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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   Alan Lightman

   Who Needs Miracles? On Nature and the Miraculous (with Alan Lightman) · 3 episodes

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   Alan Wolfe

   Alan Wolfe on Liberalism · May 2009

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   Alberto Alesina

   Alberto Alesina on Immigration and Redistribution · 2 episodes

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   Aled Maclean-Jones

   Tom Cruise's Body of Work (with Aled Maclean-Jones) · 2 episodes

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   Alex Rosenberg

   Alex Rosenberg on the Nature of Economics · Sep 2011

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   Alexandra Hudson

   Alexandra Hudson on the Soul of Civility · Oct 2023

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   Alison Wolf

   Alison Wolf on Women, Inequality and the XX Factor · Feb 2016

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   Allan Meltzer

   Allan Meltzer on Inflation · 2 episodes

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   Alvin Rabushka

   Alvin Rabushka on the Flat Tax · Apr 2007

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    Amar Bhide

    Amar Bhide on Outsourcing, Uncertainty, and the Venturesome Economy · Feb 2009

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    Amity Shlaes

    Amity Shlaes on the Great Depression · Jun 2007

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    Amrita Narlikar

    Amrita Narlikar on Fair Trade and Free Trade · Jul 2013

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    Amy Tuteur

    Amy Tuteur on Birth, Natural Parenting, and Push Back · Mar 2019

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    Anat Admati

    Anat Admati on the Financial Crisis of 2008 · 3 episodes

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    Andrew Fox

    A Military Analysis of Israel's War in Gaza (with Andrew Fox) · 2 episodes

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    Andrew Gelman

    Andrew Gelman on Social Science, Small Samples, and the Garden of the Forking Paths · Mar 2017

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    Angus Burgin

    Angus Burgin on Hayek, Friedman, and the Great Persuasion · Mar 2013

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    Angus Fletcher

    Primal Intelligence (with Angus Fletcher) · Nov 2025

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    Anja Shortland

    Anja Shortland on Lost Art · 2 episodes

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    Anna Gat

    Conversation, Interintellect, and Arcadia (with Anna Gat) · Jan 2026

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    Anthony Gill

    Shampoo, Property Rights, and Civilization (with Anthony Gill) · 3 episodes

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    Anupam Bapu Jena

    Anupam Bapu Jena on Random Acts of Medicine · Sep 2023

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    Ariel Rubinstein

    Ariel Rubinstein on Game Theory and Behavioral Economics · Apr 2011

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    Arnold Kling

    Misinformation and the Three Languages of Politics (with Arnold Kling) · 17 episodes

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    Arthur De Vany

    Arthur De Vany on Steroids, Baseball, and Evolutionary Fitness · Mar 2010

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    Arthur Diamond

    Arthur Diamond on Openness to Creative Destruction · Aug 2019

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    Austin Frakt

    Austin Frakt on Medicaid and the Oregon Medicaid Study · May 2013

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    Azeem Azhar

    Living with Exponential Change (with Azeem Azhar) · Mar 2024

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    Barry Eichengreen

    Barry Eichengreen on the Dollar and International Finance · Jun 2011

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    Barry Weingast

    Barry Weingast on Law · 3 episodes

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    Becky Liddicoat Yamarik

    Becky Liddicoat Yamarik on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Medical Issues · Nov 2014

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    Becky Pettit

    Becky Pettit on the Prison Population, Survey Data and African-American Progress · Dec 2012

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    Ben Casnocha
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    Ben Sasse

    Ben Sasse on Faith, Family, and Facing Death · Aug 2026

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    Ben Southwood

    The Hidden Cause of the Industrial Revolution (with Ben Southwood) · Aug 2026

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    Benjamin Todd

    Making Your 80,000 Hours Count (with Benjamin Todd) · Jun 2026

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    Benn Steil

    Benn Steil on the Battle of Bretton Woods · Feb 2015

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    Bent Flyvbjerg

    Bent Flyvbjerg on Megaprojects · May 2015

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    Beth Redbird

    Beth Redbird on Licensing · Mar 2018

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    Bill James

    Bill James on Baseball, Facts, and the Rules of the Game · Jan 2018

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