We live in a world that wants life to be fair. Work hard, make good choices, believe the right things—and things should turn out okay. But what happens when they don’t? In this live conversation, Kate talks with sociologist Mark Rank, author of The Random Factor, about the role of chance in our lives. From the lottery of birth to the timing of a missed phone call, Mark’s research shows how much of what we call success—or failure—comes down to forces we never chose.

SHOW NOTES:


Mark Rank,The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us


Mark Rank – Washington University in St. Louis


Christian Tomasetti et al., research on random mutations and cancer risk (Johns Hopkins)


Every Cure (founded by David Fajgenbaum)


Tour dates & tickets: katebowler.com/joyfulanyway


Watch the live conversation on YouTube


Join Kate Bowler on Substack for the season of Lent: katebowler.substack.com

We live in a world that wants life to be fair. Work hard, make good choices, believe the right things&mdash;and things should turn out okay. But what happens when they don&rsquo;t? In this live conversation, Kate talks with sociologist Mark Rank, author of The Random Factor, about the role of chance in our lives. From the lottery of birth to the timing of a missed phone call, Mark&rsquo;s research shows how much of what we call success&mdash;or failure&mdash;comes down to forces we never chose.
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Mark Rank,<a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-random-factor-9780190861478"> The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us</a>
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<a href="https://csd.wustl.edu/people/mark-r-rank/">Mark Rank &ndash; Washington University in St. Louis</a>
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Christian Tomasetti et al., <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/bad_luck_of_random_mutations_plays_predominant_role_in_cancer_study_shows">research on random mutations and cancer risk</a> (Johns Hopkins)
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<a href="https://everycure.org/">Every Cure</a> (founded by David Fajgenbaum)
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Tour dates &amp; tickets:<a href="https://katebowler.com/books/joyfulanyway/">&nbsp;katebowler.com/joyfulanyway</a>
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Watch the live conversation on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@katecbowler">YouTube</a>
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Join Kate Bowler on Substack for the season of Lent:&nbsp;<a href="https://katebowler.substack.com/">katebowler.substack.com</a>
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Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens.  Find her online at @katecbowler.

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Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens.  Find her online at @katecbowler.
Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media <a href="https://lemonadamedia.com/" data-stringify-link="https://lemonadamedia.com/" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://lemonadamedia.com/</a>

Honest conversation about life's less-shiny moments.