
About this episode
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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