People I (Mostly) Admire

190 Episodes

1. 63. The Only Covid-19 Book Worth Reading

   Published: 2/19/2022
2. 62. How Does Historian Brad Gregory Make a Boring Topic So Mind-Blowing?

   Published: 2/12/2022
3. 61. Was Austan Goolsbee’s First Visit to the Oval Office Almost His Last?

   Published: 2/5/2022
4. 60. Cassandra Quave Thinks the Way Antibiotics Are Developed Might Kill Us

   Published: 1/29/2022
5. Why Aren’t All Drugs Legal? (Replay Ep. 28)

   Published: 1/22/2022
6. Are We Under Threat from a New Kind of Terror? (Replay Ep. 24)

   Published: 1/15/2022
7. 59. Who Gives the Worst Advice?

   Published: 1/8/2022
8. 58. Why Is Richard Thaler Such a ****ing Optimist?

   Published: 1/1/2022
9. 57. What Makes John Doerr Think He Can Save the Planet?

   Published: 12/25/2021
10. 56. Claudia Goldin: What’s “Greedy Work” and Why Is It a Problem?

    Published: 12/18/2021
11. 55. Jared Diamond on the Downfall of Civilizations — and His Optimism for Ours

    Published: 12/11/2021
12. 54. Andrew Yang Is Not Giving Up on Politics — or the U.S. — Yet

    Published: 12/4/2021
13. 53. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rainforest

    Published: 11/27/2021
14. 52. Max Tegmark on Why Superhuman Artificial Intelligence Won’t be Our Slave (Part 2)

    Published: 11/20/2021
15. 51. Max Tegmark on Why Treating Humanity Like a Child Will Save Us All

    Published: 11/13/2021
16. 50. Edward Miguel on Collecting Economic Data by Canoe and Correlating Conflict with Rainfall

    Published: 11/6/2021
17. 49. Mathematician Sarah Hart on Why Numbers are Music to Our Ears

    Published: 10/30/2021
18. 48. Marc Davis Can’t Stop Watching Basketball — But He Doesn’t Care Who Wins

    Published: 10/23/2021
19. Ken Jennings on How a Midlife Crisis Led Him to Jeopardy! (People I (Mostly) Admire, Ep. 4 Replay)

    Published: 10/16/2021
20. Mayim Bialik on the Surprising Risks of Academia and Stability of Show Biz (People I (Mostly) Admire, Ep. 2 Replay)

    Published: 10/9/2021