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Aug 26, 2024 40 min

EXTRA: Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It

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Stephen Dubner appears as a guest on Fail Better, a new podcast hosted by David Duchovny. The two of them trade stories about failure, and ponder the lessons that success could never teach. SOURCES: David Duchovny, actor, director, writer, and musician. RESOURCES: "Martin Seligman and the Rise of Positive Psychology," by Peter Gibbon (Humanities, 2020). "Rick Reilly: ‘Donald Trump Will Cheat You on the Golf Course and Then Buy You Lunch,'" by Donald McRae (The Guardian, 2019). "How The X-Files Invented Modern Television," by Emily St. James (Vox, 2018). "Happiness & the Gorilla," by Scott Galloway (No Mercy/No Malice, 2018). EXTRAS: Fail Better with David Duchovny, podcast by Lemonada Media (2024). "How to Succeed at Failing," series by Freakonomics Radio (2023). "Annie Duke Thinks You Should Quit," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022). "The Upside of Quitting," by Freakonomics Radio (2011).

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Stephen Dubner appears as a guest on "Fail Better," a new podcast hosted by David Duchovny. The two of them trade stories about failure, and ponder the lessons that success could never teach.

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