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 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?
episode 61: Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent
He's renowned for assessing talent - so would he fund Peter Parker? How about Bruce Wayne?
episode 60: Jordan Peterson on Mythology, Fame, and Reading People
And what the Intellectual Dark Web gets wrong.
episode 59: Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama on *Persecution and Toleration*
How did religious freedom emerge - and why did it arrive so late?
episode 58: Larissa MacFarquhar on Getting Inside Someone's Head
One of the best profile writers working today shares what motivates her work.
episode 57: Rebecca Kukla on Moving through and Responding to the World
Philosophers and comedians have almost the same job.
episode 56: Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise
You might be surprised by what occupies Daniel Kahneman's thoughts these days.