The Of Interest podcast, six months on

Six months after launching the Of Interest podcast, and as it pauses for a summer break, we welcome feedback

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Six months after launching the Of Interest podcast, and as it pauses for a summer break, we welcome feedback

27th Dec 22, 10:03am by Gareth Vaughan

Back in June we launched a new podcast, the Of Interest podcast.

The idea was to take a deep dive into a major economic or financial issue through a long-form interview with a guest.

Six months on and we've recorded and published 27 episodes. I want to take this opportunity to thank all our guests for their time and thoughts, and our listeners for their support.

This article is also an opportunity to remind people all those episodes are out there. And, if you have some time on your hands over the festive and holiday season, please have a listen. Given they cover big issues such as central bank digital currencies, insurance & climate change, supply chain strategies, monetary policy, deposit insurance, migration & population, trade with China, productivity, cyber-security, inflation, housing and cryptocurrencies, most episodes remain relevant well after they were recorded.

Additionally I welcome suggestions for both topics and guests in 2023, either in the comment thread below, or via email.

You can find all the audio episodes to date here.

The episodes are also here along with short text stories accompanying them.

Earl Bardsley	Martien Lubberink
Shannon Barlow	David Mahon
Adam Boileau	Raf Manji
Clare Bolingford	John McDermott
John Bolton	David McLeish
Rod Carr	Geof Mortlock
Paul Conway	Jeremy Muir
Shamubeel Eaqub	Ganesh Nana
Ryan Geenaway-McGreavy	Tava Olsen
Arthur Grimes	Karen Silk
Rebecca Ingram	Nick Smyth
Stephen Jacobi	Grant Spencer
Rick Jones	Blair Turnbull
Jarrod Kerr	Ian Woolford

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8 Comments

by Yvil | 27th Dec 22, 12:19pm 1672096776

Thanks for these podcasts Gareth, I personally love them.

by HW2 | 27th Dec 22, 6:27pm 1672118847

Ditto. Thank you

by rolande | 27th Dec 22, 9:51pm 1672131067

Read the site daily and also listen to a lot of podcasts, but never knew you did podcasts.

You should plug them more. I'll have a listen now.

by Ngrrk | 28th Dec 22, 12:37am 1672141036

Correct, I had no idea also.

by riffraff | 28th Dec 22, 8:05am 1672167915

The podcasts are brilliant Gareth. I really enjoy them. Thank you.

by PineTreez | 28th Dec 22, 9:12am 1672171950

Personally, I avoid Podcasts. It's too easy for my attention to be divided, which then renders the listening process an ineffective waste of time.

I also don't like being held to the pace of the speaker. It's much easier for me to skim carefully structured text in a page than to wait for someones rambling and often superfluous words to get to the point.

Then there's the time wasting niceties at the introduction between the host and the speaker. Just get on with it!

But, meh, that's just me. You can't please all the people all of the time.

by False economies | 28th Dec 22, 11:38am 1672180713

Please could you put the subjects/titles next to the names?

by Jonny.Foe | 28th Dec 22, 10:29pm 1672219785

I listen to most of them Gareth - a welcome addition to my 'learning about economics whilst running' playlist. I think you get the balance just right - steering the conversation without interrupting or expressing an opinion personally. The CBDC conversation was a great example. I sometimes turn things off in despair - but that's always due to the guest going off down the reckonomics rabbithole.