Episode
1. Steven Pinker: "I Manage My Controversy Portfolio Carefully”
People I (Mostly) Admire · Jan 3, 2026 · 43 min
By cataloging the steady march of human progress, the Harvard psychologist and linguist has become a very public intellectual. But the self-declared “polite Canadian” has managed to enrage people on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Steve Levitt tries to understand why. This episode originally aired on August 21st, 2020.