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podcast2006–present

EconTalk

Disciplines:
economics & political economy

Summary

EconTalk, hosted by economist Russ Roberts, is a weekly long-form interview podcast featuring conversations with economists, historians, and thinkers on markets, institutions, political economy, and the social sciences.

Core Contribution

Created the gold standard for economics podcast discourse; demonstrated that rigorous, un-dumbed-down economic conversation could sustain a large non-academic audience.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • 2008 financial crisis episodes
  • 2012 Keynes vs. Hayek rap video collaboration
  • 2020 pandemic economics series

Historical Influences

Adam Smith F.A. Hayek Michael Munger

Intellectual Lineage

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations F.A. Hayek Milton Friedman's Free to Choose

Allied Works

How Adam Smith Can Change Your LifeCafe Hayek blogMedium Cool

Contemporaries & Peers

Planet Money Freakonomics Radio Marginal Revolution

Minds Influenced

Odd Lots Macro Musings Plain English with Derek Thompson

Intellectual Posterity

Has shaped economic literacy for a generation of professionals; influenced the long-form intellectual podcast genre broadly.

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