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The Podcast BrowserA Mind-Blowing Way of Looking at Math (with David Bessis)
Podcast: EconTalk (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: A Mind-Blowing Way of Looking at Math (with David Bessis)Pub date: 2025-10-27Get Podcast…
The Podcast BrowserEdmond Smith, "Ruthless: A New History of Britain’s Rise to Wealth and Power, 1660-1800" (Yale UP, 2025)
Podcast: New Books in Economic and Business History (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Edmond Smith, "Ruthless: A New History of Britain’s Rise to…
The Podcast BrowserDANIEL GILBERT thinks our brains are wired for misery
Podcast: Lives Well Lived (LS 43 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: DANIEL GILBERT thinks our brains are wired for miseryPub date: 2025-10-30Get Podcast…
The Podcast BrowserEiko Maruko Siniawer, "Ten Moments that Shaped Tokyo" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Podcast: Asian Review of Books (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Eiko Maruko Siniawer, "Ten Moments that Shaped Tokyo" (Cambridge UP, 2024)Pub…
The Podcast BrowserAtlantic CEO Nick Thompson on What Running Can Teach Us
Podcast: The Next Big Idea (LS 59 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson on What Running Can Teach UsPub date: 2025-10-30Get…
The Podcast BrowserHow Liberty Made Progress Possible | Peter Boettke | Ep. 68
Podcast: The Human Progress Podcast (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: How Liberty Made Progress Possible | Peter Boettke | Ep. 68Pub date…
The Podcast Browser579. Dissecting Capitalism's Critics From the Industrial Revolution to AI feat. John Cassidy
Podcast: unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: 579. Dissecting Capitalism's Critics From the Industrial Revolution to AI…
The Podcast BrowserThe 2025 Shortlist: Justin Marozzi
Podcast: Baillie Gifford Prize (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The 2025 Shortlist: Justin MarozziPub date: 2025-10-21Get Podcast Transcript…
The Podcast BrowserTwenty Years of Freakonomics (with Stephen Dubner)
Podcast: EconTalk (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Twenty Years of Freakonomics (with Stephen Dubner)Pub date: 2025-10-20Get Podcast Transcript…
The Podcast BrowserDavid Singerman, "Unrefined: How Capitalism Reinvented Sugar" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Podcast: New Books in Economic and Business History (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: David Singerman, "Unrefined: How Capitalism Reinvented Sugar"…
The Podcast BrowserThe Story of Carbon Dioxide is the Story of Everything: Interview with Journalist Peter Brannen
Podcast: Tides of History (LS 70 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: The Story of Carbon Dioxide is the Story of Everything: Interview with Journalist…
The Podcast BrowserDan Wang - The US vs China In The 21st Century - [Invest Like the Best, EP.444]
Podcast: Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy (LS 67 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Dan Wang - The US vs China In The 21st Century -…
The Podcast BrowserHannah Ritchie On Climate Honesty, Hope, And The Future. Discussing her book Clearing The Air.
Podcast: Ben Yeoh Chats (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Hannah Ritchie On Climate Honesty, Hope, And The Future. Discussing her book Clearing…
The Podcast BrowserThe 2025 Shortlist: Adam Weymouth
Podcast: Baillie Gifford Prize (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The 2025 Shortlist: Adam WeymouthPub date: 2025-10-23Get Podcast Transcript…
The Podcast BrowserBN+: Inside McNamara at War: Philip and William Taubman on Vietnam and U.S. Power
Podcast: C-SPAN Bookshelf (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: BN+: Inside McNamara at War: Philip and William Taubman on Vietnam and U.S. PowerPub…
The Podcast BrowserDeborah Gordon, "No Standard Oil: Managing Abundant Petroleum in a Warming World" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Podcast: New Books in Environmental Studies (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Deborah Gordon, "No Standard Oil: Managing Abundant Petroleum in a…
The Podcast BrowserThomas Sowell: A Free Man | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Podcast: Uncommon Knowledge (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Thomas Sowell: A Free Man | Peter Robinson | Hoover InstitutionPub date…
The Podcast BrowserA Question-Asker Becomes a Question-Answerer
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: A Question-Asker Becomes a Question-AnswererPub date: 2025-10-17Get Podcast…
The Podcast BrowserBen Schott: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language
Podcast: The Book Club (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Ben Schott: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to LanguagePub date: 2025-10-07Get Podcast…
The Podcast BrowserAmerica in Korea: a failed occupation?
Podcast: HistoryExtra podcast (LS 70 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: America in Korea: a failed occupation?Pub date: 2025-09-25Get Podcast Transcript…
The Podcast BrowserThe Magic of Tokyo (with Joe McReynolds)
Podcast: EconTalk (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: The Magic of Tokyo (with Joe McReynolds)Pub date: 2025-10-13Get Podcast Transcript…
The Podcast Browser#1160 Edward Watts - The Romans: A 2,000-Year History
Podcast: The Dissenter (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: #1160 Edward Watts - The Romans: A 2,000-Year HistoryPub date: 2025-10-09Get Podcast…
The Podcast Browser622. Brian Potter, Author of The Origins of Efficiency
Podcast: Unleashed - How to Thrive as an Independent Professional (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: 622. Brian Potter, Author of The Origins of…
The Podcast BrowserFocus: The ASML Way by Marc Hijink
Podcast: TaleWind (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Focus: The ASML Way by Marc HijinkPub date: 2025-01-30Get Podcast Transcript →powered by…
The Podcast BrowserMark Blake – Shine On – The Definitive Oral History Of Pink Floyd
Podcast: BooksPodcast (LS 24 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Mark Blake – Shine On – The Definitive Oral History Of Pink FloydPub date: 2025-10-10Get…
The Podcast BrowserHow Afraid of the A.I. Apocalypse Should We Be?
Podcast: The Ezra Klein Show (LS 75 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: How Afraid of the A.I. Apocalypse Should We Be?Pub date: 2025-10-15Get Podcast…
The Podcast BrowserAllen B. Downey, "Probably Overthinking It: How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better Decisions" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Podcast: New Books in Economics (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Allen B. Downey, "Probably Overthinking It: How to Use Data to Answer…
The Podcast BrowserIn Praise of Commercial Culture
Podcast: The Marginal Revolution Podcast (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: In Praise of Commercial CulturePub date: 2025-09-23Get Podcast…
The Podcast BrowserNick Lane – Life as we know it is chemically inevitable
Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Nick Lane – Life as we know it is chemically inevitablePub date: 2025-10-10Get…
The Podcast BrowserWhy Money Doesn't Buy Happiness in America
Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Why Money Doesn't Buy Happiness in AmericaPub date: 2025-10-07Get…
The Podcast BrowserMark Vellend, "Everything Evolves: Why Evolution Explains More than We Think, from Proteins to Politics" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Podcast: Princeton UP Ideas Podcast (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Mark Vellend, "Everything Evolves: Why Evolution Explains More than We Think…
The Podcast BrowserChristopher Caldwell & the age of entitlement
Podcast: Givers, Doers, & Thinkers—A Podcast on Philanthropy and Civil Society (LS 30 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Christopher Caldwell & the age of…
The Podcast BrowserDavid J. Lynch, "The World's Worst Bet: How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong (And What Would Make It Right)" (PublicAffairs, 2025)
Podcast: New Books in Economics (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: David J. Lynch, "The World's Worst Bet: How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong…
The Podcast BrowserEpisode 172: Phillip and William Taubman on McNamara at War
Podcast: Bookstack (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 172: Phillip and William Taubman on McNamara at WarPub date: 2025-10-05Get Podcast…
The Podcast BrowserThe Power of Common Knowledge: Steven Pinker on Language, Norms, and Punishment
Podcast: The Michael Shermer Show (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The Power of Common Knowledge: Steven Pinker on Language, Norms, and…
The Podcast BrowserThe Roman Economy: The lives of the 90% | Kimberly Bowes with Javier Mejia
Podcast: The Economic and Political History PodcastEpisode: The Roman Economy: The lives of the 90% | Kimberly Bowes with Javier MejiaPub date: 2025-10-04Get…
The Podcast BrowserJoanna Pocock: Greyhound
Podcast: The Book Club (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Joanna Pocock: GreyhoundPub date: 2025-08-13Get Podcast Transcript →powered by…
The Podcast Browser(re-release) How JANE GOODALL defied experts and changed our view on animals forever!
Podcast: Lives Well Lived (LS 43 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: (re-release) How JANE GOODALL defied experts and changed our view on animals…
The Podcast BrowserThe Greatest Knight That Ever Lived: William the Marshal
Podcast: Dan Snow's History Hit (LS 76 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: The Greatest Knight That Ever Lived: William the MarshalPub date…
The Podcast BrowserThucydides, the Greatest Historian of All Time: Interview with Robin Waterfield and Professor Polly Low
Podcast: Tides of History (LS 70 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Thucydides, the Greatest Historian of All Time: Interview with Robin Waterfield and…
The Podcast Browser581. The Power of Status: Examining the Matthew Effect feat. Toby E. Stuart
Podcast: unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: 581. The Power of Status: Examining the Matthew Effect feat. Toby E…
The Podcast BrowserEp. 13: Peter Hessler on 'Other Rivers'
Podcast: China Books Podcast (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Ep. 13: Peter Hessler on 'Other Rivers'Pub date: 2024-10-01Get Podcast Transcript…
The Podcast BrowserMark Gilbert, "Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy" (Norton, 2024)
Podcast: New Books in Political Science (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Mark Gilbert, "Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy" (Norton…
The Podcast Browser#093 - George Owers - Britain's 350-Year Culture War: The Birth Of Party Politics
Podcast: Thinking Class (LS 30 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: #093 - George Owers - Britain's 350-Year Culture War: The Birth Of Party PoliticsPub…
The Podcast BrowserDavid Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf States
Podcast: Conversations with Tyler (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: David Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf…
The Podcast Browser647. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers.
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 647. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers.Pub date: 2025-09-19Get…
The Podcast BrowserWhy Everyone Is Wrong About AI (Including You) | Benedict Evans
Podcast: The Knowledge Project (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI (Including You) | Benedict EvansPub date…
The Podcast BrowserDavid Edmonds, "Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Podcast: Princeton UP Ideas Podcast (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: David Edmonds, "Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and…
The Podcast BrowserWhy So Few Births? | Steven Davis, Claudia Goldin | Hoover Institution
Podcast: Economics, AppliedEpisode: Why So Few Births? | Steven Davis, Claudia Goldin | Hoover InstitutionPub date: 2025-09-17Get Podcast Transcript…
The Podcast Browser56. Foucault was ALWAYS a Libertarian - Mark Pennington
Podcast: The Rasheed Griffith ShowEpisode: 56. Foucault was ALWAYS a Libertarian - Mark PenningtonPub date: 2025-09-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by…
The Podcast Browser#443 - A Concise History of Islam: A Dialogue with John Tolan
Podcast: Converging Dialogues (LS 40 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: #443 - A Concise History of Islam: A Dialogue with John TolanPub date…
The Podcast BrowserHow Did America Build the Arsenal of Democracy? (with Brian Potter)
Podcast: EconTalk (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: How Did America Build the Arsenal of Democracy? (with Brian Potter)Pub date: 2025-09-15Get…
The Podcast Browser#1149 Sean McMeekin: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism
Podcast: The Dissenter (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: #1149 Sean McMeekin: The Rise and Fall and Rise of CommunismPub date: 2025-09-12Get…
The Podcast BrowserAndrew Bayliss: Sparta – The Rise and Fall of An Ancient Superpower
Podcast: The Book Club (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Andrew Bayliss: Sparta – The Rise and Fall of An Ancient SuperpowerPub date…
The Podcast Browser#992 - Dr Sarah Hill - The Period Brain: How Hormones Change Women’s Behaviour
Podcast: Modern Wisdom (LS 71 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: #992 - Dr Sarah Hill - The Period Brain: How Hormones Change Women’s BehaviourPub date…
The Podcast BrowserGlobalization's Backlash: Echoes of the Interwar Era in Today’s World
Podcast: International HorizonsEpisode: Globalization's Backlash: Echoes of the Interwar Era in Today’s WorldPub date: 2025-05-10Get Podcast Transcript…
The Podcast BrowserWhy feminism worked best in the West with Alice Evans
Podcast: Works in Progress Podcast (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Why feminism worked best in the West with Alice EvansPub date: 2025-09-10Get…
The Podcast BrowserAmerica in the Age of Diagnosis
Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: America in the Age of DiagnosisPub date: 2025-09-09Get Podcast…
The Podcast BrowserSam Dalrymple, "Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia" (William Collins, 2025)
Podcast: Asian Review of Books (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Sam Dalrymple, "Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia"…