

EconTalk
EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution. The eclectic guest list includes authors, doctors, psychologists, historians, philosophers, economists, and more. Learn how the health care system really works, the serenity that comes from humility, the challenge of interpreting data, how potato chips are made, what it's like to run an upscale Manhattan restaurant, what caused the 2008 financial crisis, the nature of consciousness, the conflicts and history of the Middle East, and more. EconTalk has been taking the Monday out of Mondays since 2006. All 1000+ episodes are available in the archive. Go to EconTalk.org for transcripts, related resources, and comments.
Episodes


Dana Gioia on Poetry, Death and Mortality

Daniel Gordis on Israel and Impossible Takes Longer

Erik Hoel on the Threat to Humanity from AI

Kevin Kelly on Advice, AI, and Technology

Megan McArdle on the Oedipus Trap

Zach Weinersmith on Beowulf and Bea Wolf

Omer Moav on the Emergence of the State

Paul Bloom on Psych, Psychology, and the Human Mind

Marco Ramos on Misunderstanding Mental Illness

Adam Mastroianni on Peer Review and the Academic Kitchen

Sam Harris on Meditation, Mindfulness, and Morality

Vinay Prasad on Pharmaceuticals, the FDA, and the Death of Duty

Dwayne Betts on Beauty, Prison, and Redaction

Tiffany Jenkins on Plunder, Museums, and Marbles

Ian Leslie on Being Human in the Age of AI

Hannah Ritchie on Eating Local

Judge Glock on Zoning and Local Government

Arnold Kling on Twitter, FTX, and ChatGPT

Monica Guzman on Curiosity and Conversation in Contentious Times
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