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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   Rick Hanushek

   Making Schools Better: A Conversation with Rick Hanushek · Jul 2006

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   Rob Reich

   Rob Reich on Foundations and Philanthropy · Sep 2017

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   Rob Wiblin

   Rob Wiblin and Russ Roberts on Charity, Science, and Utilitarianism · Nov 2020

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   Robert Aronowitz

   Robert Aronowitz on Risky Medicine · Nov 2015

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   Robert Barro

   Robert Barro on Disasters · 2 episodes

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   Robert Burton

   Robert Burton on Being Certain · May 2019

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   Robert Chandler

   Translating Life and Fate (with Robert Chandler) · Dec 2024

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   Robert Chitester

   Robert Chitester on Milton Friedman and Free to Choose · Sep 2020

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   Robert Frank

   Robert Frank on Success and Luck · 7 episodes

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    Robert Hall

    Robert Hall on Recession, Stagnation, and Monetary Policy · Jan 2017

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    Robert Higgs

    Robert Higgs on the Great Depression · Dec 2008

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    Robert Laughlin

    Robert Laughlin on the Future of Carbon and Climate · Aug 2010

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    Robert Lerman

    Robert Lerman on Apprenticeships · Jul 2020

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    Robert Pindyck

    Robert Pindyck on Averting and Adapting to Climate Change · 2 episodes

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    Robert Pondiscio

    Robert Pondiscio on How the Other Half Learns · May 2020

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    Robert Service

    Robert Service on Leon Trotsky · Jul 2010

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    Robert Skidelsky

    Robert Skidelsky on Money, the Good Life, and How Much is Enough · Oct 2012

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    Robert Townsend

    Robert Townsend on Development, Poverty, and Financial Institutions · Mar 2011

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    Robert Whaples

    Robert Whaples on the Economics of Pope Francis · Mar 2017

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    Robin Feldman

    Robin Feldman on Drugs, Money, and Secret Handshakes · 2 episodes

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    Roger Berkowitz

    Roger Berkowitz on Fish, Food, and Legal Sea Foods · Aug 2015

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    Roger Noll

    Roger Noll on the Economics of Sports · Aug 2012

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    Ronald Coase

    Ronald Coase on Externalities, the Firm, and the State of Economics · May 2012

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    Roosevelt Montás

    Roosevelt Montás on Rescuing Socrates · Jun 2022

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    Ross Levine

    Adam Smith's Warning About Wealth, Fame, and Status (with Ross Levine) · Apr 2026

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    Rowan Jacobsen

    The Case for Sunshine (with Rowan Jacobsen) · 2 episodes

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    Roya Hakakian

    Roya Hakakian on A Beginner's Guide to America · Apr 2021

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    Ryan Avent

    Ryan Avent on Cities, Urban Regulations, and Growth · Oct 2011

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    Sabin Howard

    How Do You Capture the Tragedy of War? (with Sabin Howard) · Aug 2024

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    Sam Peltzman

    Sam Peltzman on Regulation · Nov 2006

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    Sandra Faber

    Sandra Faber on the Future of the Earth · Nov 2021

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    Sarah Carr

    Sarah Carr on Charter Schools, Educational Reform, and Hope Against Hope · Jun 2020

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    Scott Atlas

    Scott Atlas on American Health Care · Jul 2012

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    Scott Newstok

    Scott Newstok on How to Think Like Shakespeare · Jan 2021

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    Scott Sumner

    Why Industrial Policy Is (Almost) Always a Bad Idea (with Scott Sumner) · 6 episodes

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    Sherry Turkle

    Sherry Turkle on Family, Artificial Intelligence, and the Empathy Diaries · Mar 2021

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    Simeon Djankov

    Simeon Djankov and Matt Warner on the Doing Business Report and Development Aid · Nov 2017

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    Simon Johnson

    Simon Johnson on the Financial Crisis · Nov 2011

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    Skip Sauer

    Skip Sauer on the Economics of Moneyball · 2 episodes

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    Sonat Birnecker Hart

    Sonat Birnecker Hart on Whiskey · Oct 2022

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