

EconTalk
Russ Roberts
EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution. The eclectic guest list includes authors, doctors, psychologists, historians, philosophers, economists, and more. Learn how the health care system really works, the serenity that comes from humility, the challenge of interpreting data, how potato chips are made, what it's like to run an upscale Manhattan restaurant, what caused the 2008 financial crisis, the nature of consciousness, and more. EconTalk has been taking the Monday out of Mondays since 2006. All 900+ episodes are available in the archive. Go to EconTalk.org for transcripts, related resources, and comments.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the EconTalk podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 17 episodes
Wild Problems
A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

#2 Mentioned in 16 episodes
The theory of moral sentiments

#3 Mentioned in 11 episodes
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging

#4 Mentioned in 10 episodes
The Odyssey

#5 Mentioned in 9 episodes
A Time to Build
From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream

#6 Mentioned in 7 episodes
The Wealth of Nations

#7 Mentioned in 7 episodes
The Iliad

#8 Mentioned in 6 episodes
Dignity
Seeking Respect in Back Row America

#9 Mentioned in 6 episodes
The Three Languages of Politics

#10 Mentioned in 6 episodes
Range
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

#11 Mentioned in 6 episodes
Capitalism and freedom

#12 Mentioned in 6 episodes
In the First Circle

#13 Mentioned in 6 episodes
Aspiration

#14 Mentioned in 5 episodes
The road to serfdom

#15 Mentioned in 5 episodes
Ending Medical Reversal

#16 Mentioned in 5 episodes
The Sweet Spot
The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning

#17 Mentioned in 5 episodes
The Choice

#18 Mentioned in 5 episodes
Life and Fate

#19 Mentioned in 5 episodes
Anarchy, State, and Utopia

#20 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The first cell
and the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last