Welcome to Series 2 of One Thing About Money, the podcast where guests from different walks of life explain the 'one thing' they believe everyone should know about money, finance or the economy.

In this episode I chat to Simon Evans, a comedian, writer and broadcaster who recently performed very entertaining shows about enlightenment thinkers Adam Smith and David Hume at the Edinburgh Festival. We discuss these two thinkers in the broad context of the changing world – capitalism, the changing targets of comedy, modern atheism and more.

I'm Leila Johnston, I live in Scotland and write about business and finance for a living.

The music on this podcast is 'Just a Walz' by Alena Smirnova.