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Selected podcast episodes on psychology, economics, science, history and culture
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China's Economy is Broken | Logan Wright
Podcast: ChinaTalk (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?) Episode: China's Economy is Broken | Logan Wright Pub date: 2026-09-28 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization After the global financial crisis, China added a third of global GDP to its bank assets in...
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The One Word That Explains Progress
Podcast: The Next Big Idea (LS 59 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: The One Word That Explains Progress Pub date: 2026-10-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Martin Seligman founded the positive psychology movement. Now, at 84, he’s shaking up...
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Matthew Sweet: The Great Dictator
Podcast: The Book Club (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Matthew Sweet: The Great Dictator Pub date: 2026-10-06 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam Leith is joined by author Matthew Sweet to discuss his...
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Is it bad to want to be rich?
Podcast: The Gray Area with Sean Illing (LS 74 · TOP 0.01% what is this?) Episode: Is it bad to want to be rich? Pub date: 2026-10-05 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Is wanting to be rich selfish? Does making money require exploiting other...
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The Bitter Rivalries Behind the Race to Build Superintelligence
Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: The Bitter Rivalries Behind the Race to Build Superintelligence Pub date: 2026-10-06 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Demis…
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Vanilla: a far from ordinary history
Podcast: HistoryExtra podcast (LS 70 · TOP 0.05% what is this?) Episode: Vanilla: a far from ordinary history Pub date: 2026-10-06 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization It's now often used as an adjective for anything standard, plain, and borderline...
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How Do Humans Fit into the Story of Life? ~ Jonathan Loh
Podcast: On Humans (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?) Episode: How Do Humans Fit into the Story of Life? ~ Jonathan Loh Pub date: 2026-09-25 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization “What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a…
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Inside DOGE: Reforming US Government Spending From The Inside With Tyler Hassen| Hoover Institution
Podcast: The Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Podcast (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?) Episode: Inside DOGE: Reforming US Government Spending From The Inside With Tyler Hassen| Hoover Institution Pub date: 2026-10-02 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast…
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Did World War II Actually Make the U.S. Economy More Productive? | Alexander J. Field with Javier Mejia
Podcast: The Economic and Political History Podcast Episode: Did World War II Actually Make the U.S. Economy More Productive? | Alexander J. Field with Javier Mejia Pub date: 2026-10-02 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Did World War II really...
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Willpower Expert: The Secret To Effortless Discipline - Angela Duckworth - #1158
Podcast: Modern Wisdom (LS 71 · TOP 0.05% what is this?) Episode: Willpower Expert: The Secret To Effortless Discipline - Angela Duckworth - #1158 Pub date: 2026-10-03 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Angela Duckworth is a psychologist…
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Addiction, Faith, and the Limits of Willpower (with Meghan O'Gieblyn)
Podcast: EconTalk (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?) Episode: Addiction, Faith, and the Limits of Willpower (with Meghan O'Gieblyn) Pub date: 2026-10-05 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Why do we keep doing things we know we shouldn't? And is…
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Bernie’s Journey
Podcast: Open Source with Christopher Lydon (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Bernie’s Journey Pub date: 2026-02-19 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization We’re tracking the Bernie Sanders story from a Brooklyn boyhood to the Green Mountain...
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Brian Harrison - Yesterday: The United Kingdom from Thatcher to Covid ...with TRE's Giles Brown
Podcast: Talk Radio Europe (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?) Episode: Brian Harrison - Yesterday: The United Kingdom from Thatcher to Covid ...with TRE's Giles Brown Pub date: 2026-06-17 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Between 1990 and 2020, the...
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Incentives Always Beat Intentions
Podcast: Global Macro Update (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?) Episode: Incentives Always Beat Intentions Pub date: 2026-09-04 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Stephen McBride, co-founder of the Rational Optimist Society and chief analyst at...
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John Sellars: Stoicism Is Not What You Think
Podcast: The Book Club (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: John Sellars: Stoicism Is Not What You Think Pub date: 2026-09-23 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam Leith is joined by philosopher John Sellars...
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Mehran Gul, "The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
Podcast: Asian Review of Books (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?) Episode: Mehran Gul, "The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies" (Simon and Schuster, 2026) Pub date: 2026-09-24 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and...
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Joshua Specht, "Property Values: The Rise and Fall of the American Homeowner" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Podcast: Princeton UP Ideas Podcast (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?) Episode: Joshua Specht, "Property Values: The Rise and Fall of the American Homeowner" (Princeton UP, 2026) Pub date: 2026-09-21 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization As affordability...
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Episode 72: Anand Gopal
Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters (LS 50 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Episode 72: Anand Gopal Pub date: 2015-07-02 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Anand Gopal's first book, "No Good Men Among the Living: America, The...
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TIP846: Stock Picker: How to Live Off Your Portfolio w/ Ian Cassel
Podcast: The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network (LS 70 · TOP 0.05% what is this?) Episode: TIP846: Stock Picker: How to Live Off Your Portfolio w/ Ian Cassel Pub date: 2026-09-13 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and...
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1453: The Catastrophe That Ended Rome
Podcast: CONFLICTED (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: 1453: The Catastrophe That Ended Rome Pub date: 2026-09-22 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this latest Conflicted Conversation, historian Anthony Kaldellis of the University of...
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631: How Elon Musk Thinks (with Charles Steel)
Podcast: The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: 631: How Elon Musk Thinks (with Charles Steel) Pub date: 2026-02-25 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization…
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Why Congress Protects Car Dealers More Than Elon Musk - ft. Eric Zwick
Podcast: Capitalisn't (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Why Congress Protects Car Dealers More Than Elon Musk - ft. Eric Zwick Pub date: 2026-09-17 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization For every member of the Forbes 400, there are more than...
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Why Self-Worth Predicts Your Income More Than Your SAT Score Does, with Marisa Franco
Podcast: Afford Anything | Get Smarter With Money (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?) Episode: Why Self-Worth Predicts Your Income More Than Your SAT Score Does, with Marisa Franco Pub date: 2026-09-18 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization #751: The...
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Arthur der Weduwen, "The Last Invasion of England: 1688 and the Dutch Armada" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Podcast: Princeton UP Ideas Podcast (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?) Episode: Arthur der Weduwen, "The Last Invasion of England: 1688 and the Dutch Armada" (Princeton UP, 2026) Pub date: 2026-09-22 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In popular...
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Tim Marshall | 'Despite It All... We Remain Prisoners Of Geography'
Podcast: Curious Worldview (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?) Episode: Tim Marshall | 'Despite It All... We Remain Prisoners Of Geography' Pub date: 2026-06-22 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Tim Marshall is back for a fourth time. We've now done…
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683. A Woman’s Economic Toolkit for a Happier Life with Corinne Low
Podcast: unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?) Episode: 683. A Woman’s Economic Toolkit for a Happier Life with Corinne Low Pub date: 2026-09-11 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Is it true that divorced moms actually do…
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The cultural evolution of your face
Podcast: Think from KERA (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: The cultural evolution of your face Pub date: 2026-07-28 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization We use our faces more than any other part of our body to communicate with others and…
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Michael Moritz - Lessons From 40 Years of Investing and Writing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.491]
Podcast: Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy (LS 67 · TOP 0.05% what is this?) Episode: Michael Moritz - Lessons From 40 Years of Investing and Writing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.491] Pub date: 2026-09-16 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and...
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Dr. Christopher Choukalas Interview Episode 725
Podcast: Thecuriousmanspodcast (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?) Episode: Dr. Christopher Choukalas Interview Episode 725 Pub date: 2026-09-15 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization There is a version of fatherhood we rarely talk about. We talk about the...
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Anand Gopal: Days of Love and Rage
Podcast: The Book Club (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Anand Gopal: Days of Love and Rage Pub date: 2026-09-16 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this week's Book Club podcast, Sam Leith is joined by The New Yorker writer Anand Gopal,...
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The End of the Nation State?
Podcast: CONFLICTED (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: The End of the Nation State? Pub date: 2026-09-09 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Where did the nation-state come from—and what happens if the conditions that made it powerful are…
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Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability
Podcast: Conversations with Tyler (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% what is this?) Episode: Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability Pub date: 2026-09-09 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Is leadership overrated? That's one simple reading of what...
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The Steppe Origins of Russian Imperialism - with Michael Khodarkovsky
Podcast: Explaining Ukraine (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: The Steppe Origins of Russian Imperialism - with Michael Khodarkovsky Pub date: 2026-08-28 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization How did the vastness of the Eurasian steppe shape the...
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The New Book That Scares Big Tech
Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: The New Book That Scares Big Tech Pub date: 2026-09-08 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In the late 19th century, a railroad boom fueled by easy money,...
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Fuchsia Dunlop: Five Tastes, Chinese Cooking, Flavour and Balance
Podcast: Ben Yeoh Chats (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?) Episode: Fuchsia Dunlop: Five Tastes, Chinese Cooking, Flavour and Balance Pub date: 2026-09-04 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Fuchsia Dunlop returns to the podcast to discuss Five…
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How French Philosophy Wired Modern Thinking
Podcast: The Next Big Idea (LS 59 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: How French Philosophy Wired Modern Thinking Pub date: 2026-09-03 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization How did a group of notoriously difficult French philosophers become…
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Nicholas Boggs on BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY
Podcast: Poured Over (LS 48 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: Nicholas Boggs on BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY Pub date: 2025-08-19 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Three decades in the making, Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs explores the personal...
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The downside of safe havens for drug users
Podcast: Think from KERA (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: The downside of safe havens for drug users Pub date: 2026-08-27 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Some cities across the U.S. enacted harm-reduction, drug-friendly policies to…
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Why Freedom Failed in Syria
Podcast: CONFLICTED (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Why Freedom Failed in Syria Pub date: 2026-04-02 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this Conflicted Conversation, Thomas speaks to journalist and author Anand Gopal about his…
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Andy Burnham’s theory of power
Podcast: Tell Me Why (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?) Episode: Andy Burnham’s theory of power Pub date: 2026-09-02 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Who really runs the United Kingdom? Power is badly misallocated, argues journalist and author…
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Episode 158 - Gloria Steinem
Podcast: Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: Episode 158 - Gloria Steinem Pub date: 2019-12-16 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization The trajectory of Gloria Steinem’s life and work is unparalleled. Her cultural and...
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A short history of the innovations that have shaped human progress
Podcast: Conversations (LS 73 · TOP 0.01% what is this?) Episode: A short history of the innovations that have shaped human progress Pub date: 2026-02-20 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization We rarely stop to wonder who invented the wheel, the...
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161 | W. Brian Arthur on Complexity Economics
Podcast: Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?) Episode: 161 | W. Brian Arthur on Complexity Economics Pub date: 2021-08-23 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Economies in...
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Michael Khodarkovsky, "Russia's 20th Century: A Journey in 100 Histories" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)
Podcast: New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?) Episode: Michael Khodarkovsky, "Russia's 20th Century: A Journey in 100 Histories" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019) Pub date: 2019-11-18 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and...
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Shelly Lundberg "How Economics Discovered Women: Bringing Gender Economics into the Twenty-First Century" (U California Press, 2026)
Podcast: New Books in Economics (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?) Episode: Shelly Lundberg "How Economics Discovered Women: Bringing Gender Economics into the Twenty-First Century" (U California Press, 2026) Pub date: 2026-08-25 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text…
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After Words: A Woman's-Eye View of the Revolutionary Era
Podcast: C-SPAN Bookshelf (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?) Episode: After Words: A Woman's-Eye View of the Revolutionary Era Pub date: 2026-08-23 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Historian Molly Beer took a woman's-eye view of the revolutionary...
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This Is Why People Hate the Government
Podcast: The Ezra Klein Show (LS 76 · TOP 0.01% what is this?) Episode: This Is Why People Hate the Government Pub date: 2026-08-25 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In 2024, Americans spent an average of six full workdays a year filling out...
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What Can We Learn from Estonia?
Podcast: Statecraft (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?) Episode: What Can We Learn from Estonia? Pub date: 2025-06-12 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization What can we learn from Estonia? It’s not a question you hear often — the nation of under two...
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Claudia Kreklau, "The Making of Modern Eating: How the German Middle Class Forged the Way We Eat, 1780–1910" (Berghahn, 2026)
Podcast: New Books in German Studies (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?) Episode: Claudia Kreklau, "The Making of Modern Eating: How the German Middle Class Forged the Way We Eat, 1780–1910" (Berghahn, 2026) Pub date: 2026-08-20 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and...
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The Book Club: Simon Sebag Montefiore – The Cauldron
Podcast: Best of the Spectator (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: The Book Club: Simon Sebag Montefiore – The Cauldron Pub date: 2026-08-25 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Simon Sebag...
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