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EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution. The eclectic guest list includes authors, doctors, psychologists, historians, philosophers, economists, and more.

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Addiction, Faith, and the Limits of Willpower (with Meghan O'Gieblyn)

October 5, 2026

Russ Roberts (0:02)

Welcome to EconTalk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty. I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Go to econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode and find links and other information related…

Our e-mail address is maile at econtalk.org. We'd love to hear from you.

Meghan O'Gieblyn (0:50)

Thanks so much. Happy to be here.

Russ Roberts (0:52)

Now, this isn't an easy book to summarize. It is a memoir, but its themes go deep into questions of addiction, rationality, religion, what it means to lead a good life. And just to set the stage, tell us a little bit about your personal story, which is the memoir part, which is the thread that runs through the book…

Yeah.

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Addiction, Faith, and the Limits of Willpower (with Meghan O'Gieblyn)October 5, 2026

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