Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2025-02-08
Steve Levitt & Jane Goodall: books mentioned on People I (Mostly) Admire
Jane Goodall Changed the Way We See Animals. She’s Not Done. (Replay)
The primatologist discusses the thrill of observing chimpanzees in the wild, the value of challenging orthodoxy, and why dying is her next great adventure. SOURCES:Dr. Jane Goodall, GBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and U.N. Messenger of Peace.
Jane Goodall recommended The Mentality of Apes by Wolfgang Kohler, and discussed Dr. Spock On Parenting by Benjamin Spock. Steve Levitt discussed The Soul of an Octopus by SY Montgomery and The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Mentality of Apes
Recommended“there's a wonderful book written by a psychologist called the mentality of Apes wolf ganga and he studied this colony of captive apes and he describes so many Innovative use of objects”
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The Soul of an Octopus
Discussed“are you familiar with the nature writer sa Montgomery y among many other books she wrote one called the soul of the octopus”
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Dr. Spock On Parenting
Discussed“well at that time invogue was do you remember Dr Spock sure read the books about parenting and my own mother was a wonderful example of good parenting so my son was raised on a mixture of Mom's parenting Dr Spock's advice”
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The Book of Hope
Discussed“so your latest book is entitled The Book of Hope a survival guide for trying times and if I'm counting correctly it's your fifth book that has the word hope in the title”
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