Russ Roberts is a terrific interviewer. He is excellent at understanding perspectives other than his own and asking questions from that perspective. When he is

Russ Roberts is a terrific interviewer. He is excellent at understanding perspectives other than his own and asking questions from that perspective. When he is interjecting with his own bias, he's also very good at acknowledging his bias. The handful of times I've heard him interview someone about a book they wrote and I've gone on to read the book, I feel like I've gotten most of the main point already from listening to the EconTalk interview.