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530. What's Wrong with Being a One-Hit Wonder?

Freakonomics Radio

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You're Not the Product

Singer-songwriter Alexei Sayle says he feels like the product of his work. He is best known for "flagpole sit-up," a song he co-wrote when he was 22. It takes an emotional drain and it's just another part of the psychological challenge, say Sayles.

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