Conversations with Tyler

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

Episodes

Total: 241

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

Cass Sunstein joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on judicial minimalism, Bob Dylan’s best album, t

Camille Paglia joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on the brilliance of Bowie, lamb vindaloo, her l

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on morality, politics, disgu

Nate Silver joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on data, forecasting, My Bloody Valentine, the soci

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on segregation, Islam, Harlem vs. LA, Earl

Tyler and investment strategist Cliff Asness discuss momentum and value investing strategies, disagr

Tyler and Dani Rodrik discuss premature deindustrialization, the world’s trilemmas, the political ec

In the third event of this series, Tyler and Luigi Zingales discuss Italy, Donald Trump, Antonio Gra

Tyler Cowen and Jeffrey Sachs discuss the resource curse, why Russia failed and Poland succeeded, ch