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24 alternatives to EconTalk - Taleb on the Black Swan

Taleb and Russ discuss uncertainty and Swans

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. EconTalk - Taleb on the Black Swan launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Black Swan▲80
The impact of the highly improbable
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Black Swan▲2
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
2018 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable▲87
The extreme impact of rare and unpredictable events
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Planet Money▲153
A podcast covering the global economy
2014 · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics▲97
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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StarTalk Radio - The Science of Love▲58
A cosmic queries episode
2016 · feeds.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs▲67
The astounding interconnectedness of the universe
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Waking Up with Sam Harris - The Multiverse & You (& You & You & You…)▲60
MIT cosmologist Max Tegmark on Math, AI & the Multiverse
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Off Camera - Jack Black▲68
A high-minded and philosophical discussion w/ Jack Black
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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The Flight of the Silvers▲63
A world of time travel and disruption.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes▲53
Evolution, Theoretical Physics and Computer Science
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine▲77
Betting against the herd is scary and at times lucrative
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder▲65
Nassim Taleb's concluding book to his randomness trilogy
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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StarTalk - Time Lords: The Science of Keeping Time with Chris Hardwick▲62
"take a mind-bending journey into the science of time"
2016 · startalkmedia.com · its alternatives →
15
Nature Podcast - 19 November 2015▲56
100th anniversary of The Theory of Relativity
2015 · its alternatives →
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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny▲55
The idea of greater non-zero-sum beneffitting the world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Dark Matter of the Mind▲67
The Culturally Articulated Unconscious
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
The Kerfuffle - Hubris and Stupidity▲57
A tangential conversation with @hsaefkow and @karj.
2016 · thekerfuffle.com · its alternatives →
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Coruscant Pulse Episode 19: Legendary Threats!▲58
Dave and James discuss instability in the SW Universe!
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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More Heat Than Light▲53
Mirowski on the history of economic science
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Waking Up with Sam Harris - The Virtues of Cold Blood: A Conversation with Paul Bloom▲55
Sam and Paul explore "the dark side of empathy"
2015 · samharris.org · its alternatives →
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ExponentFM Episode 078 — Bending Trees▲59
Ben and James discuss how the world will change
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Black Hole Focus▲70
freaking awesome self improvement/motivational book
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Analyse Asia 131: Play Bigger with Chris Lochhead▲53
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