People I (Mostly) Admire Podcast Transcripts
Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher · 248 episodes with transcripts
Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt tracks down other high achievers for surprising, revealing conversations about their lives and obsessions.
Spoken has transcripts of 248 People I (Mostly) Admire episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 17, 2026.
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Latest People I (Mostly) Admire transcripts
44. Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away
October 17, 2026
SPEAKER_1 (0:01)
Reese Witherspoon here checking in to my favorite hotel in Paris. Bonjour.
SPEAKER_2 (0:05)
Bonjour.
SPEAKER_1 (0:06)
I'm traveling with my Wells Fargo Autograph Journey card, so I earn rewards wherever I book travel.
Five times points with hotels, four times with airlines, three times on restaurants and other travel, and one point on other purchases. Phew, that was a lot. I need to lie down. Is the room ready?
- 44. Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away
- 43. Arne Duncan Says All Kids Deserve a Chance — and Criminals Deserve a Second One
- 42. America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up
- How a Great Architect Thinks, with Bjarke Ingels | Better in Person
- 40. Harold Pollack on Why Managing Your Money is as Easy as Taking Out the Garbage
- 39. Aicha Evans Wants You to Take Your Eyes Off the Road
- 38. Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute (Part 2)
- 37. Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time
- 36. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World
- 35. David Epstein Knows Something About Almost Everything
- 34. Maya Shankar Is Changing People’s Behavior — and Her Own
- 33. Travis Tygart Is Coming for Cheaters — Just Ask Lance Armstrong
- 32. Angela Duckworth Explains How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy
- 31. Peter Leeson on Why Trial-by-Fire Wasn’t Barbaric and Why Pirates Were Democratic
- 30. Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporations Can
- 29. Bruce Friedrich Thinks There’s a Better Way to Eat Meat
- 28. Professor Carl Hart Argues All Drugs Should Be Legal — Can He Convince Steve?
- 27. Daniel Kahneman on Why Our Judgment is Flawed — and What to Do About It
- 26. Memory Champion Nelson Dellis Helps Steve Train His Brain
- 25. Sam Harris: “Spirituality Is a Loaded Term.”
- 57. What Makes John Doerr Think He Can Save the Planet?
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