Teach Economics Podcast

Podcast Episodes

Gary Hoover: Teaching with Purpose

Gary Hoover, a professor of economics at Tulane University, talks with St. Louis Fed Economic Education Officer Scott Wolla about the importance of making economics real and relevant for students. Released July 1, 2025.

Wendy Stock: Harnessing Student Curiosity to Fuel Economic Education

Wendy Stock, a professor of economics at Montana State University, talks with St. Louis Fed Economic Education Officer Scott Wolla about how her own curiosity led her to economics and how she hopes harnessing her students’ curiosity will help them better grasp complicated topics. Released April 16, 2025.

Avi Cohen: If Students Only Take One Econ Course, What Should They Learn?

Avi Cohen, a professor of economics at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, discusses the value of the literacy-targeted approach to economics instruction. Released March 13, 2025.

Annamaria Lusardi: How Lessons in Personal Finance Can Help Teach Economics

Annamaria Lusardi, faculty director of the Initiative for Financial Decision-Making at Stanford University, talks about her career journey and passion for teaching personal finance education. Released Nov. 4, 2024.

Greg Mankiw: When Introducing Economics to Students, It Helps to Keep Things Simple

Greg Mankiw, economics professor at Harvard University, discusses his journey to the field and how down-to-earth language can unlock students’ understanding of complex economic concepts. Released Oct. 18, 2024.

Bill Goffe and Andrew Butler: How Understanding Brain Science Can Help You Teach Economics

Bill Goffe, an economics teaching professor at Penn State University, and Andrew Butler, an associate professor of psychology and brain sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, explore the connection between the science of learning and teaching economics. Released April 11, 2024.

Justin Wolfers: The Importance of Teaching Students to “Think Like an Economist”

Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, talks to Scott Wolla, economic education officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, about how he found economics, why he loves teaching economics, and why it’s important to help students “think like an economist.” Released Dec. 5, 2023.

Sneak-a-nomics: How Creative Lesson Writing Starts with Teamwork

Mary Suiter, former assistant vice president of economic education at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and Mike Raymer, executive director of the Georgia Council for Economic Education, share their advice on writing lessons that bring economics to life for students. Released July 18, 2023.

Sneak-a-nomics: How to Unlock Economics Lessons with a Good Story

Bonnie Meszaros, associate director of the Center of Economic Education and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware, discusses what goes into writing engaging economics and personal finance lessons using children’s literature. Released Jan. 17, 2023.

Sneak-a-nomics: Why Economics Lessons Engage Struggling Students

In this first episode, Erin Boettcher, a fifth grade teacher at Newark Charter School in Newark, Del., and Bonnie Meszaros, associate director of the Center of Economic Education and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware, discuss how you can sneak economic and personal finance concepts into the subjects you’re already teaching. Released Jan. 17, 2023.