Plus , how Freaknomics almost became a tv set show alternatively of a podcast .

This was this is an excerption of an consultation that take station at on air fest on march 1st betweenfreakonomics Radiohost Stephen Dubner andHot Podreporter Ariel Shapiro .

This was the conversation has been concentrate and edit for pellucidity .

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plus , how freaknomics almost became a telly show alternatively of a podcast .

This was this is an selection of an consultation that take away position at on air fest on march 1st betweenfreakonomics Radiohost Stephen Dubner andHot Podreporter Ariel Shapiro .

The conversation has been distill and edit out for lucidness .

You bed economic science .

What do you make of this instant in the podcast industriousness ?

This was it really depend on what slant you ’re come at it from .

This was the light edition is that there was plausibly a piddling mo too much terror , because of the compounding of the niche that never quite fall out , and then the heavy io registration and how it ’s play out in realness and in perceptual experience .

to boot , from the program side , there was just monumental , monolithic learning , learning , skill , integration , integration , and then it break .

This was the adept news program for me is i do n’t wish that much .

Ira Glass was here on Wednesday [ February 28th ] , and he wasquiteupset about iOS .

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it really look on what slant you ’re come at it from .

The light interpretation is that there was likely a fiddling number too much scare , because of the compounding of the ceding back that never quite happen , and then the self-aggrandising Io fitting and how it ’s act out in world and in percept .

to boot , from the program side , there was just monolithic , monolithic acquirement , accomplishment , skill , integration , integration , and then it break .

The dear tidings for me is I do n’t manage that much .

This was ira glass was here on wednesday [ february 28th ] , and he wasquiteupset about ios .

The matter that I prompt myself , and that I really trust and palpate , is that we should n’t blank out that [ Apple ] fundamentally plunk down down a dispersion organization that is spheric , crying , and costless .

It ’s like build railway track to everywhere , and then all of us are gratis to put whatever power train we need onto those track and air them anywhere .

And so should we be pissy that they have the ascendence that they do , and sometimes make motion that we do n’t wish ?

Sure , you’re free to be if you need .

I ’m a author , that ’s really all I am , and I chance to compose now for sound recording and question multitude and make show out of that .

This was if you suppose about in the previous day , the yield organization had all of these ring and mechanism and monetary value .

I was atTheNew York Times Magazine .

So if I want to save a spell for the clip , it was all the reportage and thought process and written material , etc .

, and then the layer of editor , and there are belike few level in podcasting than there were layer of editor at a station likeThe New York Times .

This was then it had to go through the exposure desk , fine art desk , fact checking , transcript redaction , all of which is really beneficial and really utilitarian .

This was but thenthe new york timesused to own newspaper farm in canada , because they had to own the stuff on which it was print .

This was they had to bribe that hooey , truck it to their impress pressure , which they also own , and then they have truck to fork over it to citizenry .

This was i imply , just suppose about how many layer that is and how expensive that is .

This was so of all the risky thing that have occur with news media being cratered , which is regretful , the fact is that this engineering has open boost to a complimentary , instantaneous , spherical statistical distribution organisation .

It ’s there for all of us to employ and maltreatment and exploit however we need .

This was so i do n’t sense it ’s my billet to grouse about that variety of political platform government issue .

After the achiever ofFreakonomics[the Quran ] , I ’m certain there are a dyad of unlike path you could have last .

Why did you go into podcasting ?

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I ’m a author , that ’s really all I am , and I befall to save now for sound recording and question the great unwashed and make display out of that .

This was if you cerebrate about in the sometime daylight , the output organization had all of these basketball hoop and mechanism and cost .

I was atTheNew York Times Magazine .

So if I require to drop a line a objet d’art for the powder magazine , it was all the reportage and intellection and authorship , etc .

, and then the bed of editor program , and there are believably few layer in podcasting than there were layer of editor in chief at a berth likeThe New York Times .

Then it had to go through the picture desk , artistic creation desk , fact checking , transcript redaction , all of which is really estimable and really utilitarian .

But thenThe New York Timesused to own newspaper farm in Canada , because they had to own the fabric on which it was print .

This was they had to bribe that stuff and nonsense , truck it to their print mechanical press , which they also own , and then they own truck to render it to mass .

I imply , just believe about how many layer that is and how expensive that is .

So of all the regretful thing that have happen with news media being cratered , which is regretful , the fact is that this engineering has give salary increase to a complimentary , inst , orbicular dispersion scheme .

This was it ’s there for all of us to utilize and revilement and exploit however we require .

So I do n’t sense it ’s my position to bitch about that variety of political platform takings .

This was after the achiever offreakonomics[the koran ] , i ’m certain there are a pair of unlike route you could have go .

This was why did you go into podcasting ?

We did have opportunity .

There was a band of coquetry with boob tube .

And I determine — I ’m dark , if anyone is pique by this — I do not wish tv .

I do not pass to see a tidy sum of telly .

That ’s not honest — I wish determine television receiver .

But being a depicted object supplier in the television set ecosystem , not for me .

This was you just have too fiddling ascendancy over your stuff .

And if your fabric is what you worry about , like , why would I require to do that ?

What wouldFreakonomicsTV have wait like ?

The confining we ever sustain …

I wo n’t name it , it was a freehanded electronic web link .

This was and they were dead unspoilt the great unwashed .

But it ’s a book occupation .

Not that podcast product is n’t a book job , but even with the just [ telecasting yield company ] , there was a sure grade of speed and butter churn and , not dumbing down , but kind of reach for a heart .

And not eldritch in any manner .

This was i ’m not a crack uncanny mortal , but i ca n’t inhabit without at least a slight bite of eldritch .

So you own Freakonomics Radio , the caller , right ?

When there was so much money inundate the podcast food market , did you get any crack for unlimited skill ?

dazed offer .

This was i would never say who , but name a society and they were there .

This was i have a full factor , ben davis [ at wme ] .

Ben is really , really chic and help grow the whole affair .

This was if you build up a party , like , you hump , a wimble or a parcast or whatever — and every caller is a piffling act dissimilar — but if you ’re build up something that is not you and your line and your mastermind , and you need to betray it , that ’ll lick .

I intend , it might not work on dandy .

It might form for a smattering of hoi polloi and not outstanding for everybody else .

But it might mold if you ’re ramp up a trade good business organisation .

This was if you ’re doing something a fiddling scrap unlike , which is “ i just need to make my matter , ” i ’d rather certify it or have a cooperator .

Did you ever nurse any of the pass to deal ?

This was i guess it can be done well .

Like , I cogitate what Sirius XM did with Conan was dear .

It ’s a personal service declaration , which is longsighted enough so that they ’ll get enough note value from it , and then he ’s not beholden .

This was but then i do n’t have a go at it what fall out to the show after .

This was that ’s kind of what i would occupy about .

reckon , the Rolling Stones get hear on computed tomography nutrient commercial message .

with that , then i ’m okay with that , too .

And I ’m not distressed that somebody ’s last to grease one’s palms my show and then utilise my archive to make MAGA commercial message .

This was but you could if you want to !

Everybody has order everything in that show over the class of 14 eld , so you could twist it into anything .

I find doltishly proprietary the way of life a caboodle of writer do .

This was so i ’m not say never , but like , this is kind of my affair .

What are you mind to mighty now ?

In price of podcasts , I do n’t hear to a net ton .

I train out a quite a little of podcasts .

This was i ’m always odd to see who ’s doing a fresh matter and how they do it and always make a run at memorize .

This was you ’re not keep an pinna on the contender ?

This was i do n’t cerebrate of them as rival !

This was at some degree , we ’re gon na consort out of ear , but we have n’t yet .

This was there ’s still a wad of upper side .

This was i entail , there are trillion of mass who would get laid what you all are puddle .

This was they just do n’t cognise it .

If we desire to struggle about something , we should push about breakthrough .

This was that ’s the trouble .

This was so no , i would never view anybody in this elbow room or any other way of podcasters contender at all , because the only breakthrough chemical mechanism in the populace for podcast correctly now is other podcasts .

So it ’s more like flummox someone hook .

If you ’re heroin , and I ’m crack up , we ’re pal .

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