People I (Mostly) Admire

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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 our network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, sign up for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts at http://apple.co/SiriusXM.

Episode Date
142. What’s Impacting American Workers?
Oct 12, 2024
EXTRA: Using Data to Win Gold
Oct 05, 2024
141. The Language of the Universe
Sep 28, 2024
UPDATE: Drawing from Life (and Death)
Sep 21, 2024
140. How to Breathe Better
Sep 14, 2024
139. How PETA Made Radical Ideas Mainstream
Aug 31, 2024
UPDATE: Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time
Aug 24, 2024
138. Chris Anderson on the Power of TED
Aug 17, 2024
EXTRA: Remembering Susan Wojcicki
Aug 13, 2024
137. Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos
Aug 03, 2024
UPDATE: What It Takes to Know Everything
Jul 27, 2024
136. The World’s Most Controversial Ornithologist
Jul 20, 2024
135. How to Grow a White Rhino
Jul 06, 2024
REPLAY Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.”
Jun 29, 2024
134. Why Do We Still Teach People to Calculate?
Jun 22, 2024
133. Pay Attention! (Your Body Will Thank You)
Jun 08, 2024
UPDATE: John Green’s Reluctant Rocket Ship Ride
Jun 01, 2024
132. Suleika Jaouad’s Survival Mechanisms
May 25, 2024
131. Getting Old, Adventurously
May 11, 2024
UPDATE: What It’s Like to Be Steve Levitt’s Daughters
May 04, 2024
130. Is Our Concept of Freedom All Wrong?
Apr 27, 2024
129. How to Fix Medical Research
Apr 13, 2024
EXTRA: Remembering Daniel Kahneman
Apr 06, 2024
128. Are Our Tools Becoming Part of Us?
Mar 30, 2024
127. Rajiv Shah Never Wastes a Crisis
Mar 16, 2024
126. How to Have Great Conversations
Mar 02, 2024
125. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever?
Feb 17, 2024
124. Daron Acemoglu on Economics, Politics, and Power
Feb 03, 2024
123. Walt Hickey Wants to Track Your Eyeballs
Jan 20, 2024
122. Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Some Advice for You
Jan 06, 2024
121. Exploring Physics, from Eggshells to Oceans
Dec 23, 2023
120. Werner Herzog Thinks His Films Are a Distraction
Dec 09, 2023
119. Higher Education Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed?
Nov 25, 2023
118. “My God, This Is a Transformative Power”
Nov 11, 2023
117. Nate Silver Says We're Bad at Making Predictions
Oct 28, 2023
116. Abraham Verghese Thinks Medicine Can Do Better
Oct 14, 2023
EXTRA: Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin on "Greedy Work" and the Wage Gap
Oct 09, 2023
115. The Future of Therapy Is Psychedelic
Sep 30, 2023
114. Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Life?
Sep 16, 2023
113. Do We Have Evidence of Alien Life?
Sep 02, 2023
112. Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars
Aug 19, 2023
111. Can a Moonshot Approach to Mental Health Work?
Aug 05, 2023
110. Drawing from Life (and Death)
Jul 22, 2023
Extra: An Update on the Khan World School
Jul 15, 2023
109. David Simon Is On Strike. Here’s Why.
Jul 08, 2023
The Economics of Everyday Things: T. rex Skeletons
Jul 01, 2023
108. Ninety-Eight Years of Economic Wisdom
Jun 24, 2023
107. Bringing Data to Life
Jun 10, 2023
106. Will A.I. Make Us Smarter?
May 27, 2023
105. Can Data Keep People Out of Prison?
May 13, 2023
104. The Joy of Math With Sarah Hart
Apr 29, 2023
103. Rick Rubin on How to Make Something Great
Apr 15, 2023
102. Adding Ten Healthy Years to Your Life
Apr 01, 2023
101. Celebrating 100 People I (Mostly) Admire
Mar 18, 2023
100. Chicago’s Renegade Sheriff Wants to Fix Law Enforcement
Mar 04, 2023
99. Greg Norman Takes On the P.G.A. Tour
Feb 18, 2023
98. Searching for Our Aquatic Ancestors
Feb 04, 2023
97. How Smart Is a Forest?
Jan 21, 2023
96. Steven Strogatz Thinks You Don’t Know What Math Is
Jan 07, 2023
95. The One Thing Stephen Dubner Hasn’t Quit
Dec 24, 2022
94. The Price of Doing Business with John List
Dec 10, 2022
93. Annie Duke Thinks You Should Quit
Nov 26, 2022
92. John Green’s Reluctant Rocket Ship Ride
Nov 12, 2022
91. Jane Goodall Changed the Way We See Animals. She’s Not Done.
Oct 29, 2022
90. Peter Singer Isn’t a Saint, But He’s Better Than Steve Levitt
Oct 15, 2022
Extra: A Rockstar Chemist Wins the Nobel Prize
Oct 08, 2022
89. A Cross Between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones
Oct 01, 2022
88. Ken Burns on Heroism, Horror, and History
Sep 17, 2022
87. How Much Are the Right Friends Worth?
Sep 03, 2022
86. A Million-Year View on Morality
Aug 20, 2022
85. What It Takes to Know Everything
Aug 06, 2022
84. Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life Is Meaningless and Amazing
Jul 23, 2022
83. “There's So Many Problems — Which Ones Can I Make a Difference On?”
Jul 09, 2022
82. Is This the Future of High School?
Jul 02, 2022
81. Why Bother Searching for Aliens?
Jun 25, 2022
80. Get Your Share of the Pie
Jun 18, 2022
79. Solar Geoengineering Would Be Radical. It Might Also Be Necessary.
Jun 11, 2022
78. Giving It Away
Jun 04, 2022
77. Can Games Prepare Us for Catastrophes? (Part 2)
May 28, 2022
76. Is Gaming Good for You?
May 21, 2022
75. Self-Help for Data Nerds
May 14, 2022
74. Getting Our Hands Dirty
May 07, 2022
73. Turning Work into Play
Apr 30, 2022
72. “Leaving Black People in the Lurch”
Apr 23, 2022
71. Bombs Away
Apr 16, 2022
70. You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Experiment
Apr 09, 2022
69. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?
Apr 02, 2022
68. “No One Can Resist a Jolly, Happy Pig.”
Mar 26, 2022
67. We Can Play God Now
Mar 19, 2022
66. The Professor Who Said “No” to Tenure
Mar 12, 2022
65. A Rockstar Chemist and Her Cancer-Attacking “Lawn Mower”
Mar 05, 2022
64. How Larry Miller Went from Prison Valedictorian to Nike Executive
Feb 26, 2022
63. The Only Covid-19 Book Worth Reading
Feb 19, 2022
62. How Does Historian Brad Gregory Make a Boring Topic So Mind-Blowing?
Feb 12, 2022
61. Was Austan Goolsbee’s First Visit to the Oval Office Almost His Last?
Feb 05, 2022
60. Cassandra Quave Thinks the Way Antibiotics Are Developed Might Kill Us
Jan 29, 2022
Why Aren’t All Drugs Legal? (Replay Ep. 28)
Jan 22, 2022
Are We Under Threat from a New Kind of Terror? (Replay Ep. 24)
Jan 15, 2022
59. Who Gives the Worst Advice?
Jan 08, 2022
58. Why Is Richard Thaler Such a ****ing Optimist?
Jan 01, 2022
57. What Makes John Doerr Think He Can Save the Planet?
Dec 25, 2021
56. Claudia Goldin: What’s “Greedy Work” and Why Is It a Problem?
Dec 18, 2021
55. Jared Diamond on the Downfall of Civilizations — and His Optimism for Ours
Dec 11, 2021
54. Andrew Yang Is Not Giving Up on Politics — or the U.S. — Yet
Dec 04, 2021
53. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rainforest
Nov 27, 2021
52. Max Tegmark on Why Superhuman Artificial Intelligence Won’t be Our Slave (Part 2)
Nov 20, 2021
51. Max Tegmark on Why Treating Humanity Like a Child Will Save Us All
Nov 13, 2021
50. Edward Miguel on Collecting Economic Data by Canoe and Correlating Conflict with Rainfall
Nov 06, 2021
49. Mathematician Sarah Hart on Why Numbers are Music to Our Ears
Oct 30, 2021
48. Marc Davis Can’t Stop Watching Basketball — But He Doesn’t Care Who Wins
Oct 23, 2021
Ken Jennings on How a Midlife Crisis Led Him to Jeopardy! (People I (Mostly) Admire, Ep. 4 Replay)
Oct 16, 2021
Mayim Bialik on the Surprising Risks of Academia and Stability of Show Biz (People I (Mostly) Admire, Ep. 2 Replay)
Oct 09, 2021
47. Robert Axelrod on Why Being Nice, Forgiving, and Provokable are the Best Strategies for Life
Oct 02, 2021
46. Amanda & Lily Levitt Share What It’s Like to be Steve’s Daughters
Sep 25, 2021
45. Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less — Not More
Sep 18, 2021
44. Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away
Sep 11, 2021
43. Arne Duncan Says All Kids Deserve a Chance — and Criminals Deserve a Second One
Sep 04, 2021
42. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up
Aug 28, 2021
41. Dr. Bapu Jena on Why Freakonomics Is the Best Medicine
Aug 21, 2021
40. Harold Pollack on Why Managing Your Money Is as Easy as Taking Out the Garbage
Aug 14, 2021
39. Aicha Evans Wants You to Take Your Eyes Off the Road
Aug 07, 2021
38. Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute (Part 2)
Jul 31, 2021
37. Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time
Jul 24, 2021
36. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World
Jul 17, 2021
35. David Epstein Knows Something About Almost Everything
Jul 10, 2021
34. Maya Shankar Is Changing People’s Behavior — and Her Own
Jul 03, 2021
33. Travis Tygart Is Coming for Cheaters — Just Ask Lance Armstrong
Jun 26, 2021
32. Angela Duckworth Explains How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy
Jun 19, 2021
31. Peter Leeson on Why Trial-by-Fire Wasn’t Barbaric and Why Pirates Were Democratic
Jun 12, 2021
30. Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporations Can
Jun 05, 2021
29. Bruce Friedrich Thinks There’s a Better Way to Eat Meat
May 29, 2021
28. Professor Carl Hart Argues All Drugs Should Be Legal — Can He Convince Steve?
May 22, 2021
27. Daniel Kahneman on Why Our Judgment is Flawed — and What to Do About It
May 15, 2021
26. Memory Champion Nelson Dellis Helps Steve Train His Brain
May 08, 2021
25. Sam Harris: “Spirituality Is a Loaded Term.”
May 01, 2021
Nathan Myhrvold: “I Am Interested in Lots of Things, and That's Actually a Bad Strategy.” (Episode 6 Rebroadcast)
Apr 24, 2021
24. Amaryllis Fox: “What Does This New Version of Mutually Assured Destruction Look Like?”
Apr 17, 2021
23. Greg Norman & Mark Broadie: Why Golf Beats an Orgasm and Why Data Beats Everything
Apr 10, 2021
22. Sal Khan: “If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People.”
Apr 03, 2021
21. Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?”
Mar 27, 2021
20. John Donohue: “I'm Frequently Called a Treasonous Enemy of the Constitution.”
Mar 20, 2021
19. Marina Nitze: “If You Googled ‘Business Efficiency Consultant,’ I Was the Only Result.”
Mar 13, 2021
18. Robert Sapolsky: “I Don’t Think We Have Any Free Will Whatsoever.”
Mar 06, 2021
17. Emily Oster: “I Am a Woman Who Is Prominently Discussing Vaginas.”
Feb 27, 2021
16. Joshua Jay: “Humans Are So, So Easy to Fool.”
Feb 20, 2021
15. Tim Harford: “If You Can Make Sure You're Not An Idiot, You've Done Well.”
Feb 13, 2021
14. Yul Kwon (Part 2): “Hey, Do You Have Any Bright Ideas?”
Feb 06, 2021
13. Yul Kwon: “Don't Try to Change Yourself All at Once.”
Jan 30, 2021
12. Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.”
Jan 23, 2021
11. Paul Romer: “I Figured Out How to Get Myself Fired From the World Bank.”
Jan 09, 2021
10. Suzanne Gluck: “I'm a Person Who Can Convince Other People to Do Things”
Dec 26, 2020
9. Moncef Slaoui: "It’s Unfortunate That It Takes a Crisis for This to Happen"
Dec 12, 2020
8. Peter Attia: “I Definitely Lost a Lot of IQ Points That Day”
Nov 28, 2020
7. Caverly Morgan: "I Am Not This Voice. I Am Not This Narrative."
Nov 14, 2020
6. Nathan Myhrvold: “I Am Interested in Lots of Things, and That's Actually a Bad Strategy”
Oct 31, 2020
5. Susan Wojcicki: “Hey, Let’s Go Buy YouTube!”
Oct 17, 2020
Steve Levitt: “I'm Not as Childlike as I'd Like to Be” (Bonus Episode)
Oct 10, 2020
4. Ken Jennings: “Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird”
Oct 03, 2020
3. Kerwin Charles: “One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From”
Sep 19, 2020
2. Mayim Bialik: “I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is”
Sep 05, 2020
1. Steven Pinker: "I Manage My Controversy Portfolio Carefully”
Aug 22, 2020
Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire”
Jul 31, 2020