Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMark Rank on Poverty and Poorly Understood
Episode 785
Sociologist and author Mark Rank talks about his book, Poorly Understood, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Rank looks at a wide variety of aspects of…
5 years, 4 months ago
Emiliana Simon-Thomas on Happiness
Episode 784
Psychologist Emiliana Simon-Thomas of the University of California, Berkeley talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the science of happiness--wh…
5 years, 4 months ago
Tyler Cowen on the Pandemic, Revisited
Episode 783
Blogger, author, podcaster, economist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University discusses the lessons learned from the pandemic with EconTalk host Russ …
5 years, 4 months ago
Max Kenner on Crime, Education, and the Bard Prison Initiative
Episode 782
Max Kenner, founder and executive director of the Bard Prison Initiative--which offers college degrees to prisoners--talks with EconTalk host Russ Ro…
5 years, 5 months ago
Megan McArdle on Catastrophes and the Pandemic
Episode 781
Whether it's a pandemic or a Texas-sized ice storm that leaves millions of people without power, we'd like to avoid a repetition. Megan McArdle of th…
5 years, 5 months ago
Sherry Turkle on Family, Artificial Intelligence, and the Empathy Diaries
Episode 780
Psychologist and author Sherry Turkle of MIT talks about her book, The Empathy Diaries, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. The Empathy Diaries is a mem…
5 years, 5 months ago
Leon Kass on Human Flourishing, Living Well, and Aristotle
Episode 779
Leon Kass, long-time teacher of classic works at the University of Chicago and now Dean of Faculty at Shalem College in Jerusalem, talks about human …
5 years, 5 months ago
Michael Munger on Desires, Morality, and Self-Interest
Episode 778
Economist and author Michael Munger of Duke University talks about human wants and desires with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Human beings have desires…
5 years, 6 months ago
John Cochrane on the Pandemic
Episode 777
Would the impact of the pandemic have been different if government and policymakers had been more open to more market-based responses and less commit…
5 years, 6 months ago
Dana Gioia on Learning, Poetry, and Studying with Miss Bishop
Episode 776
Poet and author Dana Gioia talks about his book Studying with Miss Bishop with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. They talk about the craft of being a poet,…
5 years, 6 months ago