'American journalist Stephen J Dubner explores the "hidden side of everything" with "Nobel laureates, provocateurs, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers" in the super-popular podcast Freakonomics Radio.
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In the recent episode Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be, Dubner looks at the history of office design, why today's open offices are often "a nightmare of noise and discomfort" and whether they can be saved.
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One of Dubner's regular guests is the economist Steven Levitt with whom he wrote the 2005 nonfiction bestseller Freakonomics, which he calls "a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby names, self-dealing Realtors, and crack-selling mama’s boys".
Listen to 'Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be' in full below:
In the special series The Secret Life of a CEO, Dubner speaks to the leaders of some of the biggest companies in the world, including Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Richard Branson(Virgin) and Ellen Pao (Reddit).
Listen to episode one - 'What Does a CEO Actually Do' - below:
