People I (Mostly) Admire

190 Episodes

1. 47. Robert Axelrod on Why Being Nice, Forgiving, and Provokable are the Best Strategies for Life

   Published: 10/2/2021
2. 46. Amanda & Lily Levitt Share What It’s Like to be Steve’s Daughters

   Published: 9/25/2021
3. 45. Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less — Not More

   Published: 9/18/2021
4. 44. Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away

   Published: 9/11/2021
5. 43. Arne Duncan Says All Kids Deserve a Chance — and Criminals Deserve a Second One

   Published: 9/4/2021
6. 42. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up

   Published: 8/28/2021
7. 41. Dr. Bapu Jena on Why Freakonomics Is the Best Medicine

   Published: 8/21/2021
8. 40. Harold Pollack on Why Managing Your Money Is as Easy as Taking Out the Garbage

   Published: 8/14/2021
9. 39. Aicha Evans Wants You to Take Your Eyes Off the Road

   Published: 8/7/2021
10. 38. Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute (Part 2)

    Published: 7/31/2021
11. 37. Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time

    Published: 7/24/2021
12. 36. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World

    Published: 7/17/2021
13. 35. David Epstein Knows Something About Almost Everything

    Published: 7/10/2021
14. 34. Maya Shankar Is Changing People’s Behavior — and Her Own

    Published: 7/3/2021
15. 33. Travis Tygart Is Coming for Cheaters — Just Ask Lance Armstrong

    Published: 6/26/2021
16. 32. Angela Duckworth Explains How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy

    Published: 6/19/2021
17. 31. Peter Leeson on Why Trial-by-Fire Wasn’t Barbaric and Why Pirates Were Democratic

    Published: 6/12/2021
18. 30. Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporations Can

    Published: 6/5/2021
19. 29. Bruce Friedrich Thinks There’s a Better Way to Eat Meat

    Published: 5/29/2021
20. 28. Professor Carl Hart Argues All Drugs Should Be Legal — Can He Convince Steve?

    Published: 5/22/2021