Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat Modern Medicine Gets Wrong (with Marty Makary)
Episode 963
Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Marty Makary talks about his book Blind Spots with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. Makary argues that the medical establishment to…
2 years, 1 month ago
Is Israel Winning the War in Gaza? (with Andrew Fox)
Episode 962
British Army major and Sandhurst lecturer Andrew Fox recently spent a week with the Israel Defense Forces including a day inside Gaza. He was struck …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Problems of Boys and Men in Today's America (with Richard Reeves)
Episode 961
Many boys and men in America are doing worse than girls and women in education while struggling with a culture that struggles to define what masculin…
2 years, 1 month ago
Chaos and Complexity Economics (with J. Doyne Farmer)
Episode 960
Physicist J. Doyne Farmer wants a new kind of economics that takes account of what we've learned from chaos theory and that builds more accurate mode…
2 years, 2 months ago
What's Happening Inside Your Doctor's Head and Heart (with Adam Cifu)
Episode 959
Physician Adam Cifu keeps a binder of every patient of his who has passed away. Every once in a while, he opens it and remembers the lives of his pas…
2 years, 2 months ago
How Do You Capture the Tragedy of War? (with Sabin Howard)
Episode 958
A soldier goes off to war. Damaged in combat, he returns home, forever changed. Master sculptor Sabin Howard captures this tragic and powerful journe…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Ever-Present Challenge of Escaping Poverty (with Noah Smith)
Episode 957
The universe, points out economist Noah Smith, is always trying to kill us, whether through asteroids hurtling through space or our every-few-hours h…
2 years, 2 months ago
Sam Harris on Jew-Hatred, Radical Islam, and the West
Episode 956
Neuroscientist and author Sam Harris of the podcast Making Sense talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about rising Jew-hatred in the West and what Harr…
2 years, 3 months ago
Does Parenting Make You a Better Person? (with Erik Hoel)
Episode 955
Does parenting make you a better person? Can it improve your life? Neuroscientist Erik Hoel makes the self-interested case for parenting arguing that…
2 years, 3 months ago
Lessons from Lincoln, Then and Now (with Diana Schaub)
Episode 954
What lessons can we take from the speeches of Abraham Lincoln for today's turbulent times? How did those speeches move the nation in Lincoln's day? L…
2 years, 3 months ago