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My weekly podcast where I interview authors, economists, innovators, and people from all walks of life. Past guests include Jill Lepore, Eric Topol, Martha Nussbaum, Milton Friedman, Thomas Piketty, Angela Duckworth, Sebastian Junger, Christopher Hitchens, Bill James, Emily Oster, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Stephen Kotkin, A.J. Jacobs, Mariana Mazzucato, Alan Lightman, and Michael Lewis.

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October 19, 2020

Dwayne Betts on Reading, Prison, and the Million Book Project

Author, lawyer, and poet Dwayne Betts talks about his time in prison and the power of reading with EconTalk host…

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October 12, 2020

Anne Applebaum on the Twilight of Democracy

Journalist and author Anne Applebaum talks about her book, Twilight of Democracy, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Applebaum discusses the…

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October 5, 2020

Zena Hitz on Lost in Thought

Philosopher and author Zena Hitz of St. John’s College talks about her book, Lost in Thought, with EconTalk host Russ…

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September 28, 2020

Agnes Callard on Aspiration

Where do our deepest personal values come from? Can we choose those values? Philosopher and author Agnes Callard of the…

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September 21, 2020

Lisa Cook on Racism, Patents, and Black Entrepreneurship

How much has racism held back the U.S. economy? What would the country look like today if Black entrepreneurs and…

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September 14, 2020

Robert Chitester on Milton Friedman and Free to Choose

Once upon a time, a man had an idea for a documentary on free-market ideas. Then that man was introduced…

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September 7, 2020

Margaret Heffernan on Uncharted

How do we prepare for a future that is unpredictable? That’s the question at the heart of Margaret Heffernan‘s new…

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August 31, 2020

Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works

What’s the difference between invention and innovation? Could it be that innovation–the process of making a breakthrough invention available, affordable,…

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August 24, 2020

Franklin Zimring on When Police Kill

Franklin Zimring’s 2017 book, When Police Kill, starts with an alarming statistic: Roughly 1,000 Americans die each year at the…

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August 17, 2020

Michael Munger on the Future of Higher Education

In this 750th (!) episode, Duke University’s Michael Munger talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about whether the pandemic might…

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