

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


Roland Fryer on Race, Diversity, and Affirmative Action

Vinay Prasad on Cancer Screening

Walter Russell Mead on Innovation, Religion, and the State of the World

Adam Mastroianni on the Brain, the Ears, and How We Learn

Zvi Mowshowitz on AI and the Dial of Progress

Daron Acemoglu on Innovation and Shared Prosperity

Erik Hoel on Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science

Lydia Dugdale on the Lost Art of Dying

Marc Andreessen on Why AI Will Save the World

James Rebanks on the Shepherd's Life

Jacob Howland on the Hidden Human Costs of AI

Michael Munger on Obedience to the Unenforceable

Rebecca Struthers on Watches, Watchmaking, and the Hands of Time

Les Snead on Risk, Decisions, and Football

Luca Dellanna on Risk, Ruin, and Ergodicity

Casey Mulligan on Vaccines, the Pandemic, and the FDA

Tyler Cowen on the Risks and Impact of Artificial Intelligence

Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Dangers of AI

Patrick House and Itzhak Fried on the Brain's Mysteries
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