Steven Levitt: "Freakonomics"

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2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of "Freakonomics." Listen to this special podcast episode where Michael speaks with co-author Stephen Dubner, looking back at this groundbreaking book from 20 years ago. This new conversation happened 3 November 2025. 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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In 2005, Michael ran a week-long series with University of Chicago professor Steven Levitt, co-author of "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" which was published 12 April 2005. Michael hosted him for a segment each day that week, highlighting different concepts from the book. Enjoy all five segments in this one podcast.

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