

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


If Life Is Random, Is It Meaningless? (with Brian Klaas)

Can a Nation Plunder Its Way to Wealth (with Noah Smith)

The Challenge of Covering the Most Important Story on Earth (with Matti Friedman)

From the Second Intifada to October 7th (with Daniel Gordis)

Can Artificial Intelligence Be Moral? (with Paul Bloom)

An Extraordinary Introduction to the Birth of Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Haviv Rettig Gur)

Niall Ferguson on Free Speech and Kissinger's Role in the Middle East

Yossi Klein Halevi on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Tyler Cowen on the GOAT of Economics

Andrew McAfee on the Geek Way

Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman

Zach Weinersmith on Space Settlement and A City on Mars

Michael Easter on Excess, Moderation, and the Scarcity Brain

Robert Sapolsky on Determinism, Free Will, and Responsibility

Alexandra Hudson on the Soul of Civility

Adam Mastroianni on Learning and Mostly Forgetting

Elie Hassenfeld on GiveWell

Peter Attia on Lifespan, Healthspan, and Outlive

Michael Munger on How Adam Smith Solved the Trolley Problem
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