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Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?” (UPDATE) (Sat, Nov 16, 2024)
144. Feeling Sound and Hearing Color (Sat, Nov 9, 2024)
143. Why Are Boys and Men in Trouble? (Sat, Oct 26, 2024)
Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu on Economics, Politics, and Power (REPLAY) (Sat, Oct 19, 2024)
142. What’s Impacting American Workers? (Sat, Oct 12, 2024)
EXTRA: Using Data to Win Gold (Sat, Oct 5, 2024)
141. The Language of the Universe (Sat, Sep 28, 2024)
UPDATE: Drawing from Life (and Death) (Sat, Sep 21, 2024)
140. How to Breathe Better (Sat, Sep 14, 2024)
139. How PETA Made Radical Ideas Mainstream (Sat, Aug 31, 2024)
UPDATE: Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time (Sat, Aug 24, 2024)
138. Chris Anderson on the Power of TED (Sat, Aug 17, 2024)
EXTRA: Remembering Susan Wojcicki (Tue, Aug 13, 2024)
137. Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos (Sat, Aug 3, 2024)
UPDATE: What It Takes to Know Everything (Sat, Jul 27, 2024)
136. The World’s Most Controversial Ornithologist (Sat, Jul 20, 2024)
135. How to Grow a White Rhino (Sat, Jul 6, 2024)
REPLAY Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.” (Sat, Jun 29, 2024)
134. Why Do We Still Teach People to Calculate? (Sat, Jun 22, 2024)
133. Pay Attention! (Your Body Will Thank You) (Sat, Jun 8, 2024)
UPDATE: John Green’s Reluctant Rocket Ship Ride (Sat, Jun 1, 2024)
132. Suleika Jaouad’s Survival Mechanisms (Sat, May 25, 2024)
131. Getting Old, Adventurously (Sat, May 11, 2024)
UPDATE: What It’s Like to Be Steve Levitt’s Daughters (Sat, May 4, 2024)
130. Is Our Concept of Freedom All Wrong? (Sat, Apr 27, 2024)
129. How to Fix Medical Research (Sat, Apr 13, 2024)
EXTRA: Remembering Daniel Kahneman (Sat, Apr 6, 2024)
128. Are Our Tools Becoming Part of Us? (Sat, Mar 30, 2024)
127. Rajiv Shah Never Wastes a Crisis (Sat, Mar 16, 2024)
126. How to Have Great Conversations (Sat, Mar 2, 2024)
125. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever? (Sat, Feb 17, 2024)
124. Daron Acemoglu on Economics, Politics, and Power (Sat, Feb 3, 2024)
123. Walt Hickey Wants to Track Your Eyeballs (Sat, Jan 20, 2024)
122. Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Some Advice for You (Sat, Jan 6, 2024)
121. Exploring Physics, from Eggshells to Oceans (Sat, Dec 23, 2023)
120. Werner Herzog Thinks His Films Are a Distraction (Sat, Dec 9, 2023)
119. Higher Education Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed? (Sat, Nov 25, 2023)
118. “My God, This Is a Transformative Power” (Sat, Nov 11, 2023)
117. Nate Silver Says We're Bad at Making Predictions (Sat, Oct 28, 2023)
116. Abraham Verghese Thinks Medicine Can Do Better (Sat, Oct 14, 2023)
EXTRA: Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin on "Greedy Work" and the Wage Gap (Mon, Oct 9, 2023)
115. The Future of Therapy Is Psychedelic (Sat, Sep 30, 2023)
114. Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Life? (Sat, Sep 16, 2023)
113. Do We Have Evidence of Alien Life? (Sat, Sep 2, 2023)
112. Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars (Sat, Aug 19, 2023)
111. Can a Moonshot Approach to Mental Health Work? (Sat, Aug 5, 2023)
110. Drawing from Life (and Death) (Sat, Jul 22, 2023)
Extra: An Update on the Khan World School (Sat, Jul 15, 2023)
109. David Simon Is On Strike. Here’s Why. (Sat, Jul 8, 2023)
The Economics of Everyday Things: T. rex Skeletons (Sat, Jul 1, 2023)
108. Ninety-Eight Years of Economic Wisdom (Sat, Jun 24, 2023)
107. Bringing Data to Life (Sat, Jun 10, 2023)
106. Will A.I. Make Us Smarter? (Sat, May 27, 2023)
105. Can Data Keep People Out of Prison? (Sat, May 13, 2023)
104. The Joy of Math With Sarah Hart (Sat, Apr 29, 2023)
103. Rick Rubin on How to Make Something Great (Sat, Apr 15, 2023)
102. Adding Ten Healthy Years to Your Life (Sat, Apr 1, 2023)
101. Celebrating 100 People I (Mostly) Admire (Sat, Mar 18, 2023)
100. Chicago’s Renegade Sheriff Wants to Fix Law Enforcement (Sat, Mar 4, 2023)
99. Greg Norman Takes On the P.G.A. Tour (Sat, Feb 18, 2023)
98. Searching for Our Aquatic Ancestors (Sat, Feb 4, 2023)
97. How Smart Is a Forest? (Sat, Jan 21, 2023)
96. Steven Strogatz Thinks You Don’t Know What Math Is (Sat, Jan 7, 2023)
95. The One Thing Stephen Dubner Hasn’t Quit (Sat, Dec 24, 2022)
94. The Price of Doing Business with John List (Sat, Dec 10, 2022)
93. Annie Duke Thinks You Should Quit (Sat, Nov 26, 2022)
92. John Green’s Reluctant Rocket Ship Ride (Sat, Nov 12, 2022)
91. Jane Goodall Changed the Way We See Animals. She’s Not Done. (Sat, Oct 29, 2022)
90. Peter Singer Isn’t a Saint, But He’s Better Than Steve Levitt (Sat, Oct 15, 2022)
Extra: A Rockstar Chemist Wins the Nobel Prize (Sat, Oct 8, 2022)
89. A Cross Between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones (Sat, Oct 1, 2022)
88. Ken Burns on Heroism, Horror, and History (Sat, Sep 17, 2022)
87. How Much Are the Right Friends Worth? (Sat, Sep 3, 2022)
86. A Million-Year View on Morality (Sat, Aug 20, 2022)
85. What It Takes to Know Everything (Sat, Aug 6, 2022)
84. Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life Is Meaningless and Amazing (Sat, Jul 23, 2022)
83. “There's So Many Problems — Which Ones Can I Make a Difference On?” (Sat, Jul 9, 2022)
82. Is This the Future of High School? (Sat, Jul 2, 2022)
81. Why Bother Searching for Aliens? (Sat, Jun 25, 2022)
80. Get Your Share of the Pie (Sat, Jun 18, 2022)
79. Solar Geoengineering Would Be Radical. It Might Also Be Necessary. (Sat, Jun 11, 2022)
78. Giving It Away (Sat, Jun 4, 2022)
77. Can Games Prepare Us for Catastrophes? (Part 2) (Sat, May 28, 2022)(:00 +0000, )
76. Is Gaming Good for You? (Sat, May 21, 2022)
75. Self-Help for Data Nerds (Sat, May 14, 2022)
74. Getting Our Hands Dirty (Sat, May 7, 2022)
73. Turning Work into Play (Sat, Apr 30, 2022)
72. “Leaving Black People in the Lurch” (Sat, Apr 23, 2022)
71. Bombs Away (Sat, Apr 16, 2022)
70. You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Experiment (Sat, Apr 9, 2022)
69. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? (Sat, Apr 2, 2022)
68. “No One Can Resist a Jolly, Happy Pig.” (Sat , )(, Mar 26, 2022)
67. We Can Play God Now (Sat, Mar 19, 2022)
66. The Professor Who Said “No” to Tenure (Sat, Mar 12, 2022)
65. A Rockstar Chemist and Her Cancer-Attacking “Lawn Mower” (Sat, Mar 5, 2022)
64. How Larry Miller Went from Prison Valedictorian to Nike Executive (Sat, Feb 26, 2022)
63. The Only Covid-19 Book Worth Reading (Sat, Feb 19, 2022)
62. How Does Historian Brad Gregory Make a Boring Topic So Mind-Blowing? (Sat, Feb 12, 2022)
61. Was Austan Goolsbee’s First Visit to the Oval Office Almost His Last? (Sat, Feb 5, 2022)
60. Cassandra Quave Thinks the Way Antibiotics Are Developed Might Kill Us (Sat, Jan 29, 2022)
Why Aren’t All Drugs Legal? (Replay Ep. 28) (Sat, Jan 22, 2022)
Are We Under Threat from a New Kind of Terror? (Replay Ep. 24) (Sat, Jan 15, 2022)
59. Who Gives the Worst Advice? (Sat, Jan 8, 2022)
58. Why Is Richard Thaler Such a ****ing Optimist? (Sat, Jan 1, 2022)
57. What Makes John Doerr Think He Can Save the Planet? (Sat, Dec 25, 2021)
56. Claudia Goldin: What’s “Greedy Work” and Why Is It a Problem? (Sat, Dec 18, 2021)
55. Jared Diamond on the Downfall of Civilizations — and His Optimism for Ours (Sat, Dec 11, 2021)
54. Andrew Yang Is Not Giving Up on Politics — or the U.S. — Yet (Sat, Dec 4, 2021)
53. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rainforest (Sat, Nov 27, 2021)
52. Max Tegmark on Why Superhuman Artificial Intelligence Won’t be Our Slave (Part 2) (Sat, Nov 20, 2021)
51. Max Tegmark on Why Treating Humanity Like a Child Will Save Us All (Sat, Nov 13, 2021)
50. Edward Miguel on Collecting Economic Data by Canoe and Correlating Conflict with Rainfall (Sat, Nov 6, 2021)
49. Mathematician Sarah Hart on Why Numbers are Music to Our Ears (Sat, Oct 30, 2021)
48. Marc Davis Can’t Stop Watching Basketball — But He Doesn’t Care Who Wins (Sat, Oct 23, 2021)
Ken Jennings on How a Midlife Crisis Led Him to Jeopardy! (People I (Mostly) Admire, Ep. 4 Replay) (Sat, Oct 16, 2021)
Mayim Bialik on the Surprising Risks of Academia and Stability of Show Biz (People I (Mostly) Admire, Ep. 2 Replay) (Sat, Oct 9, 2021)
47. Robert Axelrod on Why Being Nice, Forgiving, and Provokable are the Best Strategies for Life (Sat, Oct 2, 2021)
46. Amanda & Lily Levitt Share What It’s Like to be Steve’s Daughters (Sat, Sep 25, 2021)
45. Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less — Not More (Sat, Sep 18, 2021)
44. Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away (Sat, Sep 11, 2021)
43. Arne Duncan Says All Kids Deserve a Chance — and Criminals Deserve a Second One (Sat, Sep 4, 2021)
42. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up (Sat, Aug 28, 2021)
41. Dr. Bapu Jena on Why Freakonomics Is the Best Medicine (Sat, Aug 21, 2021)
40. Harold Pollack on Why Managing Your Money Is as Easy as Taking Out the Garbage (Sat, Aug 14, 2021)
39. Aicha Evans Wants You to Take Your Eyes Off the Road (Sat, Aug 7, 2021)
38. Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute (Part 2) (Sat, Jul 31, 2021)
37. Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time (Sat, Jul 24, 2021)
36. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World (Sat, Jul 17, 2021)
35. David Epstein Knows Something About Almost Everything (Sat, Jul 10, 2021)
34. Maya Shankar Is Changing People’s Behavior — and Her Own (Sat, Jul 3, 2021)
33. Travis Tygart Is Coming for Cheaters — Just Ask Lance Armstrong (Sat, Jun 26, 2021)
32. Angela Duckworth Explains How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy (Sat, Jun 19, 2021)
31. Peter Leeson on Why Trial-by-Fire Wasn’t Barbaric and Why Pirates Were Democratic (Sat, Jun 12, 2021)
30. Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporations Can (Sat, Jun 5, 2021)
29. Bruce Friedrich Thinks There’s a Better Way to Eat Meat (Sat, May 29, 2021)
28. Professor Carl Hart Argues All Drugs Should Be Legal — Can He Convince Steve? (Sat, May 22, 2021)
27. Daniel Kahneman on Why Our Judgment is Flawed — and What to Do About It (Sat, May 15, 2021)
26. Memory Champion Nelson Dellis Helps Steve Train His Brain (Sat, May 8, 2021)
25. Sam Harris: “Spirituality Is a Loaded Term.” (Sat, May 1, 2021)
Nathan Myhrvold: “I Am Interested in Lots of Things, and That's Actually a Bad Strategy.” (Episode 6 Rebroadcast) (Sat, Apr 24, 2021)
24. Amaryllis Fox: “What Does This New Version of Mutually Assured Destruction Look Like?” (Sat, Apr 17, 2021)
23. Greg Norman & Mark Broadie: Why Golf Beats an Orgasm and Why Data Beats Everything (Sat, Apr 10, 2021)
22. Sal Khan: “If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People.” (Sat, Apr 3, 2021)
21. Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?” (Sat, Mar 27, 2021)
20. John Donohue: “I'm Frequently Called a Treasonous Enemy of the Constitution.” (Sat, Mar 20, 2021)
19. Marina Nitze: “If You Googled ‘Business Efficiency Consultant,’ I Was the Only Result.” (Sat, Mar 13, 2021)
18. Robert Sapolsky: “I Don’t Think We Have Any Free Will Whatsoever.” (Sat, Mar 6, 2021)
17. Emily Oster: “I Am a Woman Who Is Prominently Discussing Vaginas.” (Sat, Feb 27, 2021)
16. Joshua Jay: “Humans Are So, So Easy to Fool.” (Sat, Feb 20, 2021)
15. Tim Harford: “If You Can Make Sure You're Not An Idiot, You've Done Well.” (Sat, Feb 13, 2021)
14. Yul Kwon (Part 2): “Hey, Do You Have Any Bright Ideas?” (Sat, Feb 6, 2021)
13. Yul Kwon: “Don't Try to Change Yourself All at Once.” (Sat, Jan 30, 2021)
12. Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.” (Sat, Jan 23, 2021)
11. Paul Romer: “I Figured Out How to Get Myself Fired From the World Bank.” (Sat, Jan 9, 2021)
10. Suzanne Gluck: “I'm a Person Who Can Convince Other People to Do Things” (Sat, Dec 26, 2020)
9. Moncef Slaoui: "It’s Unfortunate That It Takes a Crisis for This to Happen" (Sat, Dec 12, 2020)
8. Peter Attia: “I Definitely Lost a Lot of IQ Points That Day” (Sat, Nov 28, 2020)
7. Caverly Morgan: "I Am Not This Voice. I Am Not This Narrative." (Sat, Nov 14, 2020)
6. Nathan Myhrvold: “I Am Interested in Lots of Things, and That's Actually a Bad Strategy” (Sat, Oct 31, 2020)
5. Susan Wojcicki: “Hey, Let’s Go Buy YouTube!” (Sat, Oct 17, 2020)
Steve Levitt: “I'm Not as Childlike as I'd Like to Be” (Bonus Episode) (Sat, Oct 10, 2020)
4. Ken Jennings: “Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird” (Sat, Oct 3, 2020)
3. Kerwin Charles: “One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From” (Sat, Sep 19, 2020)
2. Mayim Bialik: “I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is” (Sat, Sep 5, 2020)
1. Steven Pinker: "I Manage My Controversy Portfolio Carefully” (Sat, Aug 22, 2020)
Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire” (Fri, Jul 31, 2020)