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Ben Cohen joins Jimmy Soni to discuss the hidden art of making things better across various topics including sports and business.

Wall Street Journal columnist Ben Cohen joins guest host Jimmy Soni, CEO of Infinite Books, to explore the hidden art of making things better. They explore the hot hand phenomenon in basketball, why Moneyball shaped a generation of journalists, the peanut butter and jelly crisis in the Warriors locker room, why ASML is the most important company you've never heard of, the strange story of Driscoll's tastiest berries, and the troubled development of The Princess Bride. Important Links: Learn more about Ben here: https://www.wsj.com/news/author/ben-cohen Read The Science of Success: https://www.wsj.com/news/types/science-of-success Read The Hot Hand: https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/hothand

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