Conversations with Tyler

Tyler Cowen engages today’s deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world,

Episodes

Total: 250

Today many YouTube channels have more influence than traditional TV shows. This fact is not lost on

The surgeon, researcher, and celebrated writer joined Tyler for a conversation on why Watson will ne

The US senator and former college president joined Tyler for a conversation on adolescence, adulthoo

Edward Luce has a new book out about the rising crisis in Western liberalism, so naturally Tyler’s f

Is time like a line, a stretched out accordion, buried silos, or a flat circle? We concoct many ways

The UK is holding a big election on June 8, so today we’re bringing you some bonus audio on that top

A high school teacher once told Raj Chetty he’d some day serve on the Federal Reserve Board. At the

The chess grandmaster, political activist, and author joins Tyler for a conversation on artificial i

A few months ago, Tyler asked Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, to be on the show. Patrick agreed, bu

Journalist, author, and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell joins Tyler for a conversation on Joyce Gladwell,

In this bonus episode, Editor-in-chief of Reason Katherine Mangu-Ward interviews Tyler about *The Co

Named one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi David Wolpe joins Tyler in a co

Mark Miller is often called the founder of modern southwestern cuisine, but his unique anthropologic

Author, teacher, and translator Jhumpa Lahiri joins Tyler for a conversation on identity, Rhode Isla

To anthropologist Joseph Henrich, intelligence is overrated. Social learning, and its ability to inf

For centuries, China has treated its cuisine with a reverence and delight that is only just starting

Steven Pinker has spent an entire academic career thinking deeply about language, cognition, and hum

Ezra Klein, editor-in-chief of Vox.com, joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on biases in digital me

The stereotypical obituary is a formulaic recitation of facts — dry, boring, and without craft. But

Michael Orthofer, one of the world’s most prolific book reviewers, joins Tyler Cowen for a conversat