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37. Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time
Episode 37
He’s a professor of computation and behavioral science at the University of Chicago, MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, and author. Steve and Sendhi…
4 years, 7 months ago
36. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World
Episode 36
In this interview, first heard on Freakonomics Radio last year, Steve talks with the former top adviser to presidents Clinton and Obama, about his re…
4 years, 7 months ago
35. David Epstein Knows Something About Almost Everything
Episode 35
He’s been an Arctic scientist, a sports journalist, and is now a best-selling author of science books. His latest, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in …
4 years, 8 months ago
34. Maya Shankar Is Changing People’s Behavior — and Her Own
Episode 34
She used to run a behavioral unit in the Obama administration, and now has a similar role at Google. Maya and Steve talk about the power (and limits)…
4 years, 8 months ago
33. Travis Tygart Is Coming for Cheaters — Just Ask Lance Armstrong
Episode 33
He’s the C.E.O. of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which, under his charge, exposed the most celebrated American cyclist as a cheater. …
4 years, 8 months ago
32. Angela Duckworth Explains How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy
Episode 32
She’s the author of the bestselling book Grit, and a University of Pennsylvania professor of psychology — a field Steve says he knows nothing about. …
4 years, 8 months ago
31. Peter Leeson on Why Trial-by-Fire Wasn’t Barbaric and Why Pirates Were Democratic
Episode 31
He’s an economist who studies even weirder things than Steve. They discuss whether economics is the best of the social sciences, and why it’s a good …
4 years, 9 months ago
30. Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporations Can
Episode 30
The African-born economist has written four bestselling books, including Dead Aid, which Bill Gates described as “promoting evil.” In her new book ab…
4 years, 9 months ago
29. Bruce Friedrich Thinks There’s a Better Way to Eat Meat
Episode 29
Levitt rarely interviews advocates, but the founder of the Good Food Institute is different. Once an outspoken — and sometimes outlandish — animal-ri…
4 years, 9 months ago
28. Professor Carl Hart Argues All Drugs Should Be Legal — Can He Convince Steve?
Episode 28
As a neuroscientist and psychology professor at Columbia University who studies the immediate and long-term effects of illicit substances, Carl Hart …
4 years, 9 months ago