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Can Universities Win Back Our Trust?

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By Stephen Dubner Verified
| Freakonomics Radio Verified
BEILOCK: I came out of faculty governance. I was on the faculty senate and then something called the committee of the council, which is a small group that advises the president and the provost. And I spent the whole year as a faculty member arguing with Bob Zimmer. Bob Zimmer — a mathematician by training — was UChicago’s president from 2006 to 2021. BEILOCK: And at the end of the year, he said, come work for me. And I thought, wow, like that’s so interesting. DUBNER: What were you arguing about?
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Why Does Vanderbilt Keep Winning?

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By Stephen Dubner Verified, Michelle Alexander
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Hey there, it’s Stephen Dubner. Before today’s episode, a quick announcement. We are about to launch a new project, a video show that we’ve been working on for a while. You could think of it as an indie TV talk show, on YouTube. We are very excited about it, and we’re looking for Freakonomics Radio listeners who want to pre-screen episodes and share their feedback.
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Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?

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By Neil Gorsuch, Stephen Dubner Verified
| Freakonomics Radio Verified
Daniel Kahneman was a celebrated and influential scholar, trained in psychology but with a seemingly limitless way of thinking about the world. In 2002, he won a Nobel Prize in economics; in 2011, he published a popular book called Thinking, Fast and Slow. His primary topic was human decision-making, especially how we make decisions under uncertainty. His work has influenced people in government and policy-making, in medicine and finance, in the military and the criminal-justice system, and more.
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