Episode
Are We Alone? Cosmic Loneliness and the Longing to Believe (with Adam Kirsch)
EconTalk · Aug 24, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Has the earth been visited by extraterrestrials? Are we alone? Despite no formal evidence for conscious life outside of earth, the belief that we are not alone has become more common among both scientists and everyday people. Listen as author Adam Kirsch talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the urge to believe that there are sentient beings elsewhere in the universe and that these aliens…