Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Did America Build the Arsenal of Democracy? (with Brian Potter)
Episode 1015
American manufacturing of aircraft during WWII dwarfed that of its enemies. By the end of the war, an American assembly line was producing a B-24 bom…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
How Teams Succeed (with Colin Fisher)
Episode 1014
What makes some groups thrive while others crash and burn? According to organizational-behavior scholar Colin Fisher, the real villains are rarely in…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Humans 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…
11 months, 4 weeks 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 …
1 year 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-expe…
1 year 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 some…
1 year 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…
1 year 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 happ…
1 year, 1 month 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 a…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month ago