‘Freakonomics’ Creator Stephen Dubner Is Launching a Talk Show With Guests at His New York City Home: ‘People Are Much Hungrier for Substance Than the Conventional Wisdom Says’

Stephen Dubner, the journalist, podcaster and bestselling author behind the Freakonomics franchise, is getting in front of the camera with a self-financed TV-style talk show.

Dubner, host of the “Freakonomics Radio” podcast, is launching “Better in Person,” described as “an indie TV talk show that bets on depth at a time when most media is […] ...