EconTalk

Russ Roberts

Booking Overview

This is a long-form interview podcast centered on economics and wide-ranging conversations with external authors, scholars, public intellectuals, and experienced practitioners. PR agencies could credibly pitch economists, historians, philosophers, psychologists, doctors, policy experts, and authors with original research, substantive books, or distinctive expertise; booking difficulty is high because the show is established and its conversations feature highly credentialed guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 1066

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 31.1k subscribers

Instagram: 169 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

webmaster@econlib.org

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Host

Russ Roberts - Economist and host affiliated with Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, economists, historians, philosophers, psychologists, doctors, policy experts, journalists, and other specialists with substantial expertise or compelling firsthand experience.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Original research or established subject-matter expertise, Significant academic, professional, or public leadership experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Ben Southwood - Property Rights, The Glorious Revolution, The Industrial Revolution, Infrastructure, And Economic Growth.

Ben Sasse - Faith, Mortality, Family, Workaholism, Congress, Higher Education, And Digital Technology.

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour - The Political Economy Of Palestine, Regional Power Structures, Political Movements, And Meaning.

Cal Flyn - Wilderness, Human-shaped Landscapes, Conservation, Rewilding, Trophy Hunting, And Discomfort.

Dwayne Betts - Homer's Iliad, War, Friendship, Grief, Incarceration, Depression, And Reading.

Recent Topics

Economics, Philosophy, History, Psychology, Public Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

EconTalk

Meritocracy, Exams, and the Knowledge That Matters (with Daisy Christodoulou)

September 07, 2026

What does a failed 19th-century Chinese civil exam and one of the deadliest wars in history have to do with how we hire, educate, and test people today? In this EconTalk conversation, Russ Roberts and education expert Daisy Christodoulou trace a surprising thread from the Taiping Rebellion through Britain's Northcote-Trevelyan reforms, Samuel Pepys's naval exams, and Macaulay's belief that a hard exam on anything--even alchemy or the Cherokee language--reveals the best minds. Christ...

Hamas and the Future of Gaza (with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib)

August 31, 2026

He lost his childhood homes, dozens of family members, and most of his hearing in his left ear to Israeli bombs, yet Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib insists that Palestinians must also take responsibility for Gaza's destruction and for peace. Most Gazans, he insists, have turned against Hamas for oppressing them, enriching itself, and bringing catastrophe to Gaza in the aftermath of October 7th. Alkhatib calls for Palestinian introspection and agency while also faulting Israel's settlement expansion and...

Are We Alone? Cosmic Loneliness and the Longing to Believe (with Adam Kirsch)

August 24, 2026

Has the earth been visited by extraterrestrials? Are we alone? Despite no formal evidence for conscious life outside of earth, the belief that we are not alone has become more common among both scientists and everyday people. Listen as author Adam Kirsch talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the urge to believe that there are sentient beings elsewhere in the universe and that these aliens want to connect with human beings. Topics discussed include why belief in extraterrestrials has becom...

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