Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The term "freak" has certainly been around for a while, you've got freak of nature, control freak, super freak. But in 2005 people started talking about another kind of freak, "Freakonomics."
It was a best selling book that promised to illustrate the "hidden side of everything," and it very quickly became a phenomenon. Written by journalist Stephen Dubner and University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt, it was a nonfiction book that basically blended two worlds that seemed totally opposite: pop culture and economics.
Then there was the sequel "SuperFreakonomics" and the movie of the same name:
The pair now has a new book that aims to teach readers how to "Think Like A Freak." Dubner joins the show to talk about the new book and how we often don't think in our own best interest.
Read an excerpt of "Think Like A Freak":
The "Think Like A Freak" authors will be at All Saints Church in Beverly Hill tonight at 8 p.m. Click here for more info.