

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


William MacAskill on Effective Altruism and Doing Good Better

Paul Robinson on Cooperation, Punishment and the Criminal Justice System

Jesse Ausubel on Agriculture, Technology, and the Return of Nature

Rachel Laudan on the History of Food and Cuisine

Summer Brennan on Wilderness, Politics and the Oyster War

Roger Berkowitz on Fish, Food, and Legal Sea Foods

Eric Hanushek on the Education, Skills, and the Millennium Development Goals

Wences Casares on Bitcoin and Xapo

Lee Ohanian, Arnold Kling, and John Cochrane on the Future of Freedom, Democracy, and Prosperity

Alvin Roth on Matching Markets

Matt Ridley on Climate Change

Morten Jerven on African Economic Growth

Adam Davidson on Hollywood and the Future of Work

Nathaniel Popper on Bitcoin and Digital Gold

Martin Weitzman on Climate Change

Bent Flyvbjerg on Megaprojects

Nicholas Vincent on the Magna Carta

Eric Topol on the Power of Patients in a Digital World

Michael O'Hare on Art Museums
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