Teaching Resource: List of Econ Podcasts for Spring 2024

In addition to all the usual items for a principles of macroeconomics class, I’m asking my students to listen to one podcast episode this semester. They have to write a short summary on a discussion board for credit.

It took me a bit of time to collect this list of links. I also give them some discretion to find their own episode, but I’m not posting my rules on that point here. This list is something you can copy, paste, and modify. The point is to have all the web links in one place so that students can just click around. There have been many great podcasts over past 2 decades, but I list relatively new content so that we get a bit of “current events” thrown in. So, even if you’ve assigned podcasts before, this new list might be helpful.

Re-release: Claudia Goldin on the Economics of Inequality
Conversations with Tyler
https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/re-release-claudia-goldin-on-the-economics-of-inequality
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/re-release-claudia-goldin-on-the-economics-of-inequality/id983795625?i=1000630726259

Reid Hoffman on the Possibilities of AI
Conversations with Tyler
https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/reid-hoffman-0
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reid-hoffman-on-the-possibilities-of-ai/id983795625?i=1000618616078

Simon Johnson on Banking, Technology, and Prosperity
Conversations with Tyler
https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/simon-johnson
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/simon-johnson-on-banking-technology-and-prosperity/id983795625?i=1000613373427

Tom Holland on History, Christianity, and the Value of the Countryside
Conversations with Tyler
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-holland-on-history-christianity-and-the/id983795625?i=1000605361914
https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/tom-holland

Brad DeLong on Intellectual and Technical Progress
Conversations with Tyler
https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/brad-delong
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brad-delong-on-intellectual-and-technical-progress/id983795625?i=1000601069514

Mark Carney on Central Banking and Shared Values
Conversations with Tyler
https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/mark-carney
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mark-carney-on-central-banking-and-shared-values/id983795625?i=1000523160780

EconTalk Episodes
Tyler Cowen on the GOAT of Economics
https://simplecast.econtalk.org/episodes/tyler-cowen-on-the-goat-of-economics

Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman
https://simplecast.econtalk.org/episodes/jennifer-burns-on-milton-friedman

Michael Munger on How Adam Smith Solved the Trolley Problem
https://simplecast.econtalk.org/episodes/michael-munger-on-how-adam-smith-solved-the-trolley-problem

Daron Acemoglu on Innovation and Shared Prosperity
https://simplecast.econtalk.org/episodes/daron-acemoglu-on-innovation-and-shared-prosperity

Michael Munger on Industrial Policy
https://simplecast.econtalk.org/episodes/michael-munger-on-industrial-policy

Macro Musings Episodes
Tyler Cowen on the Greatest Economist of All Time and Other Macro Awards
https://macromusings.libsyn.com/tyler-cowen-on-the-greatest-economist-of-all-time-and-other-macro-awards