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Steven Levitt

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dad, economist, @freakonomics co-author, @center4risc co-founder, podcast host @mostlyadmiring
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Decoding the World’s First Writing

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By Steven Levitt, Irving Finkel
| Freakonomics Radio
When I say the word cuneiform, what comes to mind? If you’re like me, the answer is, Not much. But my guest today, Irving Finkel, is trying to change that. He’s a curator in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum, where he’s worked for over 45 years. He’s responsible for the museum’s collection of roughly 130,000 clay tablets engraved with cuneiform, the oldest writing system in the world.
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Chemistry, Evolved

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By Steven Levitt
| Freakonomics Radio
Humility is not a word you often associate with prominent scientists. But for my guest today, Caltech professor Frances Arnold, it was humility that led her to the research that would win a Nobel Prize in chemistry. ARNOLD: So for at least a couple of years, I was doing what all the other monkeys were doing, and then I realized that’s not going to work, I’m not going to solve any interesting problems. I just don’t have a chance here. So I had to think of something different.
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The Secret of Humanity? It’s Common Knowledge.

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By Steven Levitt, Steven Pinker, Michael Chwe
| Freakonomics Radio
It was over five years ago that we recorded the first episode of People I (Mostly) Admire. My very first guest, Harvard linguist, Steven Pinker. He’s kept busy since then, writing two books and emerging as one of the leading advocates for academic freedom. PINKER: When it comes to sociology and psychology, I think you just can’t do your job if you’re constantly watching your back. It perverts the whole enterprise. You just can’t do it honestly. Welcome to People I (Mostly) Admire, with Steve Levitt.
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