2026-08-26
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Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner, and this is a bonus episode from our new TV talk show, Better in Person.
My guest is the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan,
and as good as a writer as she is, she is just as good at explaining her writing process.
Better in Person is meant to be watched, so check it out on the Freakonomics YouTube channel
or look for Better in Person on Apple Podcasts.
But we're also putting out this audio version for anyone who prefers to just listen.
As always, thanks.
I think it's so easy to think, you know, everyone thinks the way I do.
They're just doing all the wrong things.
No, they don't think the way you do.
They're doing things the way they think is right.
This is Better in Person with Stephen Dubner and Jennifer Egan.
I love to recommend great books to friends, but some great books are hard to recommend because they're hard to describe.
And that's because they are the product of an original mind, like Jennifer Egan.
She is a novelist who has received many awards,
including a Pulitzer Prize for A Visit from the Goon Squad, a kaleidoscope of a book about music.
Jennifer describes her brain as having one little corner that's always following her imagination.