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    Business, Startups & Economics

    36 episodes
    Business, Startups & EconomicsPeople I (Mostly) Admire

    46. What It’s Like to Be Steve Levitt’s Daughters

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Oct 31, 2026 • 46 min

    44. Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Oct 17, 2026 • 46 min

    40. Harold Pollack on Why Managing Your Money is as Easy as Taking Out the Garbage

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Sep 19, 2026 • 46 min

    38. Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute (Part 2)

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Sep 5, 2026 • 37 min

    36. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Aug 22, 2026 • 42 min

    35. David Epstein Knows Something About Almost Everything

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Aug 15, 2026 • 49 min

    34. Maya Shankar Is Changing People’s Behavior — and Her Own

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Aug 8, 2026 • 45 min

    32. Angela Duckworth Explains How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Jul 25, 2026 • 51 min

    31. Peter Leeson on Why Trial-by-Fire Wasn’t Barbaric and Why Pirates Were Democratic

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Jul 18, 2026 • 46 min

    30. Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporations Can

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Jul 11, 2026 • 44 min

    24. Are We Under Threat from a New Kind of Terror? (Replay Ep. 24)

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    May 30, 2026 • 44 min

    23. Greg Norman & Mark Broadie: Why Golf Beats an Orgasm and Why Data Beats Everything

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    May 23, 2026 • 42 min

    21. Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?”

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    May 9, 2026 • 43 min

    19. Marina Nitze: “If You Googled ‘Business Efficiency Consultant,’ I Was the Only Result.”

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Apr 25, 2026 • 38 min

    16. Joshua Jay: “Humans Are So, So Easy to Fool.”

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Apr 4, 2026 • 42 min

    15. Tim Harford: “If You Can Make Sure You're Not An Idiot, You've Done Well.”

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Mar 28, 2026 • 42 min

    13. Yul Kwon: “Don't Try to Change Yourself All at Once.” (UPDATE)

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Mar 21, 2026 • 43 min

    12. Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.”

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    Mar 14, 2026 • 39 min

    11. Paul Romer: “I Figured Out How to Get Myself Fired From the World Bank.”

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    Mar 7, 2026 • 34 min

    10. Suzanne Gluck: “I'm a Person Who Can Convince Other People to Do Things”

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    Feb 28, 2026 • 36 min

    5. Susan Wojcicki: “Hey, Let’s Go Buy YouTube!”

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Jan 31, 2026 • 31 min

    3. Kerwin Charles: “One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From”

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Jan 17, 2026 • 39 min

    Ninety-Eight Years of Economic Wisdom (Replay)

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Dec 13, 2025 • 49 min

    165. The Economist Who (Gasp!) Asks People What They Think

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    Aug 30, 2025 • 53 min

    Rick Rubin on How to Make Something Great (Update)

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    Aug 23, 2025 • 53 min

    Annie Duke Thinks You Should Quit (Update)

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    Jun 28, 2025 • 48 min

    160. How to Help Kids Succeed

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    Jun 21, 2025 • 1 h 00 min

    159. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Jun 7, 2025 • 57 min

    Yul Kwon: “Don't Try to Change Yourself All at Once.” (Update)

    People I (Mostly) Admire
    Apr 5, 2025 • 45 min

    150. His Brilliant Videos Get Millions of Views. Why Don’t They Make Money?

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    Feb 1, 2025 • 59 min

    149. Stanford’s President Knows He Can’t Make Everyone Happy

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    Jan 18, 2025 • 56 min

    Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?” (Update)

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    Nov 16, 2024 • 46 min

    Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu on Economics, Politics, and Power (Replay)

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    Oct 19, 2024 • 41 min

    142. What’s Impacting American Workers?

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    Oct 12, 2024 • 1 h 04 min

    Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time (Update)

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    Aug 24, 2024 • 47 min

    138. Chris Anderson on the Power of TED

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    Aug 17, 2024 • 59 min