EconTalk
Hosted by Russ Roberts · Russ Roberts
4.7from 5,309 ratings
- 1,074
- Episodes
- 153
- Transcribed
- 5,309
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2006
- First episode
- 2M
- YouTube views
About EconTalk
EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution. The eclectic guest list includes authors, doctors, psychologists, historians, philosophers, economists, and more. Learn how the health care system really works, the serenity that comes from humility, the challenge of interpreting data, how potato chips are made, what it's like to run an upscale Manhattan restaurant, what caused the 2008 financial crisis, the nature of consciousness, the conflicts and history of the Middle East, and more. EconTalk has been taking the Monday out of Mondays since 2006. All 1000+ episodes are available in the archive. Go to EconTalk.org for transcripts, related resources, and comments.
- Publisher
- Russ Roberts
- Category
- education · science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Mar 2006
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
153 of 1,074 episodes have a transcript.
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Revisiting the China Shock (with Joseph Francis)
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Your Situation Shapes You (with Angela Duckworth)
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Lives Wasted and Well-Lived: David Wolpe on The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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Revisiting the China Shock (with Joseph Francis)
Published 2 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Now, we could make a decision as a nation, the United States could, to not let that happen. It'd be really hard to implement. But it's really important whether that transformation of the manufacturing sector in employment is caused by foreign imports versus internal innovation and the application of technology. […]
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- Joseph Francis
- Angela Duckworth
- David Wolpe
- Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
- Meghan O'Gieblyn
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 2,250,762
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 4,258 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 1,051 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 88 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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