Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHumans Are Overrated (with Christine Webb)
Episode 1013
Are humans the most intelligent species, or just the most arrogant? NYU primatologist Christine Webb, author of The Arrogant Ape, believes that human exceptionalism is a myth that does more harm than…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Hemingway, Love, and War (with David Wyatt)
Episode 1012
What can Ernest Hemingway teach us today about the morality of war, the eternal and transient nature of love, and how to write a masterpiece? Listen as author and teacher David Wyatt talks with EconT…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Tim Ferriss on Tim Ferriss (and much much more)
Episode 1011
Cold plunges. Exogenous ketones. Pu-erh tea--but hold the breakfast: it's all par for the morning routine, at least if you're entrepreneur, self-experimenter, and king of the lifehacks, Tim Ferriss. …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Learning to Think Like Someone Else (with David Marquet)
Episode 1010
Former submarine commander David Marquet joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to explore how distancing--thinking like someone else, somewhere else, or sometime else--can unlock better choices in business a…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Let Me Be Forgotten (with Lowry Pressly)
Episode 1009
What do we lose when every moment is recorded, every action scrutinized, and every past mistake preserved? Philosopher and author Lowry Pressly joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to discuss why privacy is…
Published on 3 months ago
Read Like a Champion (with Doug Lemov)
Episode 1008
Many students graduate high school today without having read a book cover to cover. Many students struggle to learn to read at all. How did this happen? Listen as educator and author Doug Lemov talks…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
James Marriott on Reading
Episode 1007
Is long form reading a dying pastime? Journalist and cultural critic James Marriott joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to defend the increasingly quaint act of reading a book in our scrolling-obsessed, AI…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Walk the World (with Chris Arnade)
Episode 1006
Skip the Mona Lisa when you visit Paris. Don't tour the Coliseum in Rome. Walk, don’t hurry. Chris Arnade speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about a different way to travel. Listen as Arnade shares …
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
What Is Capitalism? (with Mike Munger)
Episode 1005
What is capitalism, really? Drawing on Adam Smith, Douglass North, and his own experience as a teacher and economist, economist Michael Munger of Duke University discusses three stages of economic de…
Published on 4 months ago
The Deceptive Power of Maps (with Paulina Rowinska)
Episode 1004
How can the state of Colorado have nearly 700 sides? Why is a country's coastline as long as you want it to be? And how is it that your UPS driver has more routes to choose from than there are stars …
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago