Please listen to one EconTalk podcast that relates to a topic covered in class (see list below). In addition to your general reaction to the podcast, please include the title of the podcast you li

   Please listen to one EconTalk podcast that relates to a topic covered in class (see list below).  In addition to your general reaction to the podcast, please include the title of the podcast you listened to, an application of at least one economic topic or concept you've learned in class and one or more of the following:

• An Ahh-hah! moment you had while listening to the podcast.
• Something interesting you learned.
• Something you disagreed with and why.
• Something you agreed with and why.

It should be evident in your writing that you listened to the podcast.  Finally, would you recommend the podcast to others?  

Here are some recommended podcasts that relate specifically to economic topics covered in our course, however feel free to browse the EconTalkLinks to an external site. website and choose one for yourself.  Click on any of the links below to read a description of the podcast.  Each is about an hour long.

• Jayson Lusk on Food, Technology, and Unnaturally Delicious (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Pink slime, free-range chickens, robot cooks, GMOs and more!)
• Alison Wolf on Women, Inequality and the XX Factor (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Loved this one!  Listen for impact of pizza in changing roles of women... seriously!)
• Matt Ridley on the Evolution of Everything (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..  (One of my favorite Econ Talks of the year! Ridley applies the lens of emergent order to a wide variety of phenomena including culture, morality, religion, commerce, innovation, and consciousness.)
• Marina Krakovsky on the Middleman Economy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Has or will the internet destroy the need for middlemen?)
• Kling on the Three Languages of Politics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Think of this as election therapy... Another one of my all-time favorites!) 
• O'Donohoe on Potato Chips and Salty SnacksLinks to an external site.  (You'll feel like you're actually in the potato chip factory... remember the micro chapter on costs of production?)
• Adam Cifu on Ending Medical Reversal (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..  (Why do so many medical practices that begin with such promise and confidence turn out to be either ineffective at best or harmful at worst?)  
• Josh Luber on Sneakers, Sneakerheads, and the Second-hand Market (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..  (Fun... markets and emergent order.)
• Robert Frank on Dinner Table Economics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..  (Fun applications of the economic way of thinking.  Why do grooms rent tuxes and brides buy dresses?  Why can bicycles cost more to rent than cars? Why do scammers who invoke Nigeria keep using the same old story?)
• Heller on the Tragedy of the AnticommonsLinks to an external site. (Hmm?  Private ownership creates wealth but could too much ownership create gridlock and prohibit innovation?)
• Boettke on Elinor Ostrom, Vincent Ostrom, and the Bloomington SchoolLinks to an external site. (Remember Elinor Ostrom won Nobel Prize in Economics for her work on how commons don't have to end in tragedy)
• Yandle on the Tragedy of the Commons and the Implications for Environmental RegulationLinks to an external site.

• Kling on Education and the InternetLinks to an external site. (What does this mean for your future?)
• Munger on MiddlemenLinks to an external site.
• Gavin Andresen on the Present and Future of Bitcoin (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.  (This one has not been archived yet.  It's this week's podcast so if this link does not work, click on the EconTalk link above and you'll find it on the homepage.)
• O'Donohoe on Potato Chips and Salty SnacksLinks to an external site.
• Munger on Exchange, Exploitation and Euvoluntary TransactionsLinks to an external site.
• Satz on MarketsLinks to an external site. (Why some things should not be for sale... Kidneys?)
• Winston on Market Failure and Government FailureLinks to an external site.