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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, and more. EconTalk has been taking the Monday out of Mondays since 2006. All 900+ episodes are available in the archive. Go to EconTalk.org for transcripts, related resources, and comments.

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, and more. EconTalk has been taking the Monday out of Mondays since 2006. All 900+ episodes are available in the archive. Go to EconTalk.org for transcripts, related resources, and comments.

 

#1031

Conversation, Interintellect, and Arcadia (with Anna Gat)

If technology is ruining the art of conversation, maybe it can save it, too. Anna Gat--poe... more

Yesterday

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:15

Yesterday


#1030

In Defense of Intuition (with Gerd Gigerenzer)

Psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer explains the power of intuition, how intuition became gendere... more

29 Dec 2025

58 MINS

58:16

29 Dec 2025


#1029

David Deutsch on the Pattern

A world-class physicist makes a shocking claim: across 2,500 years and every kind of socie... more

22 Dec 2025

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:16

22 Dec 2025


#1028

Free Will Is Real (with Kevin Mitchell)

Are we truly characters with agency, or are we just playing out our programming in the gre... more

15 Dec 2025

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:27

15 Dec 2025


#1027

Colonialism, Slavery, and Foreign Aid (with William Easterly)

 Can the promise of economic progress ever justify conquest, coercion, and control over ot... more

08 Dec 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:02

08 Dec 2025


#1026

The Perfect Tuba: How Band, Grit, and Community Build a Better Life (with Sam Quinones)

Journalist and author Sam Quinones talks about his newest book, The Perfect Tuba: Forging ... more

01 Dec 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:43

01 Dec 2025


#1025

The Status Game (with Will Storr)

Will Storr talks about his book The Status Game with EconTalk host Russ Roberts, exploring... more

24 Nov 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:11

24 Nov 2025


#1024

The Wonder of the Emergent Mind (with Gaurav Suri)

How is your brain like an ant colony? They both use simple parts following simple rules wh... more

17 Nov 2025

1 HR 39 MINS

1:39:40

17 Nov 2025


#1023

Shampoo, Property Rights, and Civilization (with Anthony Gill)

Why is it okay to take the little shampoo bottles in hotels home with you but not the towe... more

10 Nov 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:19

10 Nov 2025


#1022

Primal Intelligence (with Angus Fletcher)

What do Shakespeare, Hollywood storytelling, and military special operations have in commo... more

03 Nov 2025

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:41

03 Nov 2025


#1021

A Mind-Blowing Way of Looking at Math (with David Bessis)

What if math isn't about grinding through equations, but about training your intuition and... more

27 Oct 2025

1 HR 21 MINS

1:21:53

27 Oct 2025