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    112. Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars

    112. Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars

    FromPeople I (Mostly) Admire

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    112. Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars

    FromPeople I (Mostly) Admire

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    Length:
    54 minutes
    Released:
    Aug 19, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Reginald Dwayne Betts spent more than eight years in prison. Today he's a Yale Law graduate, a MacArthur Fellow, and a poet. His nonprofit works to build libraries in prisons so that more incarcerated people can find hope.
    Released:
    Aug 19, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    Steve Levitt, the iconoclastic University of Chicago economist and co-author of the Freakonomics book series, tracks down other high achievers and asks questions that only he would think to ask. Guests include all-time Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, WNBA champion Sue Bird, Operation Warp Speed chief Moncef Slaoui, and neuroscientist/actress Mayim Bialik. People I (Mostly) Admire is a production of the Freakonomics Radio Network.