Steve Levitt Quits His Podcast, Joins Ours

After five years, Levitt is ending People I (Mostly) Admire, and will start hosting the occasional Freakonomics Radio episode. We couldn’t be happier.

• SOURCES:• Steve Levitt (freakonomics.com/author/steven-levitt), co-author of Freakonomics and host of People I (Mostly) Admire.

• RESOURCES:• "How to Help Kids Succeed (freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-help-kids-succ…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025).
• "Feeling Sound and Hearing Color (freakonomics.com/podcast/feeling-sound-and-hea…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
• "Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos (freakonomics.com/podcast/richard-dawkins-on-go…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
• "Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Some Advice for You (freakonomics.com/podcast/arnold-schwarzenegger…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
• "Drawing from Life (and Death) (freakonomics.com/podcast/drawing-from-life-and…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
• "Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life is Meaningless and Amazing (freakonomics.com/podcast/yuval-noah-harari-thi…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
• "Is This the Future of High School? (freakonomics.com/podcast/is-this-the-future-of…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
• "Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? (freakonomics.com/podcast/does-death-have-to-be…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
• "Sal Khan: 'If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People (freakonomics.com/podcast/sal-khan-if-it-works-…).'" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
• "Jared Diamond on the Downfall of Civilizations — and His Optimism for Ours (freakonomics.com/podcast/jared-diamond-on-the-…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
• "Amanda & Lily Levitt Share What It’s Like to be Steve’s Daughters (freakonomics.com/podcast/amanda-lily-levitt-sh…)," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
• "How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World (freakonomics.com/podcast/how-rahm-emanuel-woul…)," by Freakonomics Radio (2020).
• The Levitt Lab (thelevittlab.com).

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