oh, you'd like to say that.
I would like to be six five.