Steven D. Levitt
Host at People I (Mostly) Admire
dad, economist, @freakonomics co-author, @center4risc co-founder, podcast host @mostlyadmiring
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1 week ago |
freakonomics.com | Steven D. Levitt
Today’s episode is an encore presentation of a conversation I had with B.J. Miller way back in 2021. B.J. Miller is a physician who specializes in end-of-life care. You might expect an episode on dying to be depressing, but I suspect you will find that B.J. Miller is such an extraordinary human being that this episode is anything but depressing. For me, this is one of the most uplifting episodes we’ve ever done. * * * If there’s one topic that nobody wants to talk about, it’s death.
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1 week ago |
freakonomics.com | Stephen Dubner |Austan D. Goolsbee |Steven D. Levitt |Chad Syverson
Episode Transcript I first met the economist Austan Goolsbee around 20 years ago. I was out at the University of Chicago, spending time with another Chicago economist, Steve Levitt, who would become my Freakonomics friend and co-author. Levitt could be shy and soft-spoken; Goolsbee was neither.
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2 weeks ago |
freakonomics.com | Steven D. Levitt |Tom Holland |Jens Ludwig
If you think history’s boring, chances are that you’ve never listened to today’s guest, Tom Holland. He’s a best-selling author and co-host of the ultra-popular podcast, The Rest is History. I’m not exactly sure how they do it, but he and his co-host, Dominic Sandbrook, can find a way to make just about any historical event fascinating.
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4 weeks 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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4 weeks 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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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…
