

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


Emily Oster on Pregnancy, Causation, and Expecting Better

Tyler Cowen on Inequality, the Future, and Average is Over

David Epstein on the Sports Gene

David Laidler on Money

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Skin in the Game

Capitalism, Government, and the Good Society

Michael Munger on Milk

Eric Hanushek on Education and Prosperity

Jagdish Bhagwati on India

Barry Weingast on the Violence Trap

Robert Pindyck on Climate Change

Amrita Narlikar on Fair Trade and Free Trade

Michael Lind on Libertarianism

Michael Clemens on Aid, Migration, and Poverty

Morris Fiorina on Polarization, Stability, and the State of the Electorate

Michael Munger on Sports, Norms, Rules, and the Code

Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers on Happiness, Growth, and the Reinhart-Rogoff Controversy

Dan Pallotta on Charity and the Culture of the Non-Profit Sector

Bruce Schneier on Power, the Internet, and Security
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