

People I (Mostly) Admire
Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt tracks down other high achievers for surprising, revealing conversations about their lives and obsessions. Join Levitt as he goes through the most interesting midlife crisis you’ve ever heard — and learn how a renegade sheriff is transforming Chicago's jail, how a biologist is finding the secrets of evolution in the Arctic tundra, and how a trivia champion memorized 160,000 flashcards.
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Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the People I (Mostly) Admire podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 7 episodes
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

#2 Mentioned in 6 episodes
Thinking, Fast and Slow

#3 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Fault in Our Stars

#4 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance

#5 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The selfish gene

#6 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The evolution of cooperation

#7 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

#8 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Voltage Effect
How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale

#9 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Nudge
Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

#10 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story

#11 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Between Two Kingdoms
A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

#12 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The God Delusion

#13 Mentioned in 3 episodes
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

#14 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Superforecasting
The Art and Science of Prediction

#15 Mentioned in 2 episodes
BRAIDING SWEETGRASS

#16 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Black Poets

#17 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty

#18 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Noise
A Flaw in Human Judgment

#19 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Happy Money
The Science of Happier Spending

#20 Mentioned in 2 episodes