Think Like a Freak
Book Playlist

Think Like a Freak

by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

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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Sep 14, 2026
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1
Enigma Variationen, Serenade für Streicher, Pomp and Circumstance

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

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

2
Brigitte Klassik zum Genießen: Yo-Yo Ma

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

3
Relax With the Classics: Best Relaxing Classical Sleep Music

Clair de Lune (Reprise with classical Flute)

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

4
Station to Station (2016 Remaster)

Golden Years - 2016 Remaster

David Bowie · Station to Station (2016 Remaster)

5
Berühmte klassische Musik

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

Johann Pachelbel · Berühmte klassische Musik

6
Goldberg Variations (BWV 988, Canon on the Octave Hushed Seabloom Piano & Classical Guitar Variation 24)

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)

7
Themes From "Calmi Cuori Appassionati"

Orinoco Flow

Enya · Themes From "Calmi Cuori Appassionati"

8
Elegy: Adagios for Orchestra

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber · Elegy: Adagios for Orchestra

9
The Singer

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer

10
Pop Rock Classics

Once In a Lifetime

Talking Heads · Pop Rock Classics

11
Unshattered

The Weight of Love

Peter Murphy · Unshattered

12
Germ Free Adolescents

The Day the World Turned Day-Glo

X-Ray Spex · Germ Free Adolescents

13
And So It Goes

Intro - Pressure

Billy Joel · And So It Goes

14
60s & 70s Goldies

I'm Not In Love

10cc · 60s & 70s Goldies

15
Waller, Fats: Transcriptions (1939)

Ain't Misbehavin'

Fats Waller · Waller, Fats: Transcriptions (1939)

16
Michael Jackson - Karaoke Hits

Human Nature

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

17
Old But Gold

A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · Old But Gold

18
Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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