Science: Social Sciences

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Top episodes in Science: Social Sciences

We as humans tend to look at most everything with a linear perspective. Like every day and our lives are a straight trajectory that is either getting better or worse, depending on the day. We look at our desires as goals and work towards them sequentially, expecting to get closer every day on this so-called, straight l

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Kevin Miller & Jonathan Fields 25 Jul 2025 • EN

What Type Of Work Truly Inspires You w/ Jonathan Fields

This is not about working at your passions, or as my Dad, Dan Miller was famous for, finding the work you love. This is more about the tasks and activities you are engaging with in whatever work you are doing. Think about it like a football team. They are all playing football but they aren’t all playing the same positi

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Russ Roberts & Michael Munger 07 Jul 2025 • EN

What Is Capitalism? (with Mike Munger)

What is capitalism, really? Drawing on Adam Smith, Douglass North, and his own experience as a teacher and economist, economist Michael Munger of Duke University discusses three stages of economic development with EconTalk's Russ Roberts: voluntary exchange, markets, and capitalism. Along the way, the conversation expl

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Kevin Miller & Seth Godin 06 Jun 2025 • EN

The Ripple Effects Of What You Teach Others w/ Seth Godin

“I would like to be measured by what the people who learned from me taught other people.” This is what my guest said, and I’ve never forgotten it. Seth Godin is one of the premier voices of business in our generation, and he was one of my first guests when I was host of The Ziglar Show, and this was the second time I h

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Russ Roberts & Paul Bloom 26 May 2025 • EN

Nature vs. Nurture (with Paul Bloom)

How much of our success or failure is written in our genes? How much is under our control? Is it nature or nurture or is that dichotomy too simplistic? Hear EconTalk's Russ Roberts and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss why the nature vs. nurture question is actually worth taking seriously and how by understanding it we c

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Scott Barry Kaufman & Mayim Bialik 08 May 2025 • EN

Breaking the Stigma w/Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen

This week, Scott is joined by the multitalented Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen. You might know Mayim as the star of Blossom and The Big Bang Theory, or as the former host of Jeopardy!, but she’s also a neuroscientist with a PhD from UCLA and the creator of the popular mental health podcast Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown. Jo

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