Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? (Update)

Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner. We are taking a couple weeks off around here, so we are replaying for you our 2023 series, Everything You Never Knew About Wailing. This is part two of the series. You don't need to have heard part one to enjoy this one, but if you want to listen to that one first, it is right there in your podcast app. We have updated fact

and figures when necessary. As always, thanks for listening. I've never eaten whale, as far as I know, have you? Uh yes, I'm afraid, if I dare to say that on American radio, but I yes, I I have. Bjorn Basberg is an economic historian at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen.

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway. A hundred years ago or more it was the capital of Norway and the people in Bergen they tend to think that they are still the capital. Basberg recently retired from his teaching position. Actually in Norway it's mandatory, so I turned 70. That's a mandatory age of retirement.

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