Hey there, it's Steve Levit. I'm an economist at the University of Chicago,

a co-author of the book Freakonomics, and also the host of the podcast,

people I mostly admire from the Freakonomics Radio Network.

I interviewed guests that range from Nobel laureates to magicians,

from bestselling authors to NBA referees. People who are smart,

reflective, and sometimes a little bit weird.

My guests include bestselling author John Green,

conservationist Jane Goodall, psychologist Danny Coniman,

and Jennifer Daoudna, the scientist behind the Gene Editing Technology CRISPR.

I even interviewed my own daughters.

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Pushkin.

When Esperanza spalled in one best-new artist at the Grammys in 2011,

she made headlines for two reasons. One, she was the first ever jazz musician

to win the award, and two, she stole best-new artist from Justin Bieber.

The believers are still pissed.

Since that first big win, Esperanza has won three more Grammys and

at least seven studio albums, including 2017's Exposure,

which was conceived, written, and recorded entirely in 77 hours on Facebook Live.

In 2018, to release 12 little spells, it was inspired by the Japanese Healing Art Ray Key.

With each song, composed as a spell for a specific part of the body.

Looking at her body of work and how she's evolved from a young,

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