Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2022-10-01
Books mentioned on A Cross Between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 89
Steve Levitt discussed The Premonition by Michael Lewis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Premonition
Discussed“something implicit in Michael Lewis's book premonition that confuses me but that he and I never actually had a chance to talk about it He suggests that if California had heeded your warnings”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Premonition
“she's one of the heroes in Michael Lewis's book on the pandemic called the premonition but her work on kovid is just the tip of the iceberg”
Passing The Premonition
“She's one of the heroes in Michael Lewis's book on the pandemic called 'The Premonition', but her work on COVID is just the tip of the iceberg.”
Plugged Freakonomics
“Stephen Dubner profiled me in the New York Times piece and it fundamentally changed my life Publishers came asking me to write a popular book which ended up being Freakonomics which Dubner and I wrote together”
Plugged Freakonomics
“Like Michael Lewis wrote about you a long time ago, Stephen Dubner profiled me in a New York Times piece, and it fundamentally changed my life. Publishers came asking me to write a popular book, which ended up being Freakonomics, which Dubner and I wrote together.”