Think Like a Freak
Book Playlist

Think Like a Freak Playlist

by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

18 tracks
balanced
Sep 14, 2026

Think Like a Freak is about training your mind to look for incentives, bias, and hidden mechanisms—and to stay comfortable with uncertainty. This playlist alternates between analytical calm (instrumentals that feel like “slow thinking”) and lyric-driven tracks that mirror the book’s challenges: skepticism, moral discomfort, and fresh perspective.

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18 songs
1

Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Var. 9. Adagio "Nimrod"

Edward Elgar · Enigma Variationen, Serenade für Streicher, Pomp and Circumstance

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2

The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

Camille Saint-Saëns · Brigitte Klassik zum Genießen: Yo-Yo Ma

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3

Clair de Lune (Reprise with classical Flute)

Claude Debussy · Relax With the Classics: Best Relaxing Classical Sleep Music

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4

Golden Years - 2016 Remaster

David Bowie · Station to Station (2016 Remaster)

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Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37: I. Canon

Johann Pachelbel · Berühmte klassische Musik

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6

Moonlight Sonata (Op. 27 No. 2 Moonlit Sundrift Piano & Classical Guitar)

Ludwig van Beethoven · Goldberg Variations (BWV 988, Canon on the Octave Hushed Seabloom Piano & Classical Guitar Variation 24)

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7

Orinoco Flow

Enya · Themes From "Calmi Cuori Appassionati"

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8

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber · Elegy: Adagios for Orchestra

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9

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer

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10

Once In a Lifetime

Talking Heads · Pop Rock Classics

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11

The Weight of Love

Peter Murphy · Unshattered

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12

The Day the World Turned Day-Glo

X-Ray Spex · Germ Free Adolescents

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13

Intro - Pressure

Billy Joel · And So It Goes

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14

I'm Not In Love

10cc · 60s & 70s Goldies

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15

Ain't Misbehavin'

Fats Waller · Waller, Fats: Transcriptions (1939)

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16

Human Nature

Michael Jackson, Base Karaoke + Choirs · Michael Jackson - Karaoke Hits

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17

A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · Old But Gold

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18

Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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