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EPISODE · Apr 11, 2026 · 41 MIN

17. Emily Oster: “I Am a Woman Who Is Prominently Discussing Vaginas.”

from People I (Mostly) Admire · host Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

In addition to publishing best-selling books about pregnancy and child-rearing, Emily Oster is a respected economist at Brown University. Over the course of the pandemic, she’s become the primary collector of data about Covid-19 in schools. Steve and Emily discuss how she became an advocate for school reopening, how economists think differently from the average person, and whether pregnant women really need to avoid coffee. This episode originally aired on February 26th, 2021. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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