Better in Person with Stephen Dubner

How to Be a Double Unicorn, with John Urschel

He was thriving in the N.F.L., but then he decided to focus on mathematics — a subject he now teaches at M.I.T. John walks Stephen Dubner through the whole story, teaches

Amazon Was Supposed to Kill the Bookstore. James Daunt Had Other Plans

He started with one small shop in London. He has since resuscitated both Barnes & Noble and Waterstones. He tells Stephen Dubner exactly how he does it.

How to Run an Institution in an Anti-Institution Era

Anne Pasternak (Brooklyn Museum) and Michael Roth (Wesleyan University) tell Stephen Dubner how they keep the peace in the middle of a culture war.

“I Trust Almost Anyone More Than Myself”

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan talks about confidence, luck, and why it takes 35 drafts to get to the finish line.

Meet Warren Zanes, the Author and Rocker Behind the Springsteen Movie

When he joined the Del Fuegos, his big brother’s band, all Warren knew how to play was a record player. Things went great for a while — and then it all fell apart. So how

What If Being a Stranger Is Actually Your Superpower?

Angela Buchdahl was the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi, and now she is among the most influential rabbis in the world. She and Stephen Dubner talk about b

Does it Take a Twisted Mind to Write Twisted Stories?

Harlan Coben doesn’t think so. The mega-best-selling author talks suburbia, impostor syndrome, and what he learned from his college friend David Foster Wallace.

How Gary Gulman Turned Depression Into Comedy Gold

Gary and Stephen talk about creativity, recovery, getting fired, and holding grudges. They also get outside and play basketball, which is a big part of how Gary stays wel

Introducing Better in Person with Stephen Dubner

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

Trusting Your Senses Over Science, with Chef Hillary Sterling

Hillary Sterling was a Brooklyn kid raised on cream cheese sandwiches and canned potatoes. So how did she become one of New York City's best chefs? The Ci Siamo executive

How a Great Architect Thinks, with Bjarke Ingels

Is the oxymoron really “the secret sauce to everything”? That’s the case Ingels makes in this debut episode of our new video show Better in Person, filmed in Stephen Dubn