EconTalk

Russ Roberts

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.

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Rituals Without Religion (with Michael Norton)
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While religion may play less of a role in many people's lives, rituals--the lifeblood of religion--remain central to the human experience. Listen as Michael Norton of the Harvard Business School explai
Apr 8, 2024
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A User's Guide to Our Emotional Thermostat (with Adam Mastroianni)
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Can you be too happy? Psychologist Adam Mastroianni talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about our emotional control systems, which seem to work at bringing both sadness and happiness back to a steady ba
Apr 1, 2024
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What Does "Unbiased" Mean in the Digital World? (with Megan McArdle)
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Listen as Megan McArdle and EconTalk's Russ Roberts use Google's new AI entrant Gemini as the starting point for a discussion about the future of our culture in the shadow of AI bias. They also discuss
Mar 25, 2024
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Voices from Gaza (with Ahmed Alkhatib)
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib spent much of his childhood in Gaza before becoming an American citizen. He has lost dozens of family members and both his childhood homes in Israel's war in Gaza. But he hasn't lo
Mar 18, 2024
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Living with Exponential Change (with Azeem Azhar)
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The world of today would seem alien to someone living 30 years ago: people seduced by their screens in private and public and now AI blurring the lines between humans and the machine. Author and techno
Mar 11, 2024
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How to Avoid Lying With Statistics (with Jeremy Weber)
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There's often a gap between the textbook treatment of statistics and the cookbook treatment--how to cook up the numbers when you're in the kitchen of the real world. Jeremy Weber of the University of P
Mar 4, 2024
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The Secrets of Great Conversation (with Charles Duhigg)
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When EconTalk's Russ Roberts sat down with Charles Duhigg to talk about his new book on the art of conversation, Supercommunicators , Roberts tried to apply some of its lessons to his conversation with
Feb 26, 2024
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A Lively Debate on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (with Robert Wright)
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Journalist and author Robert Wright invited EconTalk's Russ Roberts to his podcast, NonZero, to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, knowing that there would be plenty to disagree about. The two t
Feb 19, 2024
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Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Hillel Cohen)
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How far back should you go to understand the current moment in the relationship between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors and the attack of October 7? Some would say 2005, or 1967, or maybe 1948 whe
Feb 12, 2024
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Should Israel Depend on the US? (with Michael Oren)
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For decades, American aid to Israel has sent a strategic message: the greatest superpower in the world stands behind the Jewish state. But does it really? Historian and former Israeli Ambassador to the
Feb 5, 2024
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What Palestinians Are Thinking (with Dahlia Scheindlin)
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Pollster and political scientist Dahlia Scheindlin has worked extensively with public opinion polls of both Palestinians and Israelis. Listen as she talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the dreams,
Jan 29, 2024
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If Life Is Random, Is It Meaningless? (with Brian Klaas)
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How did a husband-and-wife vacation end up saving a city from the atomic bomb while destroying another? And how did a century-old murder of one family bring another into existence? Easily, explains pol
Jan 22, 2024
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Can a Nation Plunder Its Way to Wealth (with Noah Smith)
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Did nations get rich on the backs of other nations? Did the West get rich from imperialism? Noah Smith says no. But why not? If you can steal stuff, isn't that better than having to make it yourself? L
Jan 15, 2024
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The Challenge of Covering the Most Important Story on Earth (with Matti Friedman)
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Journalist Matti Friedman worked for the Jerusalem Bureau of the Associated Press from 2006 to 2011. Looking back at that experience, Friedman argues that little has changed in the journalism landscape
Jan 8, 2024
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From the Second Intifada to October 7th (with Daniel Gordis)
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Over the 25 years he's lived in Israel, author Daniel Gordis of Shalem College has seen many chapters of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, beginning with the Second Intifada that followed the Oslo Acco
Jan 1, 2024
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Can Artificial Intelligence Be Moral? (with Paul Bloom)
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It seems obvious that moral artificial intelligence would be better than the alternative. But psychologist Paul Bloom of the University of Toronto thinks moral AI is not just a meaningless goal but a b
Dec 25, 2023
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An Extraordinary Introduction to the Birth of Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Haviv Rettig Gur)
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Israeli journalist Haviv Rettig Gur takes us on a deep dive into the origins of Israel--how European Jew-hatred gave birth to Zionism and the founding of the Jewish state in 1948. He then turns to the
Dec 18, 2023
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Niall Ferguson on Free Speech and Kissinger's Role in the Middle East
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How can we create a radically different atmosphere at American universities? Easy, says historian Niall Ferguson of Stanford University's Hoover Institution--have meaningful rules about free speech, an
Dec 11, 2023
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Yossi Klein Halevi on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
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In 2018, author Yossi Klein Halevi wanted Palestinians to understand his story of how Israel came into existence. At the same time, he wanted Palestinians to tell him their personal and national storie
Dec 4, 2023
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Tyler Cowen on the GOAT of Economics
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Who is the greatest economist of all time? In Tyler Cowen's eclectic view, you need both breadth and depth, macro and micro. You can't have been too wrong--and you need to be mostly right. You have to
Nov 27, 2023
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Episodes

Rituals Without Religion (with Michael Norton)

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

What Does "Unbiased" Mean in the Digital World? (with Megan McArdle)

Voices from Gaza (with Ahmed Alkhatib)

Living with Exponential Change (with Azeem Azhar)

How to Avoid Lying With Statistics (with Jeremy Weber)

The Secrets of Great Conversation (with Charles Duhigg)

A Lively Debate on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (with Robert Wright)

Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Hillel Cohen)

Should Israel Depend on the US? (with Michael Oren)

What Palestinians Are Thinking (with Dahlia Scheindlin)

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

Can a Nation Plunder Its Way to Wealth (with Noah Smith)

The Challenge of Covering the Most Important Story on Earth (with Matti Friedman)

From the Second Intifada to October 7th (with Daniel Gordis)

Can Artificial Intelligence Be Moral? (with Paul Bloom)

An Extraordinary Introduction to the Birth of Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Haviv Rettig Gur)

Niall Ferguson on Free Speech and Kissinger's Role in the Middle East

Yossi Klein Halevi on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Tyler Cowen on the GOAT of Economics

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Rituals Without Religion (with Michael Norton)

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

What Does "Unbiased" Mean in the Digital World? (with Megan McArdle)

Voices from Gaza (with Ahmed Alkhatib)

Living with Exponential Change (with Azeem Azhar)

How to Avoid Lying With Statistics (with Jeremy Weber)

The Secrets of Great Conversation (with Charles Duhigg)

A Lively Debate on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (with Robert Wright)

Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Hillel Cohen)

Should Israel Depend on the US? (with Michael Oren)

What Palestinians Are Thinking (with Dahlia Scheindlin)

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

Can a Nation Plunder Its Way to Wealth (with Noah Smith)

The Challenge of Covering the Most Important Story on Earth (with Matti Friedman)

From the Second Intifada to October 7th (with Daniel Gordis)

Can Artificial Intelligence Be Moral? (with Paul Bloom)

An Extraordinary Introduction to the Birth of Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Haviv Rettig Gur)

Niall Ferguson on Free Speech and Kissinger's Role in the Middle East

Yossi Klein Halevi on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Tyler Cowen on the GOAT of Economics