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
When there's no vaccine on the market, people will look for other ways to be safe, including school closures and... more
Economist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence.... more
Eliezer Yudkowsky insists that once artificial intelligence becomes smarter than people, everyone on earth will die. Listen as Yudkowsky speaks... more
While operating on a 16-year-old girl who suffered from severe seizures, neurosurgeon Itzhak Fried stumbled on the region of the brain... more
Is the perfect really the enemy of the good? Or is it the other way around? In 2008, Duke University... more
When he was a child, poet Dana Gioia's mother would come home from a long day of work and recite... more
As Israel turns 75, has it fulfilled the promise of its founders? Daniel Gordis of Shalem College talks about his... more
They operate according to rules we can never fully understand. They can be unreliable, uncontrollable, and misaligned with human values. They're... more
Photographer, author, and visionary Kevin Kelly talks about his book Excellent Advice for Living with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. His advice includes how... more
When physician Walter Freeman died in 1972, he still believed that lobotomies were the best treatment for mental illness. A... more
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