EconTalk

Russ Roberts

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Booking Overview

A weekly long-form interview podcast focused on economics, philosophy, history, medicine, psychology, and human progress, with external guests including academics, authors, doctors, and other accomplished practitioners. Agencies could credibly pitch published authors, researchers, economists, physicians, psychologists, historians, philosophers, and innovation or business experts with original ideas and substantive expertise; booking difficulty is medium because the show values intellectual depth and established credentials but maintains a broad guest mix.

Metrics

Episodes: 1058

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 30.7k subscribers

Instagram: 166 followers

Contact Information

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Host

Russ Roberts - Economist and president of Shalem College in Jerusalem, also affiliated with Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He hosts conversations examining economics, human behavior, philosophy, histor...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Established scholars, published authors, physicians, psychologists, historians, philosophers, economists, entrepreneurs, and other subject-matter experts with substantial professional or intellectual expertise.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or significant research, Academic or professional leadership, Recognized expertise in a specialized field, Original frameworks or evidence-based perspectives

Recent Guest Discussions

Ido Hevroni - The Iliad, Combat Veterans, Pride, Wrath, Fear, Mortality, And The Relevance Of Ancient Epic Literature.

John Mandrola - Medical Conservatism, Sham Surgery, Placebo And Nocebo Effects, Overtreatment, Clinical Evidence, And Patient Decision-making.

Philip Auerswald - Mobile-phone Connectivity, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technological Progress, Productivity, And The Role Of Individual Determination In Human Progress.

Recent Topics

Economics, Philosophy, Psychology, History, Medicine

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
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From Sawdust to Paw Patrol: The Spin Master Story (with Ronnen Harary)

July 13, 2026

A nylon stocking filled with sawdust that grows grass for hair launched one of the most successful toy companies in the world. Ronnen Harary, co-founder of Spin Master and co-creator of Paw Patrol, talks about his book No Experience Necessary with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. Harary traces his journey from selling grass-growing novelty heads at 23, through Devil Sticks and Air Hogs, to building Bakugan and Paw Patrol into global franchises touching the lives of millions of children. Along the way...

EconTalk Book Club on the Iliad (with Ido Hevroni)

July 06, 2026

Ego, pride, wrath, fear, gods, superheroes, mortals, and lots of killing. Welcome to Homer's Iliad, which reads at times like a script for a Tarantino film or the latest installment of the Avengers franchise. In the first episode of the EconTalk Book Club on the Iliad, Ido Hevroni of Shalem College speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the surprising relevance of a 2800-year-old epic poem. Hevroni also provides useful background for first-time readers and what it's like to read the Iliad ...

Do Less, Heal More: The Case for Medical Conservatism (with John Mandrola)

June 29, 2026

What if the surgery that fixed your knee did no better than fake surgery? EconTalk host Russ Roberts speaks with Dr. John Mandrola about a striking clinical trial in which patients who received sham knee surgery (a real incision, but no actual repair) did as well or better than those who had the actual procedure--one performed 700,000 times annually in the U.S. The conversation ranges from the power of placebo and nocebo effects (how expectation of harm can cause real suffering) to the broade...

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