Nathan Myhrvold graduated high school at 14, became Microsoft's first C.T.O. without studying computer science, then started a company focused on big questions like clean energy and how to bake a pizza. Which of his ideas does @StevenDLevitt like the most? link.podtrac.com/txwro71k

Remembering Susan Wojcicki: She was the sixteenth employee at Google and the C.E.O. of YouTube. @StevenDLevitt talks with her about the early days of Google, and why YouTube's success has created a range of unforeseen and serious issues. link.podtrac.com/8juvm2vx

It was only in his late twenties that @KenJennings began to embrace his love of trivia. Now he holds the “Greatest of All Time” title on Jeopardy! @StevenDLevitt digs into how he trained for the show, and what it means to have a "geographic memory." link.podtrac.com/1fz9hstw

Dean of Yale’s School of Management @KerwinKCharles grew up in a small village in Guyana. @StevenDLevitt talks to Charles about his parents’ encouragement, and how he talks to his American-born kids about the complicated history of Blackness in America. link.podtrac.com/2wipxrzo

She’s best known for playing neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory, but Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) has a rich life outside of her acting career. @StevenDLevitt tries to learn more about this one-time academic and Hollywood nonconformist. link.podtrac.com/rjslyp6u

By cataloging the steady march of human progress, Steven Pinker has become a very public intellectual. But the self-declared “polite Canadian” has managed to enrage people on opposite ends of the political spectrum. @StevenDLevitt tries to understand why. link.podtrac.com/amlbl62y

In the last episode of the podcast, Stephen Dubner turns the microphone on @StevenDLevitt. They talk about Levitt’s favorite — and least favorite — moments from the show’s five-year run, his quest to reform education, and his next podcasting gig. link.podtrac.com/ku24tzxg

The late Robert Solow was a giant among economists. When he was 98 years old he told @StevenDLevitt about cracking German codes in World War II, why it’s so hard to reduce inequality, and how his field lost its way. link.podtrac.com/5wu9lsdh

Michael Crow (@michaelcrow) is the president of Arizona State University. He tells @StevenDLevitt about why higher education needs to change, and how A.S.U. is leading the way. Plus: Steve has an announcement about the podcast. link.podtrac.com/zcx8uw22

Michael Greenstone knows it’s corny, but he wants to make the world a better place — by tracking the impact of air quality, developing pollution markets in India, and … starting a podcast. link.podtrac.com/x89gi5cr

Suleika Jaouad (@SuleikaJaouad) was diagnosed with cancer at 22. She made her illness the subject of a New York Times column and a memoir, “Between Two Kingdoms.” She and @StevenDLevitt talk about what it means to live with a potentially fatal illness. link.podtrac.com/gy4qwgrz

Physicist and former pop star Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) tells @StevenDLevitt about discovering the Higgs boson, having a number-one hit, and why particle physics research will almost certainly not create a black hole that destroys all life on earth. link.podtrac.com/79nq73ll

Irving Finkel is an expert on cuneiform — the oldest known writing system. He tells @StevenDLevitt the amazing story of how an ancient clay tablet unlocked the truth about Noah’s ark (and got Finkel in trouble with some Christians). link.podtrac.com/71n0lqcf

Moon Duchin is a math professor at the University of Chicago whose theoretical work has practical applications for voting and democracy. Why is striving for fair elections so difficult? link.podtrac.com/mdw3b1sj

Frances Arnold (@francesarnold) pioneered the process of directed evolution — mimicking natural selection to create new enzymes that have changed everything from agriculture to laundry. link.podtrac.com/xsi60ev8

Steven Pinker’s (@sapinker) new book argues that relationships depend on shared assumptions and trying to understand what other people are thinking. He and @StevenDLevitt talk about the psychology of eye contact and what it’s like to get cancelled. link.podtrac.com/69dhj6jr

“The Power of Habit” author Charles Duhigg (@cduhigg) wrote his new book in an attempt to learn how to communicate better. @StevenDLevitt shares how the book helped him understand his own conversational weaknesses. link.podtrac.com/3ezd7nb8

Seth Berkley (@DrSethBerkley) used to run the world’s largest vaccine funding organization. He and @StevenDLevitt talk about the incredible value of vaccines, the economics of immunizing the developing world, and the current attacks on public health. link.podtrac.com/ddotgw6h

Stefanie Stantcheva’s (@S_Stantcheva) approach seemed like career suicide. In fact, it won her the John Bates Clark Medal. She talks to fellow winner @StevenDLevitt about why she uses methods that most of the profession dismisses. link.podtrac.com/3ndjq9gx

From recording some of the first rap hits to revitalizing Johnny Cash’s career, @RickRubin has had an extraordinary creative life. In this episode he talks about his new book — and helps @StevenDLevitt get in touch with his own artistic side. link.podtrac.com/yl8uqk7d