Over the last ten years I’ve listened to a ludicrous 600 hours of EconTalk episodes.
It’s an incredible podcast, maybe the best ever in my view.
Don’t have 600 hours to catch up on the back catalogue? Fair enough. I love the show, but not every episode is a winner.
But how about 75 hours of the best episodes?
Over the years a number of people have asked me to make a list. So that’s what I’ve done below.
If you want to learn economics and a tonne about how the world works, you could do worse than to get all these episodes and work through them.
Leave comments with your suggestions if you think I’ve missed a great one!
First world problem – I usually listen to podcasts on the iOS podcast app. The EconTalk archives on that app go back to 2015, a lot of the recommended episodes are older.
I can download episodes in my iPhone browser, but the in-browser player only plays at 1x. Turns out I can't stand listening to podcast audio at 1x anymore (needs to be at least 1.5x to be palatable).
Any thoughts about how to access old episodes at high playback speeds on an iPhone?
I had this same problem and finally cracked it (navigating the iOS podcast world stumps me).
Step 1: In iOS podcast app, tap "search" in lower right and enter "econtalk" Step 2: The app populates the archives going back to 2006, tap on the year you're looking for, such as 2007 and scroll for "Weingast on Violence, Power and a Theory of Everything." Step 3: Tap the three dots to upper right of episode and choose "Download Episode." Step 5: Repeat for all the other archived episodes you want. Step 6: Now for the trick- ... (read more)