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UPDATE: What It’s Like to Be Steve Levitt’s Daughters

UPDATE: What It’s Like to Be Steve Levitt’s Daughters

FromPeople I (Mostly) Admire


UPDATE: What It’s Like to Be Steve Levitt’s Daughters

FromPeople I (Mostly) Admire

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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
May 4, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Steve shows a different side of himself in very personal interviews with his two oldest daughters. Amanda talks about growing up with social anxiety and her decision not to go to college, while Lily speaks candidly about her battle with anorexia and the conversation she had with Steve that led her to seek treatment.  SOURCES:Lily Levitt, daughter of Steve Levitt.Amanda Levitt, daughter of Steve Levitt. RESOURCES:Can I Ask You a Question? by Amanda Levitt (2020)."Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?" Freakonomics Radio (2018).  EXTRAS:NEDA Crisis Support.
Released:
May 4, 2024
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.