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.
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Episodes
172. A New Kind of University
00:51:5812/6/2025
171. Measuring Pollution on Parallel Earths
00:56:0111/22/2025
Suleika Jaouad’s Survival Mechanisms (Replay)
00:58:4611/15/2025
170. Finding the God Particle
00:59:1011/8/2025
169. Decoding the World’s First Writing
00:49:3510/25/2025
Is There a Fair Way to Divide Us? (Update)
01:00:0610/18/2025
168. Chemistry, Evolved
00:56:5310/11/2025
167. The Secret of Humanity? It’s Common Knowledge.
00:58:459/27/2025
How to Have Great Conversations (Update)
00:44:249/20/2025
166. The World’s Most Effective Public Health Intervention Is Under Attack