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Back to SearchAdam Mastroianni on Learning and Mostly Forgetting
Episode 914
How much do we remember of what we learn in school or from conversation? Psychologist Adam Mastroianni says: from little to nothing much. What do our…
3 years ago
Elie Hassenfeld on GiveWell
Episode 913
When then-hedge fund manager Elie Hassenfeld began his philanthropic journey in 2006, he knew that he wanted to get the most charitable bang for his …
3 years, 1 month ago
Peter Attia on Lifespan, Healthspan, and Outlive
Episode 912
We spend too much of our health care focus on lifespan and not enough on healthspan--the quality of our life as we get older. So argues Dr. Peter Att…
3 years, 1 month ago
Michael Munger on How Adam Smith Solved the Trolley Problem
Episode 911
In the original version of a now classic thought experiment, five people are about to be killed by a runaway trolley. Would you divert the trolley kn…
3 years, 1 month ago
Anupam Bapu Jena on Random Acts of Medicine
Episode 910
Do marathons kill people who aren't in the race? Does when you're born make you more likely to get the flu? And what's the difference between a good …
3 years, 1 month ago
Roland Fryer on Race, Diversity, and Affirmative Action
Episode 909
Can economics and better measurement help us understand racial disparities and suggest how to reduce or eliminate them? Economist Roland Fryer of Har…
3 years, 2 months ago
Vinay Prasad on Cancer Screening
Episode 908
Early detection of cancer seems like a very good idea. But it's a lot more complicated than it seems. Oncologist and epidemiologist Vinay Prasad of t…
3 years, 2 months ago
Walter Russell Mead on Innovation, Religion, and the State of the World
Episode 907
Historian and author Walter Russell Mead of Bard College and the Hudson Institute talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about how innovation and religio…
3 years, 2 months ago
Adam Mastroianni on the Brain, the Ears, and How We Learn
Episode 906
Psychologist and writer Adam Mastroianni says our minds are like the keep of a castle protecting our deepest held values and beliefs from even the mo…
3 years, 2 months ago
Zvi Mowshowitz on AI and the Dial of Progress
Episode 905
The future of AI keeps Zvi Mowshowitz up at night. He also wonders why so many smart people seem to think that AI is more likely to save humanity tha…
3 years, 3 months ago