Ranked #1
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
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1hr
Ranked #2
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
27 Nov 2019
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1hr 8mins
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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
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1hr 32mins
Ranked #4
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
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1hr 22mins
Ranked #5
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
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53mins
Ranked #6
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
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #7
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
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #8
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
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54mins
Ranked #9
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
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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
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #11
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
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #12
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
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #13
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
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57mins
Ranked #14
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
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1hr
Ranked #15
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
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1hr 25mins
Ranked #16
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
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #17
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
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #18
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
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #19
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
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #20
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
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59mins