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Steve Levitt’s book recommendations in 2024

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Every episode from 2024, newest first

Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-12-23

Sum by David Eagleman · discussed · at 39:36
Livewired by David Eagleman · recommended · at 46:16

147. Is Your Gut a Second Brain?

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-12-21

Rumbles by Elsa Richardson · discussed · at 8:30
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin · discussed · at 32:01
The Variations of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume 1 by Charles Darwin · discussed · at 32:01

145. Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Still Starstruck

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-11-23

Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson · discussed · at 27:02
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking · discussed · at 42:52

144. Feeling Sound and Hearing Color

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-11-09

Sum by David Eagleman · discussed · at 42:57
Livewired by David Eagleman · recommended · at 54:51

143. Why Are Boys and Men in Trouble?

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-10-26

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy · discussed · at 17:24
Dream hoarders by Richard V. Reeves · discussed · at 36:51
John Stuart Mill by Richard Reeves · discussed · at 49:41
King Henry V by William Shakespeare · discussed · at 49:57
Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves · discussed · at 1:05:44
Daring Young Men by Richard Reeves · discussed · at 1:05:44

Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu on Economics, Politics, and Power (Replay)

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-10-19

Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu · discussed · at 3:26
Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu · discussed · at 16:07

142. What’s Impacting American Workers?

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-10-12

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith · discussed · at 1:00:10

Drawing from Life (and Death) (Update)

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-09-21

How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton · discussed · at 4:28

140. How to Breathe Better

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-09-14

Deep by James Nestor · recommended · at 1:45
Breath by James Nestor · discussed · at 23:45

139. How PETA Made Radical Ideas Mainstream

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-08-31

Deep by James Nestor · recommended · at 58:22
Breath by James Nestor · recommended · at 58:22

138. Chris Anderson on the Power of TED

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-08-17

TED Talks by Chris Anderson · recommended · at 43:33
Infectious Generosity by Chris Anderson · discussed · at 53:16

137. Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-08-03

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins · discussed · at 1:34
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins · discussed · at 15:17
The Genetic Book of the Dead by Richard Dawkins · discussed · at 23:02

136. The World’s Most Controversial Ornithologist

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-07-20

The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O. Prum · discussed · at 20:52
Performance All the Way Down by Richard O. Prum · discussed · at 45:25
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins · recommended · at 1:02:51

134. Why Do We Still Teach People to Calculate?

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-06-22

The Math(s) Fix by Conrad Wolfram · discussed · at 4:58

133. Pay Attention! (Your Body Will Thank You) | People I (Mostly) Admire

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-06-12

Brave New Words by Salman Khan · recommended · at 53:05

132. Suleika Jaouad’s Survival Mechanisms

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-05-25

Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad · discussed · at 0:16
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green · recommended · at 21:45

131. Getting Old, Adventurously

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-05-11

Fighting fire by Caroline Paul · discussed · at 8:44
The gutsy girl by Caroline Paul · discussed · at 14:32
Lost cat by Caroline Paul · discussed · at 23:34
Tough Broad by Caroline Paul · discussed · at 25:31
Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad · recommended · at 51:21

What It’s Like to Be Steve Levitt’s Daughters (Update)

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-05-04

The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore · discussed · at 46:26

130. Is Our Concept of Freedom All Wrong?

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-04-27

Globalization and its discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz · discussed · at 25:04
Road to Freedom by Joseph E. Stiglitz · discussed · at 27:24

129. How to Fix Medical Research

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-04-13

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt · critiqued · at 49:26

EXTRA: Remembering Daniel Kahneman

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-04-06

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman · discussed · at 1:19
Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt · discussed · at 1:34
Noise by Daniel Kahneman · discussed · at 4:02
The undoing project by Michael Lewis · discussed · at 23:49

49. Mathematician Sarah Hart on Why Numbers are Music to Our Ears | People I (Mostly) Admire

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-04-04

Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt · discussed · at 22:51
The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose · discussed · at 28:19

128. Are Our Tools Becoming Part of Us?

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-03-30

Who Are We Now? by Blaise Agüera y Arcas · discussed · at 37:43

127. Rajiv Shah Never Wastes a Crisis

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-03-16

Big Bets by Rajiv Shah · discussed · at 0:55

126. How to Have Great Conversations

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-03-02

Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg · recommended · at 0:13
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg · discussed · at 29:17
Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg · discussed · at 33:42

125. Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever?

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-02-17

Eve by Cat Bohannon · discussed · at 0:44
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg · recommended · at 47:19

124. Daron Acemoglu on Economics, Politics, and Power

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-02-03

Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu · discussed · at 2:33
Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu · discussed · at 12:45
Eve by Cat Bohannon · recommended · at 42:51

123. Walt Hickey Wants to Track Your Eyeballs

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-01-20

Range by David J. Epstein · discussed · at 1:47
The Sports Gene by David Epstein · discussed · at 1:47
You Are What You Watch by Walter Hickey · discussed · at 17:35

122. Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Some Advice for You

People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-01-06

Insomnia by Stephen King · discussed · at 1:13
Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger · discussed · at 6:54

Other mentions in 2024 (31: passing, ad reads, own books)