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Freakonomics Radio

2026-08-05

44 分钟
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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. If you'd like to see the video version of Better in Person, you can watch it on YouTube or Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • You are about to hear an audio version of a new TV talk show we're making called Better in Person.

  • Our guest this week is the mega bestselling author Harlan Coben.

  • As thriller writers go, Coben is particularly generous.

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  • Always love this question.

  • If you weren't a writer.

  • What would you be?

  • And one of my friends says, a U.S.

  • Senator.

  • I'm like, oh, please.