People I (Mostly) Admire

190 Episodes

1. Annie Duke Thinks You Should Quit (Update)

   Published: 6/28/2025
2. 160. How to Help Kids Succeed

   Published: 6/21/2025
3. 159. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy

   Published: 6/7/2025
4. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? (Update)

   Published: 5/31/2025
5. 158. Why Did Rome Fall — and Are We Next?

   Published: 5/24/2025
6. 157. The Deadliest Disease in Human History

   Published: 5/10/2025
7. Abraham Verghese Thinks Medicine Can Do Better (Update)

   Published: 5/3/2025
8. 156. A Solution to America’s Gun Problem

   Published: 4/26/2025
9. 155. Helping People Die

   Published: 4/12/2025
10. Yul Kwon: “Don't Try to Change Yourself All at Once.” (Update)

    Published: 4/5/2025
11. 154. Can Robots Get a Grip?

    Published: 3/29/2025
12. 153. We’re Not Getting Sicker — We’re Overdiagnosed

    Published: 3/15/2025
13. Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars (Update)

    Published: 3/8/2025
14. 152. Hunting for the Origins of Life

    Published: 3/1/2025
15. 151. Neurobiologist, Philosopher, and Addict

    Published: 2/15/2025
16. Jane Goodall Changed the Way We See Animals. She’s Not Done. (Replay)

    Published: 2/8/2025
17. 150. His Brilliant Videos Get Millions of Views. Why Don’t They Make Money?

    Published: 2/1/2025
18. 149. Stanford’s President Knows He Can’t Make Everyone Happy

    Published: 1/18/2025
19. Why Numbers are Music to Our Ears (Update)

    Published: 1/11/2025
20. 148. How to Have Good Ideas

    Published: 1/4/2025