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Jane McGonigal on Whether Games Can Prepare Us for Catastrophes

01 Jul, 2022

Jane McGonigal on Whether Games Can Prepare Us for Catastrophes

Alum Jane McGonigal features on Steve Levitt's popular podcast, People I (Mostly) Admire. 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.

In this episode titled "Can Games Prepare Us for Catastrophes?", Levitt speaks to alum and game designer Jane McGonigal on how thinking about future crises can be fun.

Listen to the podcast here!