Steven D. Levitt
Host at People I (Mostly) Admire
dad, economist, @freakonomics co-author, @center4risc co-founder, podcast host @mostlyadmiring
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5 days ago |
freakonomics.com | Steven D. Levitt
Episode Transcript Over my nearly five years of hosting this show, one of the guests I’ve felt the most kinship with is the author John Green. We both know something about being thrust into the spotlight without ever having ambitions to be there. Green built his reputation writing blockbuster young adult novels like The Fault in Our Stars and creating extremely popular YouTube channels including Crash Course.
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1 week ago |
freakonomics.com | Abraham Verghese |A. J. Cronin |Harriet Beecher Stowe |Steven D. Levitt
Today’s episode is an encore presentation of a conversation I had back in 2023 with physician and bestselling novelist Abraham Verghese. There’s an old adage that says, “Nice guys finish last.” Well, Abraham is an incredibly compelling refutation of that idiotic old saying. The way Abraham has lived his life could be a model for all of us. * * * My guest today, Abraham Verghese, is a professor of medicine at Stanford University. But as you’ll hear today, he’s also so much more.
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2 weeks ago |
freakonomics.com | Steven D. Levitt |Jane Jacobs
At the center I run at the University of Chicago, there’s a standing joke. Whenever we’re discussing a new idea related to criminal justice, I either say, “I like that idea! Let’s bounce it off of Jens.” Or alternatively I say, “I don’t really like that idea, but let’s bounce it off of Jens.” Who is Jens? Jens Ludwig is my guest today, an economist and the director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. In my opinion, he is the leading thinker on crime today.
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1 month ago |
freakonomics.com | Steven D. Levitt
Most doctors focus on prolonging human life, but not today’s guest. Ellen Wiebe is a physician who spends her days ending lives. WIEBE: I have had these wonderful conversations with so many people where I say, “Now that you have the approval to go ahead, when would you like to die? Where would you like to die? Who do you want to invite to your death? Anything special you want at the day?”Welcome to People I (Mostly) Admire, with Steve Levitt.
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1 month ago |
freakonomics.com | Steven D. Levitt
Episode Transcript Today’s episode is an encore presentation of a conversation I had with Yul Kwon way back in January 2021, not long after I started the podcast. It was such a good conversation that we turned it into two episodes, the first time we’d ever done that. Today, we’ve condensed those two episodes back into one, keeping just the very best. I hope you enjoy it. Yul is an absolutely amazing human being.
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I had a great time speaking with the @BigBrainsUC Podcast about my work in economics, the importance of #DataScience in making decisions, and some of our ongoing projects at @center4risc!
Having trouble making a different decision? Prof. @StevenDLevitt says don't overthink it—and just flip a coin. The @UChicago scholar talks about his innovative research, the success of the @Freakonomics book and #podcast, and his unique spin on #economics. https://t.co/H61wHjpEjv
16 states have managed to introduce #DataScience basics to K-12 students without issue, yet a controversy erupted in CA with their math framework. I wrote to @FortuneMagazine why I think the 3-year debate over math seemed to miss the forest for the trees: https://t.co/vHlOqVbDK9
RT @BigBrainsUC: What would you want to ask "Freakonomics" co-author @StevenDLevitt? Big Brains is interviewing the renowned UChicago econo…
