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 the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthl...
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Episodes (245)
164. Unravelling the Universe, Again
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163. The Data Sleuth Taking on Shoddy Science
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Arne Duncan Says All Kids Deserve a Chance — and Criminals Deserve a Second One...
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162. Will We Solve the Climate Problem?
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161. How to Captivate an Audience
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Annie Duke Thinks You Should Quit (Update)
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160. How to Help Kids Succeed
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159. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy
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Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? (Update)
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158. Why Did Rome Fall — and Are We Next?
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157. The Deadliest Disease in Human History
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Abraham Verghese Thinks Medicine Can Do Better (Update)
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156. A Solution to America’s Gun Problem
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155. Helping People Die
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Yul Kwon: “Don't Try to Change Yourself All at Once.” (Update)
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154. Can Robots Get a Grip?
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153. We’re Not Getting Sicker — We’re Overdiagnosed
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Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars (Update)
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152. Hunting for the Origins of Life
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151. Neurobiologist, Philosopher, and Addict
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Jane Goodall Changed the Way We See Animals. She’s Not Done. (Replay)
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150. His Brilliant Videos Get Millions of Views. Why Don’t They Make Money?
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149. Stanford’s President Knows He Can’t Make Everyone Happy
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Why Numbers are Music to Our Ears (Update)
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148. How to Have Good Ideas
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147. Is Your Gut a Second Brain?
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Turning Work into Play (Update)
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146. Is There a Fair Way to Divide Us?
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145. Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Still Starstruck
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Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?” (Update)
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144. Feeling Sound and Hearing Color
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143. Why Are Boys and Men in Trouble?
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Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu on Economics, Politics, and Power (Replay)
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142. What’s Impacting American Workers?
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EXTRA: Using Data to Win Gold
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141. The Language of the Universe
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Drawing from Life (and Death) (Update)
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140. How to Breathe Better
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139. How PETA Made Radical Ideas Mainstream
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Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time (Update)
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138. Chris Anderson on the Power of TED
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EXTRA: Remembering Susan Wojcicki
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137. Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos
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What It Takes to Know Everything (Update)
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136. The World’s Most Controversial Ornithologist
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135. How to Grow a White Rhino
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Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.” (Replay)
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134. Why Do We Still Teach People to Calculate?
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133. Pay Attention! (Your Body Will Thank You)
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John Green’s Reluctant Rocket Ship Ride (Update)
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