Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-02-17
Books mentioned on 125. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever?
Cat Bohannon’s new book puts female anatomy at the center of human evolution. She tells Steve why it takes us so long to give birth, what breast milk is really for, and why the human reproductive system is a flaming pile of garbage.
Steve Levitt recommended The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, and discussed Eve by Cat Bohannon.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Eve
Eve by Cat Bohannon is a popular science book exploring how the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution.
Discussed“I did not expect to like this book I'm generally just not that interested in things that happened 200 million years ago or even 10,000 years ago I tend to be much more excited by modern events but in chapter after chapter K bannan offers such a fresh and surprising perspective that I couldn't put the book down”
Where to get it
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The Power of Habit
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg is a bestselling exploration of how habit loops dictate personal and professional success.
Recommended“he's a pullet surprise winning journalist the author of the Blockbuster bestseller The Power of Habit and he's back now with a new book on the science behind having better conversations that's a topic that I think is both incredibly important and deeply underappreciated”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Power of Habit
“He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the author of the blockbuster bestseller The Power of Habit, and he's back now with a new book on the science behind having better conversations.”