Seeking Immortality (with Paul Bloom)
Would an AI simulation of your dead loved one be a blessing or an abomination? And if you knew...
01:13:35
Seeking Immortality (with Paul Bloom)
Would an AI simulation of your dead loved one be a blessing or an abomination? And if you knew...
01:13:35
When Prediction Is Not Enough (with Teppo Felin)
If the Wright Brothers could have used AI to guide their decision making, it's almost certain...
01:07:10
Rituals Without Religion (with Michael Norton)
While religion may play less of a role in many people's lives, rituals--the lifeblood of...
01:00:59
A User's Guide to Our Emotional Thermostat (with Adam Mastroianni)
Can you be too happy? Psychologist Adam Mastroianni talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about our...
01:03:03
What Does "Unbiased" Mean in the Digital World? (with Megan McArdle)
Listen as Megan McArdle and EconTalk's Russ Roberts use Google's new AI entrant Gemini as the...
01:12:25
Voices from Gaza (with Ahmed Alkhatib)
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib spent much of his childhood in Gaza before becoming an American citizen. He...
01:12:58
Living with Exponential Change (with Azeem Azhar)
The world of today would seem alien to someone living 30 years ago: people seduced by their...
01:14:10
How to Avoid Lying With Statistics (with Jeremy Weber)
There's often a gap between the textbook treatment of statistics and the cookbook treatment--how...
01:12:33
The Secrets of Great Conversation (with Charles Duhigg)
When EconTalk's Russ Roberts sat down with Charles Duhigg to talk about his new book on the art...
01:23:05
A Lively Debate on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (with Robert Wright)
Journalist and author Robert Wright invited EconTalk's Russ Roberts to his podcast, NonZero, to...
01:46:37
Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Hillel Cohen)
How far back should you go to understand the current moment in the relationship between Israel...
01:08:06
Should Israel Depend on the US? (with Michael Oren)
For decades, American aid to Israel has sent a strategic message: the greatest superpower in the...
01:13:39
What Palestinians Are Thinking (with Dahlia Scheindlin)
Pollster and political scientist Dahlia Scheindlin has worked extensively with public opinion...
01:05:37
If Life Is Random, Is It Meaningless? (with Brian Klaas)
How did a husband-and-wife vacation end up saving a city from the atomic bomb while destroying...
01:00:24
Can a Nation Plunder Its Way to Wealth (with Noah Smith)
Did nations get rich on the backs of other nations? Did the West get rich from imperialism? Noah...
01:09:31
The Challenge of Covering the Most Important Story on Earth (with Matti Friedman)
Journalist Matti Friedman worked for the Jerusalem Bureau of the Associated Press from 2006 to...
01:15:29
From the Second Intifada to October 7th (with Daniel Gordis)
Over the 25 years he's lived in Israel, author Daniel Gordis of Shalem College has seen many...
01:04:35
Can Artificial Intelligence Be Moral? (with Paul Bloom)
Do psychologists know anything? Psychologist Paul Bloom says yes--but not the things that you...
01:03:20
Israeli journalist Haviv Rettig Gur takes us on a deep dive into the origins of Israel--how...
01:40:59
Niall Ferguson on Free Speech and Kissinger's Role in the Middle East
How can we create a radically different atmosphere at American universities? Easy, says historian...
01:05:49