Conversations with Tyler
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Tyler Cowen engages today's deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. New conversations every other Wednesday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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Elisa New on Poetry in America and Beyond
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David Brooks on Youth, Morality, and Loneliness (Live at Mason)
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Self-Education and Doing the Math (Plus special guest B...
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Bryan Caplan on Learning across Disciplines (Live at Mason Econ)
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Balaji Srinivasan on the Power and Promise of the Blockchain
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Agnes Callard on the Theory of Everything
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Martina Navratilova on Shaping Herself (Live at Mason)
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Chris Blattman on Development, Conflict, and Doing What's Interesting
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Robin Hanson on Signaling and Self-Deception (Live at Mason Econ)
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Matt Levine Live at Bloomberg HQ
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Charles C. Mann on Shaping Tomorrow's World and the Limits to Growth
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Ross Douthat on Narrative and Religion (Live at Mason)
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Andy Weir on the Economics of Sci-Fi and Space
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Doug Irwin on US Trade Policy
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Sujatha Gidla on Being an Ant Amongst the Elephants (Live)
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Steve Teles and Brink Lindsey on *The Captured Economy*
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Mary Roach on Disgust, Death, and Danger (Live at Mason)
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Larry Summers on Macroeconomics, Mentorship, and Avoiding Complacency (Live)
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Dave Barry on Humor, Writing, and Life as a Florida Man
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Dave Rubin on Digital Media, Crowdfunding, and Comedy (Live)
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Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small
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Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason)
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Edward Luce on The Retreat of Western Liberalism (Live)
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Jill Lepore on Traveling through Time
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Tyler Cowen and Steve Davies talk Theresa May, Brexit, and Europe (Live)
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Raj Chetty on Teachers, Social Mobility, and How to Find Answers to Big Question...
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Garry Kasparov on AI, Chess, and the Future of Creativity
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Patrick Collison has a Few Questions for Tyler (Live at Stripe)
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Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason)
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*The Complacent Class* with Katherine Mangu-Ward (Live at Mason)
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Rabbi David Wolpe on Leadership, Religion, and Identity (Live at Sixth & I)
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Chef Mark Miller on Food as the Ultimate Intellectual Exploration
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Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (Live at Ma...
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Joseph Henrich on WEIRD Societies and Life Among Two Strange Tribes (Live at Mas...
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Fuchsia Dunlop on Chinese Food, Culture, and Travel
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Steven Pinker on Language, Reason, and the Future of Violence (Live at Mason)
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Ezra Klein on Media, Politics, and Models of the World
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Margalit Fox on Life, Death, and the Best Job in Journalism
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Michael Orthofer on Why Fiction Matters
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Cass Sunstein on Judicial Minimalism, the Supreme Court, and Star Wars (Live at...
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Camille Paglia on her Lifestyle of Observation (Live at Mason)
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Jonathan Haidt on Morality, Politics, and Intellectual Diversity on Campus
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Nate Silver on the Supreme Court and the Underrated Stat for Finding Good Food (...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and Basketball...
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Cliff Asness on Comics and Why Never to Share a Gym with Cirque du Soleil (Live...
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Dani Rodrik on Premature Deindustrialization and Why the World is Second Best at...
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Luigi Zingales on Italy, Google and Conglomeration, and Donald Trump (Live at Ma...
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Jeffrey Sachs on Charter Cities and How to Reform Graduate Economics Education (...
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Peter Thiel on Stagnation, Innovation, and What Not to Call your Company (Live a...
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