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Better in Person with Stephen Dubner
by Freakonomics Radio
Today: #123 in Society & Culture, South Africa on our combined chart.
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Ranking history · United States
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Position on the Society & Culture combined chart over the last 14 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | — | — |
| Oct 20 | — | #199 |
| Oct 19 | #174 | #166 |
| Oct 18 | #184 | #174 |
| Oct 17 | — | #200 |
| Oct 16 | #148 | #140 |
| Oct 15 | #168 | #158 |
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About the show
Everyone has a public story. Stephen Dubner wants the rest.
On Better in Person, Dubner invites remarkable people into his home for a kind of conversation that’s hard to find: curious, free-wheeling, even profound. They talk, play, eat and drink, argue and laugh. The result? Less interview, more shared discovery.
This is how a conversation works.