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Published 2019-04-29 balances allergies cribsheet

Economist and author Emily Oster of Brown University talks about her book Cribsheet with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Oster explores what the data and evidence c…

Adam Minter on Secondhand

Published 2020-01-13 fascinating downsizing secondhand

Journalist and author Adam Minter talks about his book Secondhand with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Minter explores the strange and fascinating world of secondha…

Gaming pro athletes online.

Published 2018-06-14 scams disasters advantage

Joe warns of scammers taking advantage of natural disasters, Dave explores romance scams, and gets a strange voice mail. Stephen Frank from the National Hockey …

Michael Pollan explores consciousness, AI and the brain

Published 2026-03-07 quickly pollan brain

In this episode of Science Quickly, journalist Michael Pollan joins Scientific American’s Bri Kane to unpack why consciousness is so hard to define in a discuss…

A new book explores the musical traditions of Indian cities and their social impact

Published 2026-11-10 impact explores december

An excerpt from ‘Band, Baaja, Bhava: A Musical Journey Across India’, by Chitra Srikrishna.

Eddie Aftandilian on GitHub Copilot

Published 2022-10-12 aftandilian eddie discusses

Eddie Aftandilian, Principal researcher at GitHub discusses GitHub copilot and how it can improve developer productivity with host Priyanka Raghavan. The discus…

The Rings Of Power Season 3 Explores The Origin Of One Of Middle-Earth's Scariest Creatures

Published 2026-11-13 scariest middle creatures

Episode 4 of The Rings of Power Season 3 opens with a chilling scene, and we learn more about these monstrous creatures that appear in The Lord of the Rings.