EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover... more
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Should we worry about the human future in a world of AI? Reid Hoffman is unafraid and even optimistic. He... more
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Can Musk use DOGE to reduce the size and power of the bureaucracy and big government? Michael Munger of Duke University thinks... more
Under settler colonialism, you're either a settler or indigenous and the sin of the founding of America, Australia, and Israel,... more
Public health officials should tell the truth, even when it's complicated. Even when some people might misunderstand. Otherwise, says economist... more
Why are European cities charming and American cities often so charmless? Simple, says urbanist Alain Bertaud: most American cities are... more
Is Israel's war with Lebanon going to end differently from past attempts to secure Israel's northern border? Journalist Matti Friedman,... more
Tariffs are in the air. Will they help or hurt Americans? Listen as economist Scott Sumner makes the case against... more
What does it take to translate a 900-page Russian novel written before the fall of the Soviet Union? For Robert... more