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.

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Every guest on EconTalk

656 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Marc Andreessen

   Marc Andreessen on Why AI Will Save the World · 3 episodes

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   Jennifer Burns

   Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman · 2 episodes

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   Jordan Peterson

   Jordan Peterson on 12 Rules for Life · Feb 2018

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   Sam Altman

   Sam Altman on Start-ups, Venture Capital, and the Y Combinator · Jul 2014

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   Robert Wright

   A Lively Debate on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (with Robert Wright) · 2 episodes

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   David Epstein

   Thinking Inside the Box (with David Epstein) · 3 episodes

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   Arthur Brooks

   Arthur Brooks on Love Your Enemies · Jul 2019

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   Richard Reeves

   The Problems of Boys and Men in Today's America (with Richard Reeves) · Sep 2024

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   Will Guidara

   Will Guidara on Unreasonable Hospitality · Mar 2025

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    Roy Baumeister

    Roy Baumeister on Gender Differences and Culture · Nov 2011

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    Tim Ferriss

    Tim Ferriss on Tim Ferriss (and much much more) · Aug 2025

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    Rory Sutherland

    Rory Sutherland on Alchemy · Nov 2019

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    Benedict Evans

    Benedict Evans on the Future of Cars · Aug 2017

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    Stephen Kotkin

    Stephen Kotkin on Solzhenitsyn · Jan 2019

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    Tyler Cowen

    AI, Employment, and Education (with Tyler Cowen) · 20 episodes

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    Patrick McKenzie

    Inside the Mysterious World of Credit Cards (with Patrick McKenzie) · May 2025

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    Patrick Collison

    Patrick Collison on Innovation and Scientific Progress · Jan 2019

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    Andrew Roberts

    Andrew Roberts on Churchill and the Craft of Biography · Aug 2019

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    Andy Matuschak

    Andy Matuschak on Books and Learning · Aug 2019

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    Eliezer Yudkowsky

    Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Dangers of AI · May 2023

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    Garett Jones

    Garett Jones on Fisher, Debt, and Deflation · 3 episodes

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    Jimmy Wales

    Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia · Mar 2009

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    Sam Harris

    Sam Harris on Jew-Hatred, Radical Islam, and the West · 2 episodes

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    Susan Cain

    The Power of Introverts (with Susan Cain) · 2 episodes

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    Robin Hanson

    Robin Hanson on the Technological Singularity · 4 episodes

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    Jonathan Haidt

    Jonathan Haidt on the Righteous Mind · Jan 2014

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    Glenn Loury

    Glenn Loury Tells All · 2 episodes

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    Chris Blattman

    Chris Blattman on Why We Fight · 4 episodes

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    Jay Bhattacharya

    Jay Bhattacharya on the Pandemic · Dec 2020

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    Niall Ferguson

    Niall Ferguson on Free Speech and Kissinger's Role in the Middle East · Dec 2023

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    Rodney Brooks

    Rodney Brooks on Artificial Intelligence · Sep 2018

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    Erik Brynjolfsson

    Erik Brynjolfsson on the Second Machine Age · Feb 2014

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    Peter Singer

    Peter Singer on The Life You Can Save · Feb 2020

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    Daphne Koller

    Daphne Koller on Education, Coursera, and MOOCs · Aug 2014

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    Nick Bostrom

    Purpose, Pleasure, and Meaning in a World Without Work (with Nicholas Bostrom) · 2 episodes

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    Alain de Botton

    Alain de Botton on the Pleasures and Sorrows of Work · Sep 2010

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    Ryan Holiday

    Ryan Holiday on Discipline Is Destiny · 4 episodes

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    Dwarkesh Patel

    The Past and Future of AI (with Dwarkesh Patel) · Apr 2025

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    Michael Eisenberg

    Michael Eisenberg on the Start-Up Nation, Storytelling, and the Power of Technology · Feb 2022

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    Matt Ridley

    Bird Brains, Bird Sex, and All Kinds of Beauty (with Matt Ridley) · 5 episodes

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