Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire"

Freakonomics Radio

• Episode: Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire"
• Website: Freakonomics Radio
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• Duration: 00:42:53
• Published: 2020-08-22 05:00

A new interview show with host Steve Levitt. Today he speaks with the Harvard psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker. By cataloging the steady march of human progress, the self-declared “polite Canadian” has managed to enrage people on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Levitt tries to understand why.