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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
Life and Fate might be the greatest novel of the 20th century or maybe ever. Tyler Cowen talks about this... more
Over the last 30 years, the Israeli public has moved to the right on the question of how to deal... more
How can we cultivate a sense of awe in our lives? Easy, says physicist and author Alan Lightman: Pay more... more
After filmmaker Penny Lane decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, it took three years and a complex, often... more
Why do we like sad music or that poignant feeling that comes from attending a funeral? Author Susan Cain talks... more
Housing is artificially expensive. Bryan Caplan of George Mason University and the author of Build, Baby, Build talks with EconTalk's Russ... more
How big a problem is misinformation for a democracy? How do we arrive at the truth? Listen as economist and... more