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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 11 hours 38 minutes
episode 23: Raj Chetty on Teachers, Social Mobility, and How to Find Answers to Big Questions
The most influential economist in the world reveals his approach to meaningful research.
episode 22: Garry Kasparov on AI, Chess, and the Future of Creativity
Change is inevitable, says the chess grandmaster, and we should speed up our search for the edge of human potential.
episode 21: Patrick Collison has a Few Questions for Tyler (Live at Stripe)
The Stripe CEO flips the script for a special Conversations with Tyler.
episode 20: Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason)
"I think that it would be really useful to ban graduates of elite colleges from ever disclosing that they went to an elite college."
*The Complacent Class* with Katherine Mangu-Ward (Live at Mason)
In this bonus episode, Editor-in-chief of Reason Katherine Mangu-Ward interviews Tyler about *The Complacent Class.* Make sure to listen all the way to the end for an answer Katherine describes as . Follow on Twitter Follow on Twitter More CWT...
episode 19: Rabbi David Wolpe on Leadership, Religion, and Identity (Live at Sixth & I)
And does playing chess break the Sabbath?
episode 18: Chef Mark Miller on Food as the Ultimate Intellectual Exploration
...and the merits of eating your next hamburger upside down.
episode 17: Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (Live at Mason)
“This is one of the things about writing in Italian that people aren’t prepared for: that I don’t pretend anymore.”
episode 16: Joseph Henrich on WEIRD Societies and Life Among Two Strange Tribes (Live at Mason)
To anthropologist Joseph Henrich, intelligence is overrated. Cultural evolution is what really sets our species apart.
episode 15: Fuchsia Dunlop on Chinese Food, Culture, and Travel
China’s had a foodie culture for centuries. No one understands this better than Fuchsia Dunlop, one of Tyler Cowen’s favorite writers.