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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   John Gray

   John Gray on the Seven Kinds of Atheism · Oct 2018

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   Jonah Goldberg

   Jonah Goldberg on The Suicide of the West · Apr 2018

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   Jonathan Rauch

   Why Christianity Needs to Help Save Democracy (with Jonathan Rauch) · 3 episodes

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   Kieran Setiya

   Kieran Setiya on Midlife · Sep 2022

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   Michele Gelfand

   Michele Gelfand on Rule Makers, Rule Breakers · Oct 2019

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   Noah Smith

   Two Cheers for Libertarianism and Econ 101 (with Noah Smith) · 5 episodes

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   Robert Solow

   Robert Solow on Growth and the State of Economics · Oct 2014

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   Ross Douthat

   Rational and Religious (with Ross Douthat) · Apr 2025

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   Sally Satel

   Sally Satel on Organ Donation · Jul 2017

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    Will MacAskill

    Will MacAskill on Longtermism and What We Owe the Future · 2 episodes

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    Will Storr

    The Status Game (with Will Storr) · Nov 2025

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    David Owen

    David Owen on Parenting, Money, and the First National Bank of Dad · 2 episodes

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    Isabella Tree

    Isabella Tree on Wilding · Mar 2020

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    James Rebanks

    James Rebanks on the Shepherd's Life · Jul 2023

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    John Taylor

    John Taylor on Inflation, the Fed, and the Taylor Rule · 6 episodes

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    Mervyn King
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    Alex Guarnaschelli

    Alex Guarnaschelli on Food · Jul 2017

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    Amor Towles

    Amor Towles on A Gentleman in Moscow and the Writer's Craft · Aug 2022

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    David Kennedy

    David Kennedy on the Great Depression and the New Deal · Aug 2010

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    Devon Zuegel

    Devon Zuegel on Inflation, Argentina, and Crypto · Oct 2022

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    George Will

    George Will on the Conservative Sensibility · 2 episodes

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    Jason Zweig

    Jason Zweig on Finance and the Devil's Financial Dictionary · Jun 2016

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    Joseph Stiglitz

    Joseph Stiglitz on Inequality · Jul 2012

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    Paul Buchheit

    Paul Buchheit on Google, Friendfeed, and Start-ups · Sep 2009

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    Shoshana Zuboff

    Shoshana Zuboff on Surveillance Capitalism · Jul 2019

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    Sridhar Ramaswamy

    Sridhar Ramaswamy on Google, Search, and Neeva · Jun 2022

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    Walter Russell Mead

    Walter Russell Mead on Innovation, Religion, and the State of the World · Aug 2023

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    Abhijit Banerjee

    Abhijit Banerjee on Poverty and Poor Economics · Jul 2011

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    Agnes Callard

    Agnes Callard on Meaning, the Human Quest, and the Aims of Education · 4 episodes

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    Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

    Hamas and the Future of Gaza (with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib) · Aug 2026

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    Angus Deaton

    Angus Deaton on Inequality, Trade, and the Robin Hood Principle · 2 episodes

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    Azra Raza

    Azra Raza on The First Cell · Mar 2020

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    Barry Ritholtz

    Barry Ritholtz on Bailouts, the Fed, and the Crisis · Mar 2010

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    Ben Cohen

    Ben Cohen on the Hot Hand · Aug 2020

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    Brian Deer

    Brian Deer on Autism, Vaccination, and Scientific Fraud · Jan 2011

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    Bruce Schneier

    Bruce Schneier on Power, the Internet, and Security · Jun 2013

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    Daniel Coyle

    How to Flourish (with Daniel Coyle) · Feb 2026

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    Daniel Willingham

    Daniel Willingham on Education, School, and Neuroscience · Oct 2009

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    Helen Pluckrose

    Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay on the Enemies of Modernity · Feb 2018

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    James Heckman

    James Heckman on Inequality and Economic Mobility · 2 episodes

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