Radio and Podcasts
Radio and Podcasts
Listen to audio resources recommended by our academic faculty.
Warwick Econ Sounds
Warwick Econ Sounds is a podcast series from the Department of Economics, University of Warwick, providing research-based discussion and expert analysis of key societal and economic issues. With contributions from leading academic and professional economists, the series discusses and debates the nature of the discipline itself, exploring how economists can help solve global problems and ultimately how economics impacts everyday life.
Warwick Econ Sounds Link opens in a new windowEconTalk
Sponsored by the Library of Economics and Liberty, EconTalk is a weekly economics podcast hosted by Russ Roberts. Roberts, formerly an economics professor at George Mason University, is a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
EconTalkBBC Radio 4
Suggested podcasts from Radio 4 include:
- Understand: The Economy - Everything you need to know about the economy and what it means for you.
- In Our TimeLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window - radio discussion series exploring a wide variety of historical topics, presented by Melvyn Bragg.
- More or Less - Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
- 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy - Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.
Freakonomics
Discover the hidden side of everything with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books.
FreakonomicsGrowthChat
A podcast series by Marco Lecci (Monash) and Sascha O. Becker (Warwick) which interviews economists and other social scientist about their recent research papers and publications. The aim of this podcast is to share the work that economists, sociologist, anthropologist and historians do, making it accessible to students and the general public, independently from their background and preparation.
GrowthChat