234 - 27. Daniel Kahneman on Why Our Judgment is Flawed — and What to Do About It
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234 - 27. Daniel Kahneman on Why Our Judgment is Flawed — and What to Do About It
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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.
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27. Daniel Kahneman on Why Our Judgment is Flawed — and What to Do About It
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Sat, 20 Jun 2026
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26. Memory Champion Nelson Dellis Helps Steve Train His Brain
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Sat, 13 Jun 2026
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25. Sam Harris: “Spirituality Is a Loaded Term.”
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Sat, 6 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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24. Are We Under Threat from a New Kind of Terror? (Replay Ep. 24)
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Sat, 30 May 2026
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23. Greg Norman & Mark Broadie: Why Golf Beats an Orgasm and Why Data Beats Everything
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Sat, 23 May 2026
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22. Sal Khan: “If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People.”
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Sat, 16 May 2026
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21. Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?”
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Sat, 9 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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20. John Donohue: “I'm Frequently Called a Treasonous Enemy of the Constitution.”
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Sat, 2 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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19. Marina Nitze: “If You Googled ‘Business Efficiency Consultant,’ I Was the Only Result.”
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Sat, 25 Apr 2026
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18. Robert Sapolsky: “I Don’t Think We Have Any Free Will Whatsoever.”
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Sat, 18 Apr 2026
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17. Emily Oster: “I Am a Woman Who Is Prominently Discussing Vaginas.”
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Sat, 11 Apr 2026
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16. Joshua Jay: “Humans Are So, So Easy to Fool.”
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Sat, 4 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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15. Tim Harford: “If You Can Make Sure You're Not An Idiot, You've Done Well.”
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Sat, 28 Mar 2026
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13. Yul Kwon: “Don't Try to Change Yourself All at Once.” (UPDATE)
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Sat, 21 Mar 2026
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12. Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.”
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Sat, 14 Mar 2026
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11. Paul Romer: “I Figured Out How to Get Myself Fired From the World Bank.”
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Sat, 7 Mar 2026 01:00:00 +0000
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10. Suzanne Gluck: “I'm a Person Who Can Convince Other People to Do Things”
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Sat, 28 Feb 2026
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8. Peter Attia: “I Definitely Lost a Lot of IQ Points That Day”
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Sat, 21 Feb 2026
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7. Caverly Morgan: "I Am Not This Voice. I Am Not This Narrative."
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Sat, 14 Feb 2026
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6. Nathan Myhrvold: “I Am Interested in Lots of Things, and That's Actually a Bad Strategy”
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Sat, 7 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000
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5. Susan Wojcicki: “Hey, Let’s Go Buy YouTube!”
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Sat, 31 Jan 2026
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4. Ken Jennings: “Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird”
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Sat, 24 Jan 2026
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3. Kerwin Charles: “One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From”
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Sat, 17 Jan 2026
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2. Mayim Bialik: “I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is”
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Sat, 10 Jan 2026
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1. Steven Pinker: "I Manage My Controversy Portfolio Carefully”
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Sat, 3 Jan 2026 01:00:00 +0000
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173. Steve Levitt Says Goodbye to People I (Mostly) Admire
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Sat, 20 Dec 2025
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Ninety-Eight Years of Economic Wisdom (Replay)
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Sat, 13 Dec 2025
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172. A New Kind of University
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Sat, 6 Dec 2025 01:00:00 +0000
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171. Measuring Pollution on Parallel Earths
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Sat, 22 Nov 2025
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Suleika Jaouad’s Survival Mechanisms (Replay)
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Sat, 15 Nov 2025
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170. Finding the God Particle
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Sat, 8 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0000
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169. Decoding the World’s First Writing
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Sat, 25 Oct 2025
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Is There a Fair Way to Divide Us? (Update)
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Sat, 18 Oct 2025
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168. Chemistry, Evolved
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Sat, 11 Oct 2025
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167. The Secret of Humanity? It’s Common Knowledge.
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Sat, 27 Sep 2025
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How to Have Great Conversations (Update)
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Sat, 20 Sep 2025
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166. The World’s Most Effective Public Health Intervention Is Under Attack
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Sat, 13 Sep 2025
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165. The Economist Who (Gasp!) Asks People What They Think
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Sat, 30 Aug 2025
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Rick Rubin on How to Make Something Great (Update)
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Sat, 23 Aug 2025
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164. Unravelling the Universe, Again
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Sat, 16 Aug 2025
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163. The Data Sleuth Taking on Shoddy Science
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Sat, 2 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000
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Arne Duncan Says All Kids Deserve a Chance — and Criminals Deserve a Second One (Update)
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Sat, 26 Jul 2025
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162. Will We Solve the Climate Problem?
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Sat, 19 Jul 2025
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161. How to Captivate an Audience
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Sat, 5 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000
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Annie Duke Thinks You Should Quit (Update)
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025
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160. How to Help Kids Succeed
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Sat, 21 Jun 2025
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159. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy