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Introducing “People I (Mostly) Admire"

Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics Radio
Episode • Aug 22, 2020 • 42m

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.