1013 Episodes

  1. Two Cheers for Libertarianism and Econ 101 (with Noah Smith)

    Published: 6/9/2025

  2. EconTalk #1000 (with Russ Roberts)

    Published: 6/2/2025

  3. Nature vs. Nurture (with Paul Bloom)

    Published: 5/26/2025

  4. Inside the Mysterious World of Credit Cards (with Patrick McKenzie)

    Published: 5/19/2025

  5. The Past and Present of Privacy and Public Life (with Tiffany Jenkins)

    Published: 5/12/2025

  6. The Economics of Tariffs and Trade (with Doug Irwin)

    Published: 5/5/2025

  7. The Past and Future of AI (with Dwarkesh Patel)

    Published: 4/28/2025

  8. Why Christianity Needs to Help Save Democracy (with Jonathan Rauch)

    Published: 4/21/2025

  9. Rational and Religious (with Ross Douthat)

    Published: 4/14/2025

  10. The Music and Magic of John and Paul (with Ian Leslie)

    Published: 4/7/2025

  11. Do All Creatures, Great and Small, and Made From Silicon, Have Rights? (with Jeff Sebo)

    Published: 3/31/2025

  12. Bird Brains, Bird Sex, and All Kinds of Beauty (with Matt Ridley)

    Published: 3/24/2025

  13. How Better Feedback Can Revolutionize Education (with Daisy Christodoulou)

    Published: 3/17/2025

  14. Will Guidara on Unreasonable Hospitality

    Published: 3/10/2025

  15. The Unusual World of Israeli Democracy (with Rachel Gur)

    Published: 3/3/2025

  16. The Struggle That Shaped the Middle East (with James Barr)

    Published: 2/24/2025

  17. Who Won the Socialist Calculation Debate (with Peter Boettke)

    Published: 2/17/2025

  18. Minimalists and Hoarders (with Michael Easter)

    Published: 2/10/2025

  19. Coase, the Rules of the Game, and the Costs of Perfection (with Daisy Christodoulou)

    Published: 2/3/2025

  20. Why AI Is Good for Humans (with Reid Hoffman)

    Published: 1/27/2025

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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, and more. EconTalk has been taking the Monday out of Mondays since 2006. All 900+ episodes are available in the archive. Go to EconTalk.org for transcripts, related resources, and comments.