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Freakonomics Radio Live
- Wilshire Ebell Theatre, 4401 West 8th St., Mid-Wilshire
Freakonomics Radio host Stephen Dubner is partnering with LAist for a live show on February 13 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre.
Stephen will be joined by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and documentarian R.J. Cutler.
About the show:
Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. All the fun of the Freakonomics Radio podcast— but live, on stage.
Tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Student discounted tickets: 100 limited tickets are available for students for 25% off.
Code: freakstudent
Stephen Dubner Bio
The eighth and last child of an upstate New York newspaperman, Stephen Dubner has been writing since he was a child. (His first published work appeared in Highlights magazine.) As an undergraduate at Appalachian State University, he started a rock band that was signed to Arista Records, which landed him in New York City. He ultimately quit playing music to earn an M.F.A. in writing at Columbia University, where he also taught in the English Department. He was an editor and writer at New York magazine and The New York Times before quitting to write books. He is happy he did so. In addition to the Freakonomics series, he is the author of Turbulent Souls (Choosing My Religion), Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper, and the children’s book The Boy With Two Belly Buttons. He lives in New York City.
Ariel Emanuel Bio
Ariel Emanuel is CEO of Endeavor and Executive Chair and CEO of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events, and experiences.
The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation through entertainment agency WME; sports operations and advisory, event management, media production and distribution, and brand licensing through IMG; live event experiences and hospitality through On Location; full-service marketing through global cultural marketing agency 160over90; and sports data and technology through OpenBet. Endeavor is the majority owner of TKO Group Holdings, Inc., a premium sports and sports entertainment company comprising UFC and WWE.
R.J. Cutler Bio
R.J. Cutler is an award-winning director and producer who has been making documentary film and television series for over thirty years. He has directed such films as Elton John: Never Too Late, Martha, Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, BELUSHI, The September Issue, and A Perfect Candidate. He has produced such films as The War Room, Thin, Listen to Me Marlon and The Disappearance of Shere Hite. For television, Cutler has directed and/or Executive Produced such programs as Elton John Live, Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul, Murf the Surf, Dear…, Nashville, 30 Days, Freshman Diaries and American High.
Cutler’s work has been nominated for two Academy Awards and a Writer’s Guild Award, and he is the recipient of numerous other awards including three Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, a GLAAD Award, two Cinema Eye Awards and two Television Academy Honor Awards. In 2009, the Museum of Television and Radio held a four-day retrospective of R.J.’s work. In 2021, R.J. received the Critics’ Choice Pennebaker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Documentary Film. In 2020, Cutler launched This Machine, a production company focused on developing and producing documentary projects for film and television. This Machine is now a part of Sony Non-Fiction Television. R.J. Cutler lives in Los Angeles with his wife Jane Cha Cutler, their children Maddie, Max and Penny and their dog Dexter.