Optimist Economy
Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi
4.9from 1,477 ratings
- 67
- Episodes
- 61
- Transcribed
- 1,477
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 84K
- YouTube views
About Optimist Economy
Optimist Economy is the anti-doomscroll economics podcast. Work rules, tax fairness, healthcare, housing costs, retirement security — the economic forces shaping American life have real problems. But also real solutions. Each week, economist Kathryn Anne Edwards and editor Robin Rauzi break down one problem and solution with data, history, humor, and a belief that tools to build a better economy exist. We just haven't tried them. New episodes on Tuesdays. ✨ Support the podcast at: optimisteconomy.com (https://optimisteconomy.com/) ✨ Ask questions or share your economic worries with us at: optimist.economy@gmail.com (mailto:optimist.economy@gmail.com)
- Publisher
- Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Mar 2025
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
61 of 67 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sports Betting Is This Generation's Big Tobacco
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Immigration Economics Part II: Smaller is Worse
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Americans Feel Awful About the Economy
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Sports Betting Is This Generation's Big Tobacco
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But the problem that they create is an addiction. And so I'm going to talk about them like they're all the same thing, even though they are different. we should set the table a little bit here before we get too far into this. So in 2018, there was a Supreme Court case called Murphy versus the NCAA. […]
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- YouTube views
- 84,311
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 966 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 511 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100
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- Quality
- 10
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 91
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