

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


Adam Cifu on the Case for Being a Medical Conservative

Eric Topol on Deep Medicine

Anja Shortland on Kidnap

Bjorn Lomborg on the Costs and Benefits of Attacking Climate Change

Alain Bertaud on Cities, Planning, and Order Without Design

David Epstein on Mastery, Specialization, and Range

Mary Hirschfeld on Economics, Culture, and Aquinas and the Market

Robert Burton on Being Certain

Mauricio Miller on Poverty, Social Work, and the Alternative

Emily Oster on Cribsheet

Paul Romer on Growth, Cities, and the State of Economics

Jill Lepore on Nationalism, Populism, and the State of America

Robin Feldman on Drugs, Money, and Secret Handshakes

Jacob Stegenga on Medical Nihilism

Daniel Hamermesh on Spending Time

Amy Tuteur on Birth, Natural Parenting, and Push Back

Amy Webb on Artificial Intelligence, Humanity, and the Big Nine

Jacob Vigdor on the Seattle Minimum Wage

Michael Munger on Crony Capitalism
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