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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   Charles Duhigg

   The Secrets of Great Conversation (with Charles Duhigg) · Feb 2024

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   Michael Morris

   Reclaiming Tribalism (with Michael Morris) · Oct 2024

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   Brian Klaas

   If Life Is Random, Is It Meaningless? (with Brian Klaas) · Jan 2024

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   Johann Hari

   Johann Hari on Lost Connections · Sep 2021

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   Peter Attia

   Peter Attia on Lifespan, Healthspan, and Outlive · Sep 2023

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   Hannah Ritchie

   Hannah Ritchie on Eating Local · Jan 2023

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   Bryan Caplan

   Why Housing Is Artificially Expensive and What Can Be Done About It (with Bryan Caplan) · 8 episodes

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   Robert Sapolsky

   Robert Sapolsky on Determinism, Free Will, and Responsibility · Oct 2023

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   Michael Easter

   Minimalists and Hoarders (with Michael Easter) · 3 episodes

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    Erik Hoel

    Does Parenting Make You a Better Person? (with Erik Hoel) · 4 episodes

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    Kevin Kelly

    Kevin Kelly on Advice, AI, and Technology · 5 episodes

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    Bjorn Lomborg

    Bjorn Lomborg on the Costs and Benefits of Attacking Climate Change · Jun 2019

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    Paul Bloom

    Nature vs. Nurture (with Paul Bloom) · 7 episodes

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    Adam Mastroianni

    A User's Guide to Our Emotional Thermostat (with Adam Mastroianni) · 4 episodes

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    Patrick House

    Patrick House and Itzhak Fried on the Brain's Mysteries · 2 episodes

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    Tim Harford

    Tim Harford on Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy · 3 episodes

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    Sabine Hossenfelder

    Sabine Hossenfelder on Physics, Reality, and Lost in Math · Sep 2019

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    David McRaney

    David McRaney on How Minds Change · Sep 2022

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    Johnathan Bi

    Johnathan Bi on Mimesis and René Girard · Nov 2022

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    Iain McGilchrist

    Iain McGilchrist on the Divided Brain and the Master and His Emissary · May 2018

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    Steven Pinker

    Steven Pinker on Common Knowledge · Sep 2025

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    Sebastian Junger

    Facing Death (with Sebastian Junger) · 3 episodes

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    John McWhorter

    John McWhorter on the Evolution of Language and Words on the Move · Aug 2017

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    Luke Burgis

    The Self, the Crowd, and Social Contagion (with Luke Burgis) · Jun 2026

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    Julia Galef

    Julia Galef on the Scout Mindset · May 2021

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    Noreena Hertz

    Noreena Hertz on the Lonely Century · Sep 2021

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    Annie Duke

    Annie Duke on the Power of Quitting · Nov 2022

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    James Lindsay
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    Frank Dikotter

    Frank Dikotter on Mao's Great Famine · Aug 2018

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    Michael Lewis

    Michael Lewis on the Hidden Economics of Baseball and Football · Jan 2007

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    Sam Quinones

    The Perfect Tuba: How Band, Grit, and Community Build a Better Life (with Sam Quinones) · 3 episodes

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    Chuck Klosterman

    Chuck Klosterman on But What If We're Wrong · Aug 2016

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    Amy Webb

    Amy Webb on Artificial Intelligence, Humanity, and the Big Nine · Mar 2019

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    Chris Anderson

    Chris Anderson on Makers and Manufacturing · 3 episodes

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    Michael Pollan

    Michael Pollan on Psychedelic Drugs and How to Change Your Mind · Jun 2018

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    Stephen Dubner

    Twenty Years of Freakonomics (with Stephen Dubner) · Oct 2025

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    Toby Stuart

    The Invisible Hierarchies that Rule Our World (with Toby Stuart) · Oct 2025

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    Eric Topol

    How to Be a Super Ager (with Eric Topol) · 4 episodes

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    Reid Hoffman

    Why AI Is Good for Humans (with Reid Hoffman) · 2 episodes

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    Michael Norton

    Rituals Without Religion (with Michael Norton) · Apr 2024

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