Tyler Cowen engages today’s deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world,
Ada Palmer is a Renaissance historian at the University of Chicago who studies radical free thought
Lazarus Lake is a renowned ultramarathon runner and designer. His most famous creation (along with h
In this special episode, Tyler sat down with Jerusalem Demsas, staff writer at The Atlantic, to disc
A five-time World Chess Champion, Vishy became India's first grandmaster at age 18, spurring a chess
When Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen launched Marginal Revolution in August of 2003, they saw attracti
Tyler and Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham sat down at his home in the English countryside to dis
Tyler sat down at Comedy Cellar with owner Noam Dworman to talk about the ever-changing stand-up com
David Bentley Hart is an American writer, philosopher, religious scholar, critic, and theologian who
In his second appearance, Reid Hoffman joined Tyler to talk everything AI: the optimal liability reg
Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language
Peter Singer is one of the world’s most influential living philosophers, whose ideas have motivated
On good days, Seth Godin thinks about all the progress we’re making on climate change. On bad days,
What’s more intense than leading the IMF during a financial crisis? For Simon Johnson, it was co-aut
As the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and the author of several acclaimed books on tech
Anna Keay is a historian who specializes in the cultural heritage of Great Britain. As the director
Jessica Wade is a physicist at Imperial College London who, while spending her day working on specia
In this conversation, Tyler uses ChatGPT to interview Jonathan Swift about his views on religion, po
Historian Tom Holland joined Tyler to discuss in what ways his Christianity is influenced by Lord By
Yasheng Huang has written two of Tyler’s favorite books on China: Capitalism with Chinese Character
Brad DeLong, professor of economics at UC Berkley, OG econ blogger, and Tyler’s Harvard classmate, j
