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
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
01:01:479/13/2025
165. The Economist Who (Gasp!) Asks People What They Think
00:53:148/30/2025
Rick Rubin on How to Make Something Great (Update)
00:53:248/23/2025
164. Unravelling the Universe, Again
01:02:148/16/2025
163. The Data Sleuth Taking on Shoddy Science
00:56:258/2/2025
Arne Duncan Says All Kids Deserve a Chance — and Criminals Deserve a Second One (Update)