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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   Justin Fox

   Justin Fox on the Rationality of Markets · Jul 2009

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   Justin Wolfers
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   Karen Elliott House

   The Man Who Would Be King of Saudi Arabia (with Karen Elliott House) · Feb 2026

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   Karol Boudreaux

   Karol Boudreaux on Wildlife, Property, and Poverty in Africa · 2 episodes

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   Katherine Levine Einstein

   Katherine Levine Einstein on Neighborhood Defenders · Dec 2020

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   Katherine Newman

   Katherine Newman on Low-wage Workers · Mar 2010

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   Keith Hennessey

   Keith Hennessey on the Debt Ceiling and the Budget Process · Jul 2011

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   Keith Smith

   Keith Smith on Free Market Health Care · Nov 2019

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   Kelly Weinersmith

   Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith on Soonish · Jan 2018

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    Kerry Emanuel
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    Kevin McKenna

    Kevin McKenna on Characters, Plot, and Themes of In the First Circle · 2 episodes

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    Kevin Mitchell

    Free Will Is Real (with Kevin Mitchell) · Dec 2025

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    Kimberly Clausing

    Kimberly Clausing on Open and the Progressive Case for Free Trade · Dec 2019

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    Lamorna Ash

    Lamorna Ash on Dark, Salt, Clear · Feb 2021

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    Lant Pritchett

    Lant Pritchett on Poverty, Growth, and Experiments · 2 episodes

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    Larry Iannaccone

    Larry Iannaccone on the Economics of Religion · Oct 2006

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    Larry White

    Larry White on the Clash of Economic Ideas · 2 episodes

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    Lars Peter Hansen

    Lars Peter Hansen on Risk, Ambiguity, and Measurement · Jun 2014

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    Laurence Kotlikoff

    Laurence Kotlikoff on Debt, Default, and the Federal Government's Finances · Jan 2014

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    Lawrence H. White

    Lawrence H. White on Monetary Constitutions · Mar 2015

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    Lee Ohanian

    Lee Ohanian, Arnold Kling, and John Cochrane on the Future of Freedom, Democracy, and Prosperity · 2 episodes

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    Leif Wenar

    Leif Wenar on Blood Oil · May 2016

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    Leigh Steinberg

    Leigh Steinberg on Sports, Agents, and Athletes · Mar 2013

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    Leo Katz

    Leo Katz on Why the Law is So Perverse · Aug 2016

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    Leon Kass

    Leon Kass on the Wisdom of Rousseau · 2 episodes

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    Leonard Wong

    Leonard Wong on Honesty and Ethics in the Military · Apr 2015

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    Lilliana Mason

    Lilliana Mason on Uncivil Agreement · Aug 2018

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    Lisa Cook

    Lisa Cook on Racism, Patents, and Black Entrepreneurship · Sep 2020

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    Lisa Turner

    Lisa Turner on Organic Farming · Dec 2012

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    Lorne Buchman

    Lorne Buchman on Creativity, Leadership, and Art · Jan 2022

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    Louis Menand

    Louis Menand on Psychiatry · May 2010

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    Louis Michael Seidman

    Louis Michael Seidman on the Constitution · Feb 2013

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    Lowry Pressly

    Let Me Be Forgotten (with Lowry Pressly) · Aug 2025

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    Luca Dellanna

    Luca Dellanna on Risk, Ruin, and Ergodicity · 2 episodes

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    Luigi Zingales

    Luigi Zingales on the Costs and Benefits of the Financial Sector · 3 episodes

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    Luis Garicano
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    Lydia Dugdale

    Lydia Dugdale on the Lost Art of Dying · Jul 2023

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    Maeve Cohen

    Maeve Cohen on Rethinking Economics · Dec 2018

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    Marcia Angell

    Marcia Angell on Big Pharma · Nov 2012

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    Marco Ramos

    Marco Ramos on Misunderstanding Mental Illness · Feb 2023

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