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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

121. Exploring Physics, from Eggshells to Oceans

120. Werner Herzog Thinks His Films Are a Distraction

119. Higher Education Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed?

118. “My God, This Is a Transformative Power”

Computer vision research underwent a paradigm shift when the ImageNet project proved that massive, curated datasets—rather than just algorithmic refinement—were essential for training robust artificial intelligence. Fei-Fei Li, a pioneer in this field, details how her team leveraged global crowdsourcing to overcome the...

117. Nate Silver Says We're Bad at Making Predictions

116. Abraham Verghese Thinks Medicine Can Do Better

EXTRA: Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin on "Greedy Work" and the Wage Gap

115. The Future of Therapy Is Psychedelic

114. Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Life?

113. Do We Have Evidence of Alien Life?

112. Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars

111. Can a Moonshot Approach to Mental Health Work?

110. Drawing from Life (and Death)

Extra: An Update on the Khan World School

109. David Simon Is On Strike. Here’s Why.

The Economics of Everyday Things: T. rex Skeletons

108. Ninety-Eight Years of Economic Wisdom

107. Bringing Data to Life

106. Will A.I. Make Us Smarter?

105. Can Data Keep People Out of Prison?

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