# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-j-dubner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:26:14.922Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-j-dubner"
name: "Stephen J. Dubner"
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description: "Stephen Joseph Dubner is an American author, journalist, and podcast and radio host. He is co-author of the popular Freakonomics book series: Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics, Think Like a Freak and When to Rob a Bank. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio."
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birthDate: "1963-08-26"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump