People I (Mostly) Admire
Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher · en-us · 249 episodes
Society & Culture
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 mont
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13. Yul Kwon: “Don't Try to Change Yourself All at Once.” (UPDATE)
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8. Peter Attia: “I Definitely Lost a Lot of IQ Points That Day”
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7. Caverly Morgan: "I Am Not This Voice. I Am Not This Narrative."
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6. Nathan Myhrvold: “I Am Interested in Lots of Things, and That's Actually a Bad Strategy”
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2. Mayim Bialik: “I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is”
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25. Sam Harris: “Spirituality Is a Loaded Term.”
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21. Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?”
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22. Sal Khan: “If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People.”
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24. Amaryllis Fox: “What Does This New Version of Mutually Assured Destruction Look Like?”
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20. John Donohue: “I'm Frequently Called a Treasonous Enemy of the Constitution.”
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18. Robert Sapolsky: “I Don’t Think We Have Any Free Will Whatsoever.”
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19. Marina Nitze: “If You Googled ‘Business Efficiency Consultant,’ I Was the Only Result.”
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15. Tim Harford: “If You Can Make Sure You're Not An Idiot, You've Done Well.”
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17. Emily Oster: “I Am a Woman Who Is Prominently Discussing Vaginas.”
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16. Joshua Jay: “Humans Are So, So Easy to Fool.”
16. Joshua Jay: “Humans Are So, So Easy to Fool.” · 2021-02-20 -
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11. Paul Romer: “I Figured Out How to Get Myself Fired From the World Bank.”
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12. Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.”
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10. Suzanne Gluck: “I'm a Person Who Can Convince Other People to Do Things”
Episodes
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2026-09-26 · 40 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-09-23 · 43 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 4 entities
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2026-09-19 · 46 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-09-12 · 49 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-09-05 · 37 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-08-29 · 51 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-08-22 · 42 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-08-15 · 49 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-08-08 · 45 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 3 entities
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2026-08-01 · 45 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 3 entities
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2026-07-25 · 51 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-07-18 · 46 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-07-11 · 44 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-07-04 · 45 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2 entities
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2026-06-27 · 45 min · People I (Mostly) Admire · 4 entities
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