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Most recent podcasts first:
Entendez-vous l’éco, with Aliette Hovine in France Culture (in French), 23rd March 2026:
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/entendez-vous-l-eco/le-marche-de-la-foi-6238684
Understanding human societies, with TSE students Manon Bonnet and Antsa Rharijaona:
Business Talk with Deepak Bhatt:
https://businesstalkwithdeepakbhatt.com
A really fun time with these two great interviewers on their podcast series Our Long Walk. You can listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qSYAEneAQ
In a nod to the renewed sexiness of the subject of trade policy, the BBC re-broadcast in April-May 2025 my ten-part series from 2018, with a new final episode broadcast on 2nd May 2025. Details here. The episodes will be available for at least a year after they go out.
Episode 6 of the 4th season of IAST’s Crossing Channels podcast, in which Diane Coyle, Jacques Crémer and I try to cut through to the essentials in asking what Europe should do about technological innovation, under the skilful chairmanship of Richard Westcott. Listen here.
You can listen here. Very thoughtful questions from Louise, who is an excellent interviewer.
Competing for Souls: Paul Seabright Explores Religion’s Economic Power
Michael is a great interviewer – he’d read The Divine Economy carefully and thought hard about the arguments. It lasts a bit over an hour and a half.
The last episode in Season 3 of the wonderful IAST Podcast series Crossing Channels is now available here, in which I take part with the excellent Diane Coyle and Ruth Mace. It’s hosted by the incomparable Rory Cellan-Jones in his farewell appearance.
Watch this space for an announcement about my book project with Guido Friebel, provisionally entitled Alternatives to Assassination: How to persuade elderly leaders to concede power gracefully.
In the academic year 2025-26 I am teaching the following courses at TSE:
In the Fall semester I am teaching:
Evolution of Economic Behavior.
Understanding Real World Organizations.
Causal Inference – jointly with Mateo Montenegro.
In the Winter semester:
Economics of Religious Competition, PhD program.
Module “The Economic Impact of Immigration”, in 2nd-year undergraduate program (in French).
Any enquiries about material for any of these courses should be directed to Paul.Seabright@tse-fr.eu.
This BBC Radio 4 broadcast, featuring an interview with me beginning at around the 21 minute 30 second mark, is available as a podcast from BBC Sounds here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000twhw
