Frame from 1967 trailer for Bonnie and Clyde showing Warren Beatty sitting on a car bumper displaying a Tommy gun

Stephen Dubner's Tips on Grand Larceny

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 4, 2015

Stephen Dubner discusses his new book, When to Rob a Bank, written with Steven Levitt. Over the past decade, the two have published more than 8,000 blog posts on Freakonomics.com, and on the 10th anniversary of Freakonomics, they’ve gone through and picked the best of the best. Their new book features off-center questions, like: Why don’t flight attendants get tipped? If you were a terrorist, how would you attack? And why does KFC always run out of fried chicken?

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