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EconTalk: Conversations for the Curiousis an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and the 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. 

About the Host
Russ Roberts

Russ Roberts

Russ Roberts is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. In 2006, he founded the award-winning weekly podcast EconTalk, which has featured guests including Milton Friedman, Martha Nussbaum, Christopher Hitchens, Agnes Callard, Bill James, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Amor Towles, and Emily Oster. All 875+ episodes remain available free of charge at EconTalk.org and reach an audience of more than 125,000 listeners in 200 countries.

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