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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   Binyamin Appelbaum

   Binyamin Appelbaum on the Economists' Hour · Dec 2019

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   Bob Lucas

   Bob Lucas on Growth, Poverty and Business Cycles · Feb 2007

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   Branko Milanovic

   Branko Milanovic on the Big Questions of Economics · 2 episodes

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   Brendan O'Donohoe

   Brendan O'Donohoe on Potato Chips and Salty Snacks · Aug 2011

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   Bret Devereaux

   Bret Devereaux on Ancient Greece and Rome · Aug 2021

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   Brink Lindsey

   Brink Lindsey and Steven Teles on the Captured Economy · 2 episodes

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   Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

   Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on the Spoils of War · 4 episodes

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   Bruce Caldwell

   Bruce Caldwell on Hayek · Jan 2011

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   Bruce Meyer

   Bruce Meyer on Poverty · 2 episodes

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    Bruce Yandle

    Bruce Yandle on the Tragedy of the Commons and the Implications for Environmental Regulation · 2 episodes

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    Cal Flyn

    Savage Landscapes (with Cal Flyn) · Jul 2026

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    Campbell Harvey

    Campbell Harvey on Randomness, Skill, and Investment Strategies · Mar 2015

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    Canice Prendergast

    Canice Prendergast on How Prices Can Improve a Food Fight (and Help the Poor) · Dec 2015

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    Carmen Reinhart

    Carmen Reinhart on Financial Crises · Nov 2009

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    Casey Mulligan

    Casey Mulligan on Vaccines, the Pandemic, and the FDA · 2 episodes

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    Catherine Semcer

    Catherine Semcer on Poaching, Preserves, and African Wildlife · Feb 2019

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    Cesar Hidalgo

    Cesar Hidalgo on Why Information Grows · Oct 2015

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    Charlan Nemeth

    Charlan Nemeth on In Defense of Troublemakers · Aug 2018

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    Charles Calomiris

    Charles Calomiris and Stephen Haber on Fragile by Design · 3 episodes

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    Charles Marohn

    Charles Marohn on Strong Towns, Urban Development, and the Future of American Cities · May 2014

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    Charles Platt

    Charles Platt on Working at Wal-Mart · Jun 2009

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    Chris Arnade

    How to Walk the World (with Chris Arnade) · 3 episodes

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    Christine Webb

    Humans Are Overrated (with Christine Webb) · Sep 2025

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    Christopher Coyne

    Christopher Coyne on Exporting Democracy after War · Apr 2008

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    Christopher Hitchens

    Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell · Aug 2009

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    Christy Ford Chapin

    Christy Ford Chapin on the Evolution of the American Health Care System · Jun 2017

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    Claudia Hauer

    Claudia Hauer on War, Education, and Strategic Humanism · Jul 2021

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    Clay Shirky

    Clay Shirky on Coase, Collaboration and Here Comes Everybody · Oct 2008

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    Cliff Winston

    Cliff Winston on Transportation · Oct 2013

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    Clifford Winston

    Clifford Winston on Lawyers · 2 episodes

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    Clint Bolick

    Clint Bolick Defends Judicial Activism · Oct 2006

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    Colin Fisher

    How Teams Succeed (with Colin Fisher) · Sep 2025

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    Cynthia Haven

    René Girard, Mimesis, and Conflict (with Cynthia Haven) · Jun 2024

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    D. G. Myers

    D. G. Myers on Cancer, Dying, and Living · Jul 2014

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    Dahlia Scheindlin

    What Palestinians Are Thinking (with Dahlia Scheindlin) · Jan 2024

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    Daisy Christodoulou

    Meritocracy, Exams, and the Knowledge That Matters (with Daisy Christodoulou) · 3 episodes

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    Dan Klein

    Dan Klein on Knowledge and Coordination · 9 episodes

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    Dan Pallotta

    Dan Pallotta on Charity and the Culture of the Non-Profit Sector · Jun 2013

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    Dana Gioia

    Weep, Shudder, Die: The Secret of Opera Revealed (with Dana Gioia) · 3 episodes

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    Dani Rodrik

    Dani Rodrik on Neoliberalism · 2 episodes

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