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Back to SearchTyler Cowen on Life and Fate
Episode 973
Life and Fate might be the greatest novel of the 20th century or maybe ever. Tyler Cowen talks about this sprawling masterpiece and its author, Vasil…
1 year, 11 months ago
Terrorism, Israel, and Dreams of Peace (with Haviv Rettig Gur)
Episode 972
Over the last 30 years, the Israeli public has moved to the right on the question of how to deal with the Palestinians. Why did this happen? How has …
1 year, 11 months ago
Who Needs Miracles? On Nature and the Miraculous (with Alan Lightman)
Episode 971
How can we cultivate a sense of awe in our lives? Easy, says physicist and author Alan Lightman: Pay more attention. When we take the time to examine…
1 year, 11 months ago
Give Away a Kidney? Are You Crazy? (with filmmaker Penny Lane)
Episode 970
After filmmaker Penny Lane decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, it took three years and a complex, often infuriating, sometimes terrifying proce…
1 year, 11 months ago
Susan Cain on Bittersweet and the Happiness of Melancholy
Episode 969
Why do we like sad music or that poignant feeling that comes from attending a funeral? Author Susan Cain talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about …
2 years ago
Why Housing Is Artificially Expensive and What Can Be Done About It (with Bryan Caplan)
Episode 968
Housing is artificially expensive. Bryan Caplan of George Mason University and the author of Build, Baby, Build talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts ab…
2 years ago
Misinformation and the Three Languages of Politics (with Arnold Kling)
Episode 967
How big a problem is misinformation for a democracy? How do we arrive at the truth? Listen as economist and author Arnold Kling talks with EconTalk's…
2 years ago
Reclaiming Tribalism (with Michael Morris)
Episode 966
Is tribalism destroying democracy? According to cultural psychologist Michael Morris of Columbia University, just the opposite may be the case. As he…
2 years ago
The Underrated Bruno Leoni (with Michael Munger)
Episode 965
Friedrich Hayek credited Bruno Leoni with shaping his ideas on laws and legislation. James Buchanan said that Leoni identified problems that led to h…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Mysterious World of Owls (with Jennifer Ackerman)
Episode 964
An owl will eat a rabbit whole, but owls can't digest the fur or the bones. So how do they survive? Why do their eyes face forward rather than to the…
2 years, 1 month ago