53x1:57:30Sam Harris on Jew-Hatred, Radical Islam, and the West 7/29/24
92K views · 1 year ago
EconTalk
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32,000
Subscribers
+300 in 31 days
2.7M
Total views
+33,091 in 31 days
452
Median views per video
average 1,732
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~0.9 uploads a week
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Last 29 days with a reading.
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EconTalk's biggest outliers
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53x1:57:30
53x1:17:09Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Dangers of AI 5/8/23
45K views · 3 years ago
40x1:40:34An Extraordinary Introduction to the Birth of Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
89K views · 2 years ago
38x1:25:05Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Work, Slavery, the Minority Rule, and Skin in the Game 8/14/2017
10K views · 6 years ago
35x1:06:51Roland Fryer on Race, Diversity, and Affirmative Action
52K views · 2 years ago
28x1:19:37Marc Andreessen on Why AI Will Save the World 7/10/23
10K views · 2 years ago
27x1:01:26Paul Romer on the COVID-19 Pandemic 5/15/2020
7K views · 6 years ago
26x1:27:12The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Covid Vaccine (with Vinay Prasad)
22K views · 2 years ago
25x1:11:30Cathy O'Neil on Weapons of Math Destruction 10/3/2016
5K views · 6 years ago
19x1:14:50Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Rationality, Risk, and Skin in the Game 3/5/2018
15K views · 6 years ago
19x1:07:20Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Pandemic 7/27/20
56K views · 5 years ago
18x1:11:50Martin Gurri on the Revolt of the Public 5/25/20
2.6K views · 6 years ago
Latest uploads
0.7xThe Death of Reading (with James Marriott) 9/21/26
962 views · 3 days ago
1xIncentives Are for Losers (with Adam Mastroianni)
1.2K views · 1 week ago
1.3xMeritocracy, Exams, and the Knowledge That Matters (with Daisy Christodoulou) 9/7/2026
1.4K views · 2 weeks ago
1x1:22:22Hamas and the Future of Gaza (with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib) 8/31/26
1.1K views · 3 weeks ago
2x1:13:09The Hidden Cause of the Industrial Revolution (with Ben Southwood) 8/17/26
1.9K views · 1 month ago
3.2x1:20:45Ben Sasse on Faith, Family, and Facing Death 5/10/2
2.3K views · 1 month ago
0.6x1:01:58Savage Landscapes (with Cal Flyn) 7/27/26
461 views · 1 month ago
0.6x1:28:24Dwayne Betts on the Iliad 7/20/26
248 views · 2 months ago
0.9x1:08:55Sawdust to Paw Patrol: The Spin Master Story (with Ronnen Harary) 7/13/26
386 views · 2 months ago
0.9x1:09:37EconTalk Book Club on the Iliad (with Ido Hevroni) 7/6/26
407 views · 2 months ago
0.9x59:18Do Less, Heal More: The Case for Medical Conservatism (with John Mandrola) 6/29/26
410 views · 2 months ago
0.9x1:05:31The Case for Sunshine (with Rowan Jacobsen) 6/15/26
376 views · 3 months ago
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