

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


Michael Blastland on the Hidden Half

Jay Bhattacharya on the Pandemic

Katherine Levine Einstein on Neighborhood Defenders

Branko Milanovic on the Big Questions of Economics

Emily Oster on the Pandemic

Daniel Haybron on Happiness

Virginia Postrel on Textiles and the Fabric of Civilization

Steven Levitt on Freakonomics and the State of Economics

Rob Wiblin and Russ Roberts on Charity, Science, and Utilitarianism

Fredrik deBoer on the Cult of Smart

Dwayne Betts on Reading, Prison, and the Million Book Project

Anne Applebaum on the Twilight of Democracy

Zena Hitz on Lost in Thought

Agnes Callard on Aspiration

Lisa Cook on Racism, Patents, and Black Entrepreneurship

Robert Chitester on Milton Friedman and Free to Choose

Margaret Heffernan on Uncharted

Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works

Franklin Zimring on When Police Kill
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