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The Pitch (Gimlet)
Where real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors—for real money.
The Daily (New York Times)
Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, hosted by Michael Barbaro and powered by New York Times journalism.
The Economist Asks (The Economist)
One question posed to a high-profile newsmaker followed up with lively debate.
The Economist Editor’s picks (The Economist)
A selection of three defining articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
The Economist The Intelligence (The Economist)
The Intelligence is a new current-affairs podcast, published every weekday by Economist Radio, that provides a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
The Peter Schiff Show (The Peter Schiff Podcast)
It doesn’t take long for listeners to figure out that The Peter Schiff Show is not politics as usual. The iconoclastic economist, author, and visionary investor combines his unique outlook on current events, economics, and political developments with humor and practical advice about life and personal finance.
Today in Focus (The Guardian)
Listen to the story behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news. Every weekday with Anushka Asthana.
Freakonomics Radio (Freakonomics)
Can be hit or miss, depending on the episode, but it often features very smart and well-known academics. It is well done but entertaining, and they have a website with transcriptions and all the sources they cite during the podcast.
Hayek Program Podcast (Mercatus Center at George Mason University)
The Hayek Program Podcast includes audio from lectures, interviews, and discussions of scholars and visitors from the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Hidden Forces (Hidden Forces)
Focus on economy and tech.
Intelligent Economist (Intelligent Economist)
List of 25 podcasts on economy.
LSE Public Lectures and Events (LSE London School of Economics)
The public events podcast series from the London School of Economics and Political Science features more than two hundred events every year where some of the world’s leading thinkers can be heard. The podcast is a platform for thought, ideas and lively debate where you can hear from presidents, prime ministers, international business leaders, policymakers and leading academics from all over the world.
Macro Musings (Mercatus Center)
About macroeconomics. Hosted by David Beckworth of the Mercatus Center, Macro Musings is a podcast which pulls back the curtain on the important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future.
Planet Money (NPR)
Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening. That's what we're going for at Planet Money.
Political Economy Podcast (American Enterprise Institute)
American Enterprise Institute’s Jim Pethokoukis discusses politics and the economy with guests in this podcast from the Ricochet Audio Network. Pethokoukis is also a contributor to CNBC.
Sinica Podcast (SupChina)
Chinese politics and economy.
TradeTalks! (Peterson Institute for International Economics)
A weekly podcast on world trade issues. Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad P. Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) cohost a podcast about the economics of international trade and policy.
New Economics Podcast (New Economics Foundation)
An award-winning podcast about the economic forces shaping our world, with Ayeisha Thomas-Smith and guests. Brought to you by the New Economics Foundation – the independent think tank and charity campaigning for a fairer, sustainable economy.
The Energy Gang (Wood Mackenzie)
A weekly digest on energy, cleantech and the environment.
The Energy Transition Show (XE Network)
Straight talk about the world’s transition from fossil fuels to renewables with energy expert Chris Nelder (full-length version requires site license)
The Interchange (Wood Mackenzie)
The Interchange is a weekly podcast on the global energy transformation, hosted by Stephen Lacey and Shayle Kann. Each week, the duo provide deep insights into technology, markets, projects, company financials, mergers and acquisitions, policy changes, and market data.
Bloomberg – Masters in Business (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz looks at the people and ideas that shape markets, investing and business.
Bloomberg - Trillions (Bloomberg)
Money goes where it's treated best. That simple truth is a big reason why more and more money—trillions, in fact—flows into a powerful, low-cost tool that's quietly transformed investing in recent years. Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, let you invest in everything from the stock market to gold like never before. This biweekly podcast will demystify them—and delight you in the process.
Invest like the Best (The Investor's Field Guide)
In each episode, the host speaks with the most interesting people he can find, whose stories will help you better invest your time and your money, and teach you how to play with boundaries in your own life.
Macro Voices (Macro Voices)
A weekly financial podcast program which targets professional finance, high net worth, and other “sophisticated” investors who desire financial content at a level of sophistication and complexity.
Super Investors And The Art Of Worldly Wisdom (Felder Investment Research)
Jesse Felder worked for the largest firm on Wall Street, co-founded a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund firm and has been active in the markets for over 20 years. This podcast is his journey to talk with a number of superinvestors who have been an inspiration to him in an effort to understand what makes them so successful in the financial markets and in life.
The Sherman Show (DoubleLine)
Jeffrey Sherman, DoubleLine’s Deputy CIO and Sam Lau, a DoubleLine Portfolio Manager, host a series of podcasts with distinguished guests, giving listeners insight into DoubleLine’s strategies, Portfolio Managers and industry innovators.
We Study Billionaires – the Investors Podcast (The Investor's Podcast)
We study self-made financial billionaires like Warren Buffett and Ray Dalio and teach you what we learn and how you can apply their investing processes in the stock market.
Your Money Briefing (Wall Street Journal)
Money and market stories from The Wall Street Journal. Each weekday WS journalists share insights on investing, markets, taxes and retirement planning.
Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History: Forgotten and overlooked histories (Panoply)
In 10 episodes, Revisionist History goes back and reinterpret something from the past: an event, a person, an idea. Something overlooked. Something misunderstood.
New Books in Intellectual History
Interviews with Scholars of Intellectual History about their New Books. In episode 5, CBS professor Poul Kjær talks about his book "The Law of Political Economy".
More Perfect (Radiolab/NPR)
A show on US Supreme Court cases. Start with “Cruel and Unusual”. Well told and featuring tons of interviews. Has to be my number 1.
HBR Ideacast (Harvard Business Review)
A weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management.
Talking about organizations (Talking About Organizations Podcast)
Talking About Organizations Podcast, also known as “TAOP”, is a weekly conversational podcast about management and organization studies. Something of a cross between a reading group and a seminar, TAOP blends emergent conversation with academic rigor into dynamic episodes that cover key works and themes in organization studies.
On the Media (NPR)
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
Under The Influence (CBC)
A marketing podcast. Take an unprecedented ride through the hallways of the ad industry. Host and adman Terry O'Reilly explores why we make the shopping decisions we make, and how we are influenced by words, colours and images. He tells stories of the remarkable creativity found at the higher realms of marketing and analyzes the ads we love to hate.
Philosophize This! (Philosophize This!)
For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don’t need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.
Philosophy 247 (David Edmonds)
David Edmonds interviews leading philosophers about moral issues that affect us 24/7.
Philosophy Bites (Wizzard Media )
David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer) interview top philosophers on a wide range of topics. Two books based on the series have been published by Oxford University Press.
The Partially Examined life (Mark Linsenmayer)
The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a short text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy, or even to have read the text we're talking about to (mostly) follow and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion.
Stoic Meditations (Massimo Pigliucci)
Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers.
Very bad wizards (Very Bad Wizards)
A philosopher and a psychologist ponder human morality.
LSE Public Lectures and Events (LSE London School of Economics)
The public events podcast series from the London School of Economics and Political Science features more than two hundred events every year where some of the world’s leading thinkers can be heard. The podcast is a platform for thought, ideas and lively debate where you can hear from presidents, prime ministers, international business leaders, policymakers and leading academics from all over the world.
Political Economy Podcast (American Enterprise Institute)
American Enterprise Institute’s Jim Pethokoukis discusses politics and the economy with guests in this podcast from the Ricochet Audio Network. Pethokoukis is also a contributor to CNBC.
Sinica Podcast (SupChina)
Chinese politics and economy.
Talking Politics (University of Cambridge/London Review of Books)
David Runciman and friends talk to novelists, historians, scientists, philosophers, comedians – anyone and everyone who has something interesting to say about the state we’re in.
Shipping podcast (Lloyd’s list)
Maritime topics.
Conversations with Tyler (Mercatus Center at George Mason University)
On the Conversations with Tyler podcast, esteemed economist Tyler Cowen engages with today’s most underrated thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. Tyler’s intense research leads to stimulating and surprising questions that provoke guests into deep examinations of their work and how they see the world.
Intelligence Squared (Intelligence Squared)
Interesting conversations on topics ranging from international politics, philosophy and IR. Featuring lot’s of renowned academics and public figures.
Invisibilia (NPR)
Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.
Making Sense med Sam Harris (Sam Harris)
Sam Harris—neuroscientist, philosopher, and author— explores some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and current events.
People Analytics Podcast (Tucana Global SLU)
How to make better HRM decisions using data.
Reply All (Gimlet)
Despite the name, ‘Reply All’ isn’t a podcast about technology — it’s a podcast that tells gorgeous, painfully human stories that happen to have bits of technology sprinkled in. – Nick Quah, Vulture.
The Familiar Strange (The Familiar Strange)
A podcast on social-cultural anthropology.
Was denkst du den? (Nora Hespers und Rita Molzberger)
Wo ist die Schamgrenze - zum Beispiel in der Sauna? Wie läuft das mit Schuld und Entschuldigung? Und darf ich eigentlich die politische und moralische Haltung von jemandem in Frage stellen? Rita Molzberger und Nora Hespers stellen sich all diese Fragen und diskutieren. Mal mehr mal weniger fachlich, aber immer auf der Suche nach Erkenntnisgewinn.
American Innovations (Wondery)
DNA. Artificial intelligence. Smartphones and 3D printers. Science and technology have transformed the world we live in. But how did we get here? It wasn’t by accident. Well, sometimes it was. It was also the result of hard work, teamwork, and competition. And incredibly surprising moments.
Spark with Nora Young (CBC)
Explores how technology, innovation and design affect our lives.
Secret History of the Future (Slate/The Economist)
Journey into the past and you'll discover the secret history of the future. From the world's first cyber-attack in 1834 to 19th-century virtual reality, The Economist's Tom Standage and Slate's Seth Stevenson examine the historical precedents that can transform our understanding of modern technology, predicting how it might evolve and highlighting pitfalls to avoid. Discovering how people reacted to past innovations can also teach us about ourselves.