Review of "Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg

"Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg

Noah needs a foil

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“Noah is extremely knowledgable and I’ve learned a ton from reading his substack. BUT…podcasting and writing are very different mediums. He often times comes off as way too confident that there could be no possible way any of his ideas are wrong, or that any sane person could disagree with him. Eric doesn’t seem to have the ability to steer the conversations away from his long rants/tangents or to push back very much on Noah. It’s hard to call them conversations, they are closer to interviews. Eric asks a question, Noah lectures on it, and then Eric moves on when Noah runs out of breath. One notable episode that was a welcome departure from Noah proselytizing without any real conversation featured a guest (can’t remember his name) that Noah disagreed with about whether or not we are heading for a recession.”

Schoonmaker83 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/25/24

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“When Erik opens an episode with an ad for himself featuring phrases like "I'm hiring a head of special projects for my personal team", it makes you think communism wouldn't be so bad, which is not the outcome you'd want from an economics podcast. They're ok when he's...”Read full review »

mvb irl via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/17/24

Please no more Dan Romero

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“He is super annoying and uninformed”

XAnalytics via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/28/24

already so good

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“just two episodes in and know this show is going to be a banger”

oppie12345 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/21/23

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