Conversations with Tyler

Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://tylercowen.com/marginal-revolution-generative-book/">Click here</a> to find Tyler's new generative book, <em>The Marginal Revolution: Rise and Decline, and the Pending AI Revolution</em>!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Arthur Brooks reckons he's on the fourth …

Apr 01, 2026 · 59m

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Paul Gillingham on Why Mexico Stays Together

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <a href= "https://www.92ny.org/event/conversations-with-tyler-craig-newmark"> Buy tickets</a> for the …

Mar 25, 2026 · 1h 4m

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Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.92ny.org/event/conversations-with-tyler-craig-newmark"> Buy tickets</a> for the live Conversations with Tyler recording with Craig Newmark at 92NY!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Few living scholars can claim to have shaped how we read …

Mar 18, 2026 · 49m

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Henry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English

<p class="font-claude-response-body"><a href= "https://conversationswithtyler.com/event/chicago-listener-meetup/"> Sign up</a> for the Chicago CWT Listener Meetup.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body">Henry Oliver is the preeminent literary critic for non-literary nerds. His Substack, <em><span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New …

Mar 04, 2026 · 59m

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Joe Studwell on Africa, Asia, and What Development Actually Requires

<p class="MsoNormal">When Tyler called Joe Studwell's <em><span style= "font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> How Asia Works</span></em> "perhaps my favorite economics book of the …

Feb 18, 2026 · 53m

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Andrew Ross Sorkin on Market Bubbles, Banking Rules, and the Real Lessons of 1929

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Andrew Ross Sorkin sees the crash of 1929 as a tale of excessive leverage and …

Feb 04, 2026 · 56m

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Diarmaid MacCulloch on Christianity, Sex, and Unsettling Settled Facts

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Tyler considers Diarmaid MacCulloch one of those rare historians whose …

Jan 21, 2026 · 59m

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Brendan Foody on Teaching AI and the Future of Knowledge Work

<p class="font-claude-response-body">At 22, Brendan Foody is both the youngest Conversations with Tyler guest ever and the youngest unicorn founder on record. His company Mercor hires the experts who train frontier …

Jan 07, 2026 · 1h 1m

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Conversations with Tyler 2025 Retrospective

<p class="font-claude-response-body"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;">Help us keep the conversations going in 2026. <a href= "https://mercatus.donorsupport.co/page/cowenconvos26?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=eoy26"> Donate</a> to Conversations with Tyler today.</span></p> <p class="font-claude-response-body">On this special year-in-review episode, Tyler and producer …

Dec 23, 2025 · 59m

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Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Help us keep the conversations going in 2026. <a href= "https://mercatus.donorsupport.co/page/cowenconvos26?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=eoy26"> Donate</a> to Conversations with Tyler today.</span></p> <p class="font-claude-response-body">Alison Gopnik is both a psychologist and philosopher at …

Dec 17, 2025 · 1h 1m

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Gaurav Kapadia on New York City, Investing, and Contemporary Art

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Help us keep the conversations going in 2026. <a href= "https://mercatus.donorsupport.co/page/cowenconvos26?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=eoy26"> Donate</a> to Conversations with Tyler today.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gaurav Kapadia has …

Dec 10, 2025 · 59m

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Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Help us keep the conversations going in 2026. <a href= "https://mercatus.donorsupport.co/page/cowenconvos26?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=eoy26"> Donate</a> to Conversations with Tyler today.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Dan Wang argues that China is a nation of …

Dec 03, 2025 · 1h 32m

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Cass Sunstein on Liberalism and Rights in the Age of AI

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Cass Sunstein is one of the most widely cited legal scholars of all time and …

Nov 26, 2025 · 1h 19m

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Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Blake Scholl is one of the leading figures working to …

Nov 19, 2025 · 37m

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Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism

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Nov 12, 2025 · 57m

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Sam Altman on Trust, Persuasion, and the Future of Intelligence - Live at the Progress Conference

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><a class="_mizu194a _1ah3dkaa _ra3xnqa1 _128mdkaa _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu1r31 _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _kqswh2mm _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b1r31 _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik1r31 _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 …

Nov 05, 2025 · 54m

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Jonny Steinberg on South African Crime and Punishment, the Mandelas' Marriage, and the Post-Apartheid Era

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Tyler considers <em>Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage</em> one …

Oct 28, 2025 · 52m

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George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> George Selgin has spent over four decades thinking about money, …

Oct 15, 2025 · 1h 8m

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John Amaechi on Leadership, the NBA, and Being Gay in Professional Sports

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> John Amaechi is a former NBA forward/center …

Oct 01, 2025 · 59m

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Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"> <span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: …

Sep 24, 2025 · 45m

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David Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf States

<p class="MsoNormal">David Commins, author of the new book <em><span style= "font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Saudi Arabia: A Modern History</span></em>, brings decades of …

Sep 17, 2025 · 51m

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