Not every episode is like that.

Take [0], where John Allison of BB&T discusses his business philosophy, and as an aside mentions that his bank doesn’t issue negative amortization mortgages (a cause of the recession) in 2007.

Or [1], where Michael Lewis discusses Moneyball and The Blind Side.

Or [2], where Christopher Hitchens discusses George Orwell.

Or [3], where Paul Graham talks about Hackers and Painters.

EconTalk has something for everyone.

[0] http://www.econtalk.org/allison-on-strategy-profits-and-self...

[1] http://www.econtalk.org/michael-lewis-on-the-hidden-economic...

[2] http://www.econtalk.org/hitchens-on-orwell/

[3] http://www.econtalk.org/graham-on-start-ups-innovation-and-c...