Better in Person with Stephen Dubner
Freakonomics Radio
Documentary and investigations · Limited series · 11 episodes · ~43 min · 2026
Taste attributes: talk-showdocumentarybiographyslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA grounded, slow-paced documentary podcast: inventive and contained. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About this podcast
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 sh…
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- Publisher
- Freakonomics Radio
- Format
- Limited series
- Episodes
- 11
- Typical episode
- About 43 minutes
- Latest episode
- 8 September 2026
- Categories
- Society & Culture, Documentary
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- How we score
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