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#137 Life as Conversation - Russ Roberts on his relationship with his father, starting the EconTalk podcast in 2006, Adam Smith, why people want to be "lovely", aiming high, why it's hard to have fun, misunderstandings of the academic world, and moving to Israel in his 60's

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

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The Greatest Creative Project of Your Life, Don Cox

Sally Kohn: I was so confused on my previous path because I didn't desire towards what everyone else was aiming at. But then creating some space in my life, I just realized, oh, I do have this urge. It's sort of opened up and released into writing. She says she had no idea whether she would enjoy it or be good at it when she started ShapeIt with her friend from graduate school Gary Becker. Now the pair runs a podcast called Econ Talk that has more than 1 million downloads each week.

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