Better Choices in 2024: Logic or Emotion? (with Stephen Dubner)

Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

As the author and podcast host of “Freakonomics,” Stephen Dubner spends a lot of time thinking about and studying what goes into good decision-making. He gives Sam tips on balancing logic with emotion, offers ways to use your imagination to help you make a choice, and defends the coin-flip method.

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0:19.0	Hi, it's Stephen Colbert
0:21.0	and I'm here to tell you about the Late Show pod show which is the
0:25.0	podcast of the Late Show with me Stephen Colbert and I'm here with my producer of
0:30.0	the podcast Becca, hi Becca.
0:31.0	Hi, Stephen. So what do people get when they listen to the Late Show?
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0:36.0	The extended moments for sure, because we run out of time for broadcast, but we have plenty of time on the
0:40.7	podcast.
0:41.7	It's kind of like being a live audience member of the show
0:44.5	because you get things that no one else hears.
0:46.2	Listen to the Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
0:48.8	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:53.0	Lemonnada. Lamanata. As I'm sure you've picked up on by now, this whole first month of the year, we're looking
1:02.1	at how we can set ourselves up to make
1:04.7	better decisions in 2024. Now this is coming off of more than six months of
1:10.2	asking my guests for their life-changing choices. But today we are taking a step back
1:16.2	and looking at not just how we make good decisions, but how we make any decisions. So meta, I know. And that got me thinking about my decision process. Am I happy with it? Is it effective? Am I actually good at making decisions? Now if you have ever asked me a
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