Episodes (Page 11)
✨
Henry Farrell's theory of weaponized interdependence explains global news.
✨
Ben Westhoff shares insights on synthetic drugs, rap, and dive bars.
✨
Alain Bertaud argues urban planners ignore market forces in city design.
✨
Samantha Power discusses writing her memoir and finding its purpose.
✨
Hollis Robbins specialized in 19th-century African American literature.
✨
Masha Gessen discusses their experience fleeing and returning to Russia.
✨
Kwame Anthony Appiah explores cosmopolitanism and patriotism.
✨
Neal Stephenson speculates on futuristic technologies in his novels.
✨
Eric Kaufmann's childhood in Canada and Japan sparked identity interests.
✨
Hal Varian shares insights from his academic economics career.
✨
Russ Roberts reflects on his thirteen years of EconTalk conversations.
✨
Ezekiel Emanuel discusses his career in medicine, policy, and academia.
✨
Karl Ove Knausgård seeks total freedom in his literary writing.
✨
Margaret Atwood discusses Canadian humor, comparing it to Scottish wit.
✨
Ed Boyden develops tools for understanding and treating the brain.
✨
Emily Wilson shares challenges of translating Homer into English.
✨
Raghuram Rajan analyzes the interaction of state, markets, and communities.
✨
Sam Altman states founders are not superheroes, often from stable backgrounds.
✨
Jordan Peterson discusses mythology, Jung, and the Exodus story.
✨
Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama discuss the emergence of religious freedom.