
About this episode
After five years, Levitt is ending People I (Mostly) Admire, and will start hosting the occasional Freakonomics Radio episode. We couldn’t be happier.
- SOURCES:
- Steve Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics and host of People I (Mostly) Admire.
- RESOURCES:
- "How to Help Kids Succeed," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025).
- "Feeling Sound and Hearing Color," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
- "Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
- "Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Some Advice for You," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
- "Drawing from Life (and Death)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
- "Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life is Meaningless and Amazing," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
- "Is This the Future of High School?," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
- "Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
- "Sal Khan: 'If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People.'" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
- "Jared Diamond on the Downfall of Civilizations — and His Optimism for Ours," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
- "Amanda & Lily Levitt Share What It’s Like to be Steve’s Daughters," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
- "How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World," by Freakonomics Radio (2020).
- The Levitt Lab.
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