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Steve Levitt Quits His Podcast, Joins Ours

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Episode Steve Levitt Quits His Podcast, Joins Ours

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After five years, Levitt is ending People I (Mostly) Admire, and will start hosting the occasional Freakonomics Radio episode. We couldn’t be happier.

• SOURCES:

• Steve Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics and host of People I (Mostly) Admire.

• RESOURCES:

• "How to Help Kids Succeed," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025). • "Feeling Sound and Hearing Color," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024). • "Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024). • "Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Some Advice for You," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024). • "Drawing from Life (and Death)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023). • "Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life is Meaningless and Amazing," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022). • "Is This the Future of High School?," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022). • "Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022). • "Sal Khan: 'If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People.'" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021). • "Jared Diamond on the Downfall of Civilizations — and His Optimism for Ours," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021). • "Amanda & Lily Levitt Share What It’s Like to be Steve’s Daughters," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021). • "How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World," by Freakonomics Radio (2020). • The Levitt Lab.

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