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

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   Marian Goodell

   Marian Goodell on Burning Man · Jan 2018

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   Marina Krakovsky

   Marina Krakovsky on the Middleman Economy · Mar 2016

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   Mark Helprin

   Reading, Writing, and Fighting (with Mark Helprin) · 2 episodes

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   Mark Rank

   Mark Rank on Poverty and Poorly Understood · Apr 2021

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   Mark Warshawsky

   Mark Warshawsky on Compensation, Health Care Costs, and Inequality · Jan 2017

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   Martin Weitzman

   Martin Weitzman on Climate Change · Jun 2015

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   Mary Hirschfeld

   Mary Hirschfeld on Economics, Culture, and Aquinas and the Market · May 2019

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   Matt Warner
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   Matthew Crawford

   Matthew Crawford on Why We Drive · Jan 2021

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    Matti Friedman

    The Match That Lit the Flame: Hannah Senesh and the Creation of Modern Israel (with Matti Friedman) · 4 episodes

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    Mauricio Miller

    Mauricio Miller on Poverty, Social Work, and the Alternative · May 2019

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    Max Kenner

    Max Kenner on Crime, Education, and the Bard Prison Initiative · Mar 2021

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    Megan McArdle

    What Does "Unbiased" Mean in the Digital World? (with Megan McArdle) · 7 episodes

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    Melanie Mitchell

    Melanie Mitchell on Artificial Intelligence · Jan 2020

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    Michael Belongia

    Michael Belongia on the Fed · Jan 2010

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    Michael Blastland

    Michael Blastland on the Hidden Half · Dec 2020

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    Michael Brendan Dougherty

    Michael Brendan Dougherty on My Father Left Me Ireland · Jul 2019

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    Michael Clemens

    Michael Clemens on Aid, Migration, and Poverty · Jul 2013

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    Michael Faye

    Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus on GiveDirectly · Dec 2021

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    Michael Heller

    Michael Heller and James Salzman on Mine! · 2 episodes

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    Michael Lind

    Michael Lind on Libertarianism · Jul 2013

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    Michael Matheson Miller

    Michael Matheson Miller on Poverty, Inc · Nov 2015

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    Michael Munger

    The Economics of Scarcity and the UNC-Duke Basketball Game (with Michael Munger) · 44 episodes

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    Michael O'Hare

    Michael O'Hare on Art Museums · May 2015

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    Michael Spence

    Michael Spence on Growth · Jan 2010

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    Michele Boldrin

    Michele Boldrin on Intellectual Property · May 2009

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    Mike Munger

    What Is Capitalism? (with Mike Munger) · 4 episodes

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    Milton Friedman

    Milton Friedman on Capitalism and Freedom · 2 episodes

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    Mitch Weiss

    Mitch Weiss on the Business of Broadway · Sep 2015

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    Moises Velasquez-Manoff

    Moises Velasquez-Manoff on Cows, Carbon Farming, and Climate Change · 2 episodes

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    Monica Guzman

    Monica Guzman on Curiosity and Conversation in Contentious Times · Dec 2022

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    Morris Fiorina

    Morris Fiorina on Polarization, Stability, and the State of the Electorate · Jul 2013

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    Morten Jerven

    Morten Jerven on African Economic Growth · 2 episodes

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    Moshe Koppel

    Moshe Koppel on Norms, Tradition, and Resilient Societies · Jan 2022

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    Nathaniel Popper

    Nathaniel Popper on Bitcoin and Digital Gold · Jun 2015

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    Neil Barofsky

    Neil Barofsky on Bailouts · Sep 2012

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    Neil Monnery

    Neil Monnery on Hong Kong and the Architect of Prosperity · Oct 2018

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    Nicholas Crafts

    Nicholas Crafts, Luis Garicano, and Luigi Zingales on the Economic Future of Europe · Mar 2017

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    Nicholas Phillipson

    Nicholas Phillipson on Adam Smith · Nov 2010

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    Nicholas Vincent

    Nicholas Vincent on the Magna Carta · May 2015

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