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.

Website

Every guest on EconTalk

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

1. —
   Jeff Sebo

   Do All Creatures, Great and Small, and Made From Silicon, Have Rights? (with Jeff Sebo) · Mar 2025

   0 votes

   Never again
2. —
   Jennifer Doleac

   Jennifer Doleac on Crime · Jan 2019

   0 votes

   Never again
3. —
   Jennifer Frey

   Jennifer Frey on Education, Philosophy, and the University · Nov 2021

   0 votes

   Never again
4. —
   Jeremy Weber

   How to Avoid Lying With Statistics (with Jeremy Weber) · Mar 2024

   0 votes

   Never again
5. —
   Jerry Muller

   Jerry Muller on the Tyranny of Metrics · Apr 2018

   0 votes

   Never again
6. —
   Jesse Ausubel

   Jesse Ausubel on Agriculture, Technology, and the Return of Nature · Aug 2015

   0 votes

   Never again
7. —
   Jessica Riskin

   Jessica Riskin on Life, Machinery, and the Restless Clock · Feb 2019

   0 votes

   Never again
8. —
   Jessica Todd Harper

   Jessica Todd Harper on Beauty, Family, and Photography · Nov 2022

   0 votes

   Never again
9. —
   Jim Epstein

   Jim Epstein on Bitcoin, the Blockchain, and Freedom in Latin America · Feb 2017

   0 votes

   Never again
10. —
    Jim Manzi

    Jim Manzi on the Oregon Medicaid Study, Experimental Evidence, and Causality · 2 episodes

    0 votes

    Never again
11. —
    Joe McReynolds

    The Magic of Tokyo (with Joe McReynolds) · Oct 2025

    0 votes

    Never again
12. —
    Joe Posnanski

    Joe Posnanski on the Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini · Dec 2019

    0 votes

    Never again
13. —
    Joel Peterson

    Joel Peterson on Leadership, Betrayal, and the 10 Laws of Trust · May 2018

    0 votes

    Never again
14. —
    Joel Waldfogel

    Joel Waldfogel on Markets, Choice, and the Tyranny of the Market · Nov 2007

    0 votes

    Never again
15. —
    Johanna Blakley

    Johanna Blakley on Fashion and Intellectual Property · Jun 2010

    0 votes

    Never again
16. —
    John Allison

    John Allison on Strategy, Profits, and Self-Interest · May 2007

    0 votes

    Never again
17. —
    John Bogle

    John Bogle on Investing · Apr 2007

    0 votes

    Never again
18. —
    John Christy

    John Christy and Kerry Emanuel on Climate Change · Mar 2014

    0 votes

    Never again
19. —
    John Cochrane

    John Cochrane on the Pandemic · 5 episodes

    0 votes

    Never again
20. —
    John Cogan

    John Cogan on Entitlements and the High Cost of Good Intentions · 2 episodes

    0 votes

    Never again
21. —
    John Horgan

    John Horgan on Mind-Body Problems · Dec 2018

    0 votes

    Never again
22. —
    John Ioannidis

    John Ioannidis on Statistical Significance, Economics, and Replication · Jan 2018

    0 votes

    Never again
23. —
    John Kay

    John Kay and Mervyn King on Radical Uncertainty · Aug 2020

    0 votes

    Never again
24. —
    John Mandrola

    Do Less, Heal More: The Case for Medical Conservatism (with John Mandrola) · Jun 2026

    0 votes

    Never again
25. —
    John Nye

    John Nye on the Great Depression, Political Economy, and the Evolution of the State · 2 episodes

    0 votes

    Never again
26. —
    John Papola

    John Papola on the Keynes Hayek Rap Videos · May 2011

    0 votes

    Never again
27. —
    John Quiggin

    John Quiggin on Zombie Economics · Nov 2010

    0 votes

    Never again
28. —
    John Ralston Saul

    John Ralston Saul on Reason, Elites, and Voltaire's Bastards · Nov 2013

    0 votes

    Never again
29. —
    Jonah Lehrer

    Jonah Lehrer on Creativity and Imagine · Jun 2012

    0 votes

    Never again
30. —
    Jonathan Rodden

    Jonathan Rodden on the Geography of Voting · Oct 2012

    0 votes

    Never again
31. —
    Jonathan Skinner

    Jonathan Skinner on Health Care Costs, Technology, and Rising Mortality · Jul 2016

    0 votes

    Never again
32. —
    Joseph Ellis

    Joseph Ellis on American Creation and the Founding · Sep 2008

    0 votes

    Never again
33. —
    Josh Luber

    Josh Luber on Sneakers, Sneakerheads, and the Second-hand Market · Jan 2016

    0 votes

    Never again
34. —
    Josh Williams

    Josh Williams on Online Gaming, Blockchain, and Forte · Jul 2020

    0 votes

    Never again
35. —
    Joshua Greene

    Joshua Greene on Moral Tribes, Moral Dilemmas, and Utilitarianism · Jan 2015

    0 votes

    Never again
36. —
    Joshua Rauh

    Joshua Rauh on Public Pensions · Nov 2012

    0 votes

    Never again
37. —
    Josiah Ober

    Josiah Ober on the Ancient Greek Economy · Aug 2012

    0 votes

    Never again
38. —
    Judith Curry

    Judith Curry on Climate Change · Dec 2013

    0 votes

    Never again
39. —
    Judith Donath

    Judith Donath on Signaling, Design, and the Social Machine · Oct 2016

    0 votes

    Never again
40. —
    Julia Belluz

    Eating with Intelligence (with Julia Belluz) · 2 episodes

    0 votes

    Never again