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Today is April 16, 2024, and my guest is author AJ Jacobs.
This is AJ's third appearance on Econ Talk.
He was last here in June of 2022, talking about all kinds of puzzles.
Our topic for today is his latest book, the year of Living, one man's humble quest to follow the constitution's original meaning.
AJ, welcome back to Econ Talk.
Delighted to be here.
Thank you.
Rob.
This is a seemingly silly book, but it's actually delightful and thought provoking and wonderful and not silly at all.
But the premise is a little bit unusual.
So tell us what you were trying to do in the time that you prepared this book, and how did you do what you tried to do?
Absolutely.
Well, thank you.
Yeah, I feel it's a little bit silly, but also I tried to be not silly.