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Conversations with Tyler

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 ... Read more

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Karl Ove Knausgård on Literary Freedom

Karl Ove Knausgård on Literary Freedom

What is Karl Ove Knausgård’s struggle, exactly? The answer is simple: achieving total freedom in his writing. “It’s a sp... Read more

8 May 2019

1hr

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Mark Zuckerberg Interviews Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen on the Nature and Causes of Progress (Bonus)

Mark Zuckerberg Interviews Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen on the Nature and Causes of Progress (Bonus)

Over the past year Mark Zuckerberg has held a series of interviews themed around technology and society. This conversati... Read more

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Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason)

Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason)

Journalist, author, and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell joins Tyler for a conversation on Joyce Gladwell, Caribbean identity,... Read more

15 Mar 2017

1hr 32mins

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David Brooks on Youth, Morality, and Loneliness (Live at Mason)

David Brooks on Youth, Morality, and Loneliness (Live at Mason)

For two hours every morning, David Brooks crawls around his living room floor, organizing piles of research. Then, the p... Read more

6 Jun 2018

1hr 22mins

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Jordan Peterson on Mythology, Fame, and Reading People

Jordan Peterson on Mythology, Fame, and Reading People

Jordan Peterson joins Tyler to discuss collecting Soviet propaganda, why he’s so drawn to Jung, what the Exodus story ca... Read more

13 Feb 2019

53mins

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Jonathan Haidt on Morality, Politics, Disgust, and Intellectual Diversity on Campus

Jonathan Haidt on Morality, Politics, Disgust, and Intellectual Diversity on Campus

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on morality, politics, disgust, how to maintain ... Read more

24 Mar 2016

1hr 9mins

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Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise

Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise

If you enjoy Conversation with Tyler, consider making a year-end donation at ConversationsWithTyler.com/donate. All gif... Read more

19 Dec 2018

1hr 9mins

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Balaji Srinivasan on the Power and Promise of the Blockchain

Balaji Srinivasan on the Power and Promise of the Blockchain

When Balaji Srinivasan sat down for his conversation with Tyler he was the CEO of Earn.com. Today he is the CTO at Coinb... Read more

25 Apr 2018

54mins

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Steven Pinker on Language, Reason, and the Future of Violence (Live at Mason)

Steven Pinker on Language, Reason, and the Future of Violence (Live at Mason)

Steven Pinker has spent an entire academic career thinking deeply about language, cognition, and human nature. Driving i... Read more

2 Nov 2016

1hr 26mins

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Henry Farrell on Weaponized Interdependence, Big Tech, and Playing with Ideas

Henry Farrell on Weaponized Interdependence, Big Tech, and Playing with Ideas

The one concept most valuable for understanding the news today might be Henry Farrell’s theory of weaponized interdepend... Read more

23 Oct 2019

1hr 11mins

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Larry Summers on Macroeconomics, Mentorship, and Avoiding Complacency (Live)

Larry Summers on Macroeconomics, Mentorship, and Avoiding Complacency (Live)

The economist, President Emeritus at Harvard University, and former Treasury Secretary joins Tyler to discuss innovation... Read more

20 Sep 2017

1hr 13mins

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Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason)

Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason)

The US senator and former college president joined Tyler for a conversation on adolescence, adulthood, driving for Uber,... Read more

28 Jun 2017

1hr 21mins

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Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small

Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small

The surgeon, researcher, and celebrated writer joined Tyler for a conversation on why Watson will never diagnose your il... Read more

19 Jul 2017

57mins

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Reid Hoffman on Systems, Levers, and Quixotic Quests

Reid Hoffman on Systems, Levers, and Quixotic Quests

When Reid Hoffman creates a handle for some new network or system, his usual choice is “Quixotic.” At an early age, his ... Read more

15 Jan 2020

1hr

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Ross Douthat on Narrative and Religion (Live at Mason)

Ross Douthat on Narrative and Religion (Live at Mason)

Last year, Tyler asked his readers “What Is the Strongest Argument for the Existence of God?” and followed up a few days... Read more

17 Jan 2018

1hr 25mins

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Abhijit Banerjee on Theory, Practice, and India

Abhijit Banerjee on Theory, Practice, and India

Want to support future conversations? Visit conversationswithtyler.com/donate. Long before Abhijit Banerjee won the 2019... Read more

30 Dec 2019

1hr 2mins

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Ezra Klein on Why We’re Polarized

Ezra Klein on Why We’re Polarized

In his new book, Ezra Klein argues that polarization in America has become centered on partisan political identities, wh... Read more

29 Jan 2020

1hr 10mins

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Nate Silver on the Supreme Court and the Underrated Stat for Finding Good Food (Live at Mason)

Nate Silver on the Supreme Court and the Underrated Stat for Finding Good Food (Live at Mason)

Nate Silver joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on data, forecasting, My Bloody Valentine, the social value of gambling... Read more

23 Feb 2016

1hr 21mins

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Alain Bertaud on Cities, Markets, and People

Alain Bertaud on Cities, Markets, and People

Markets, Alain Bertaud likes to say, are like gravity: they exist everywhere. But while urban planners are quite good at... Read more

25 Sep 2019

1hr 20mins

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Tim Harford on Persuasion and Popular Economics

Tim Harford on Persuasion and Popular Economics

To Tim Harford, mistakes are fascinating. “We often only understand how something works when it breaks,” he says, explai... Read more

12 Feb 2020

59mins

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