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Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher · Education

People I (Mostly) Admire

Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt tracks down other high achievers for surprising, revealing conversations about their lives and obsessions. Join Levitt as he goes through the most interesting midlife crisis you’ve ever heard — and learn how a renegade sheriff is transforming Chicago's jail, how a biologist is finding the secrets of evolution in the Arctic tundra, and how a trivia champion memorized 160,000 flashcards. To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Episodes

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65. A Rockstar Chemist and Her Cancer-Attacking “Lawn Mower”

05 Mar 2022
50m
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64. How Larry Miller Went from Prison Valedictorian to Nike Executive

26 Feb 2022
37m
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63. The Only Covid-19 Book Worth Reading

19 Feb 2022
50m
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62. How Does Historian Brad Gregory Make a Boring Topic So Mind-Blowing?

12 Feb 2022
44m
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61. Was Austan Goolsbee’s First Visit to the Oval Office Almost His Last?

05 Feb 2022
52m
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60. Cassandra Quave Thinks the Way Antibiotics Are Developed Might Kill Us

29 Jan 2022
49m
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Why Aren’t All Drugs Legal? (Replay Ep. 28)

22 Jan 2022
43m
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Are We Under Threat from a New Kind of Terror? (Replay Ep. 24)

15 Jan 2022
49m
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59. Who Gives the Worst Advice?

08 Jan 2022
43m
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58. Why Is Richard Thaler Such a ****ing Optimist?

01 Jan 2022
46m
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57. What Makes John Doerr Think He Can Save the Planet?

25 Dec 2021
51m
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56. Claudia Goldin: What’s “Greedy Work” and Why Is It a Problem?

18 Dec 2021
48m
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55. Jared Diamond on the Downfall of Civilizations — and His Optimism for Ours

11 Dec 2021
47m
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54. Andrew Yang Is Not Giving Up on Politics — or the U.S. — Yet

04 Dec 2021
53m
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53. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rainforest

27 Nov 2021
32m
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52. Max Tegmark on Why Superhuman Artificial Intelligence Won’t be Our Slave (Part 2)

20 Nov 2021
30m
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51. Max Tegmark on Why Treating Humanity Like a Child Will Save Us All

13 Nov 2021
45m
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50. Edward Miguel on Collecting Economic Data by Canoe and Correlating Conflict with Rainfall

06 Nov 2021
52m
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49. Mathematician Sarah Hart on Why Numbers are Music to Our Ears

30 Oct 2021
46m
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48. Marc Davis Can’t Stop Watching Basketball — But He Doesn’t Care Who Wins

23 Oct 2021
47m
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