Episodes (Page 12)
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Alain Bertaud argues urban planners ignore market forces in city design.
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Samantha Power discusses writing her memoir and finding its purpose.
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Hollis Robbins specialized in 19th-century African American literature.
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Masha Gessen discusses their experience fleeing and returning to Russia.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah explores cosmopolitanism and patriotism.
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Neal Stephenson speculates on futuristic technologies in his novels.
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Eric Kaufmann's childhood in Canada and Japan sparked identity interests.
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Hal Varian shares insights from his academic economics career.
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Russ Roberts reflects on his thirteen years of EconTalk conversations.
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Ezekiel Emanuel discusses his career in medicine, policy, and academia.
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Karl Ove Knausgård seeks total freedom in his literary writing.
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Margaret Atwood discusses Canadian humor, comparing it to Scottish wit.
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Ed Boyden develops tools for understanding and treating the brain.
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Emily Wilson shares challenges of translating Homer into English.
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Raghuram Rajan analyzes the interaction of state, markets, and communities.
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Sam Altman states founders are not superheroes, often from stable backgrounds.
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Jordan Peterson discusses mythology, Jung, and the Exodus story.
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Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama discuss the emergence of religious freedom.
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Larissa MacFarquhar profiles extraordinary thinkers and their motivations.
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Rebecca Kukla explores the interaction of people and place, especially cities.