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Are We Alone? Cosmic Loneliness and the Longing to Believe (with Adam Kirsch)

Aug 2026 · 3 books

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The Revolt Against Humanity: Imagining a Future Without Us

Adam Kirsch

our topic for today is his latest book we want when mainstream and why it matters adam welcome back to econ talk ▶ tap to play from here

New Testament

Various (Traditional)

faith is the evidence of things not seen is is what the new testament says ▶ tap to play from here

The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells

thought of it even more as as sort of like the way we think about germs ▶ tap to play from here

The Hidden Cause of the Industrial Revolution (with Ben Southwood)

Aug 2026

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Ben Sasse on Faith, Family, and Facing Death

Aug 2026

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The Political Economy of Palestine (with Hussein Aboubakr Mansour)

Aug 2026

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Savage Landscapes (with Cal Flyn)

Jul 2026

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Dwayne Betts on the Iliad

Jul 2026

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From Sawdust to Paw Patrol: The Spin Master Story (with Ronnen Harary)

Jul 2026

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EconTalk Book Club on the Iliad (with Ido Hevroni)

Jul 2026

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Do Less, Heal More: The Case for Medical Conservatism (with John Mandrola)

Jun 2026

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Can a Phone Be a Cow? (with Philip Auerswald)

Jun 2026

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The Case for Sunshine (with Rowan Jacobsen)

Jun 2026

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The Self, the Crowd, and Social Contagion (with Luke Burgis)

Jun 2026

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Making Your 80,000 Hours Count (with Benjamin Todd)

Jun 2026

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Facing Death (with Sebastian Junger)

May 2026

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Tom Cruise's Body of Work (with Aled Maclean-Jones)

May 2026

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Thinking Inside the Box (with David Epstein)

May 2026

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Golfing Alone (with Gary Belsky)

May 2026

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Claude, War, and the State of the Republic (with Dean Ball)

Apr 2026

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Adam Smith's Warning About Wealth, Fame, and Status (with Ross Levine)

Apr 2026

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The Man Who Built NVIDIA (with Stephen Witt)

Apr 2026

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