Russ Roberts (@EconTalker)

Russ Roberts is an economist, a research fellow at Stanford, and a hosts of the widely popular weekly podcast EconTalk. His podcast started as a simple way to teach more people the basics of economics, and has since become a window into every bit of Russ's interests. In this episode of Y Combinator podcast he shares a bit of his story, what he finds the most peculiar about economics, and dives deep in various philosophical discussions about life, startups, teaching and everything in between.