People I (Mostly) Admire

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  • 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. To get every show in our network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, sign up for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts at http://apple.co/SiriusXM.
    2024 All Rights Reserved
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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. To get every show in our network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, sign up for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts at http://apple.co/SiriusXM.
2024 All Rights Reserved
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  • Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?” (UPDATE)
    2024/11/16

    He’s the chief creative officer of Pixar, and the Academy Award-winning director of Soul, Inside Out, Up, and Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter and Steve talk about Pixar’s scrappy beginnings, why wrong turns are essential, and the movie moment that changed Steve’s life.

    • SOURCE:
      • Pete Docter, chief creative officer of Pixar.

    • RESOURCES:
      • "‘Inside Out 2’ Becomes the Highest-Grossing Animated Film of All Time Globally," (The Walt Disney Company, 2024).
      • Soul, film (2020).
      • The Red Turtle, film (2016).
      • Inside Out, film (2015).
      • Up, film (2009).
      • Monsters, Inc., film (2001).
      • Toy Story, film (1995).
      • Paper Moon, film (1973).

    • EXTRA:
      • "Walt Hickey Wants to Track Your Eyeballs," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
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    46 分
  • 144. Feeling Sound and Hearing Color
    2024/11/09

    David Eagleman is a Stanford neuroscientist, C.E.O., television host, and founder of the Possibilianism movement. He and Steve talk about how wrists can substitute for ears, why we dream, and what Fisher-Price magnets have to do with neuroscience.

    • SOURCE:
      • David Eagleman, professor of cognitive neuroscience at Stanford University and C.E.O. of Neosensory.

    • RESOURCES:
      • Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain, by David Eagleman (2020).
      • "Why Do We Dream? A New Theory on How It Protects Our Brains," by David Eagleman and Don Vaughn (TIME, 2020).
      • "Prevalence of Learned Grapheme-Color Pairings in a Large Online Sample of Synesthetes," by Nathan Witthoft, Jonathan Winawer, and David Eagleman (PLoS One, 2015).
      • Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, by David Eagleman (2009).
      • The vOICe app.
      • Neosensory.

    • EXTRAS:
      • "What’s Impacting American Workers?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
      • "This Is Your Brain on Podcasts," by Freakonomics Radio (2016).
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    1 時間 2 分
  • 143. Why Are Boys and Men in Trouble?
    2024/10/26

    Boys and men are trending downward in education, employment, and mental health. Richard Reeves, author of the book Of Boys and Men, has some solutions that don’t come at the expense of women and girls. Steve pushes him to go further.

    • SOURCE:
      • Richard Reeves, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, and author.

    • RESOURCES:
      • Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It, by Richard Reeves (2022).
      • "The Crisis of Men and Boys," by David Brooks (The New York Times, 2022).
      • Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It, by Richard Reeves (2017).
      • "An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Gap in Mathematics," by Roland Fryer and Steven Levitt (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010).
      • John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand, by Richard Reeves (2007)

    • EXTRA:
      • "What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update)," by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
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    1 時間 6 分

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