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EPISODE · Jan 24, 2026 · 42 MIN

4. Ken Jennings: “Don’t Neglect the Thing That Makes You Weird”

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

It was only in his late twenties that America’s favorite brainiac began to seriously embrace his love of trivia. Now he holds the “Greatest of All Time” title on Jeopardy! Steve Levitt digs into how he trained for the show, what it means to have a "geographic memory," and why we lie to our children. This episode originally aired on October 2nd, 2020. 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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