Tyler Cowen engages today’s deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. New conversations every other Wednesday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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episode 71: Neal Stephenson on Depictions of Reality
If you want to speculate on the development of tech, no one has a better brain to pick than Neal Stephenson.
episode 70: Eric Kaufmann on Immigration, Identity, and the Limits of Individualism
Is now a good time to buy property in Northern Ireland?
episode 69: Hal Varian on Taking the Academic Approach to Business
And why kale is the key to understanding Google's inner workings.
episode 68: Russ Roberts on Life as an Economics Educator
The OG econ podcaster tries out the guest chair.
episode 67: Ezekiel Emanuel on the Practice of Medicine, Policy, and Life
He's worked at the highest levels of medicine, policy and academia. But the intense interest in jam and chocolate might be most impressive.
episode 66: Karl Ove Knausgård on Literary Freedom
Knausgård's real struggle is answering all of Tyler's questions.
episode 64: Ed Boyden on Minding your Brain
Ed Boyden builds the tools and technologies that help us think about the brain, an organ we still know surprisingly little about.
episode 63: Emily Wilson on Translations and Language
The literary translator's toolkit must include pen, paper, various dictionaries, a big desk, and a huge orange cat.
episode 62: Raghuram Rajan on Understanding Community
What does the certified electrical engineer, turned economist think about the three pillars of our society?