Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAlan Lightman on Science, Spirituality, and Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Episode 655
Author and Physicist Alan Lightman talks about his book Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. This is a wide-ran…
8 years ago
Michael Munger on Sharing, Transaction Costs, and Tomorrow 3.0
Episode 654
Economist and author Michael Munger of Duke University talks about his book, Tomorrow 3.0, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Munger analyzes the rise …
8 years ago
Ran Abramitzky on the Mystery of the Kibbutz
Episode 653
Economist and author Ran Abramitzky of Stanford University talks about his book, The Mystery of the Kibbutz, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Abramit…
8 years ago
Kevin McKenna on Characters, Plot, and Themes of In the First Circle
Episode 652
Russian Literature Professor Kevin McKenna of the University of Vermont talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the characters, plot, and themes …
8 years ago
John Gray on the Seven Kinds of Atheism
Episode 651
Philosopher and author John Gray talks about his latest book, Seven Types of Atheism, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Gray argues that progress is a…
8 years ago
Neil Monnery on Hong Kong and the Architect of Prosperity
Episode 650
Neil Monnery, author of Architect of Prosperity, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his book--a biography of John Cowperthwaite, the man oft…
8 years, 1 month ago
Noah Smith on Worker Compensation, Co-determination, and Market Power
Episode 649
Bloomberg Opinion columnist and economist Noah Smith talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about corporate control, wages, and monopoly power. Smith …
8 years, 1 month ago
Rodney Brooks on Artificial Intelligence
Episode 648
Rodney Brooks, emeritus professor of robotics at MIT, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the future of robots and artificial intelligence. B…
8 years, 1 month ago
Paul Bloom on Cruelty
Episode 647
Yale University psychologist Paul Bloom talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about cruelty--what motivates cruelty, the cruelty of small acts that a…
8 years, 1 month ago
Kevin McKenna on Solzhenitsyn, the Soviet Union, and In the First Circle
Episode 646
Russian Literature Professor Kevin McKenna of the University of Vermont talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the life and times of Aleksandr S…
8 years, 1 month ago