Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKevin 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…
7 years, 11 months ago
Yoram Hazony on the Virtue of Nationalism
Episode 645
Yoram Hazony discusses his book, The Virtue of Nationalism, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hazony argues that nationalism, for all its flaws, is a …
8 years ago
Charlan Nemeth on In Defense of Troublemakers
Episode 644
Psychologist Charlan Nemeth of the University of California, Berkeley and author of In Defense of Troublemakers talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts…
8 years ago
Lilliana Mason on Uncivil Agreement
Episode 643
Political scientist Lilliana Mason of the University Maryland and author of Uncivil Agreement talks about the book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. M…
8 years ago
David Meltzer on the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Episode 642
Physician David Meltzer of the University of Chicago talks about the power of the doctor-patient relationship with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Meltze…
8 years ago
Frank Dikotter on Mao's Great Famine
Episode 641
Historian Frank Dikotter of the University of Hong Kong and author of Mao's Great Famine talks about the book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Dikott…
8 years ago
Alberto Alesina on Immigration and Redistribution
Episode 640
Alberto Alesina of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how people in the US and five European countries perceive the popul…
8 years, 1 month ago
Teppo Felin on Blindness, Rationality, and Perception
Episode 639
Teppo Felin of the University of Oxford talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about perception, cognition, and rationality. Felin argues that some of…
8 years, 1 month ago
Russ Roberts on the Information Revolution, Politics, Yeats, and Yelling
Episode 638
EconTalk host Russ Roberts does a monologue on how political discourse seems to have deteriorated in recent years and the growth in outrage, tribalis…
8 years, 1 month ago
Patrick Deneen on Why Liberalism Failed
Episode 637
Political Scientist and author Patrick Deneen of the University of Notre Dame talks about his book Why Liberalism Failed with EconTalk host Russ Robe…
8 years, 1 month ago