Steve Levitt

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962 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 31 Jul

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Freakonomics Radio · Steve Levitt Quits His Podcast, Joins Ours · 21 Jan 2026 podcast

My dilemma is that I have so many amazing possibilities out there for things to do that I never get done a third or a tenth of the things that I could do.

I started this one school called the Levitt Lab, and I fought so hard not to have it called Levitt.

I win many battles, but that one I did not win.

And the first one is located in the middle of the Arizona State campus in Tempe, Arizona.

And we're going to start two more in the fall of 2026.

One outside Boston and one in LA.

And

I have found that to be a uniquely rewarding experience.

I can't even explain why, because, you know, I'm not a people person in any way, shape or form.

But there's something about the students, about the learners when I'm on the campus and how engaged they are.

these learners are with it.

I'm not sure why that touches me so deeply, but it really, it feels almost like when my grandchildren come, this is the thing I'll talk to them about.

Obviously Freakonomics has been awesome and it's had a big impact, but it feels to me like if I could actually

make a dent in the way that we teach and change education, that would really feel like I did something.

No, it wasn't in me at all.

And the first hint of it came when I did that guest spot on Freakonomics Radio and we talked about math education.

And that was just a lark.

I was just doing that because I was angry because I thought that my kids were suffering so much.

The response to it

kindled a little bit of a spark, but it was really on my podcast talking with Sal Khan.

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