Elijah Millgram on the Philosophical Life
What can studying the lives of philosophers tell us about how to organize and interpret our own lives? Elijah Millgram is a professor of philosophy at the University of Utah whose research focuses on ...
16 Kesä 20211h 8min
David Deutsch on Multiple Worlds and Our Place in Them
Tyler describes Oxford professor and theoretical physicist David Deutsch as a "maximum philosopher of freedom" with no rival. A pioneer in the field of quantum computing, Deutsch subscribes to the mul...
2 Kesä 20211h 1min
Mark Carney on Central Banking and Shared Values
As a Canadian economist who once served as the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney has had many occasions to reflect on the importance of values. Whether it's ingratiating himself as a public...
26 Touko 202154min
Pierpaolo Barbieri on Latin American FinTech
Gifted young Argentines tend to leave home to "make it in America" and never look back, but after earning a degree from Harvard, writing a book about the Spanish Civil War, and living in the United St...
19 Touko 202156min
Daniel Carpenter on Smart Regulation
Daniel Carpenter is one of the world's leading experts on regulation and the foremost expert on the US Food and Drug Administration. A professor of Government at Harvard University, he's conducted ext...
5 Touko 20211h 8min
Shadi Bartsch on the Classics and China
A self-professed nerd, the young Shadi Bartsch could be found awake late at night, reading Latin under the covers of her bed by flashlight. Now a professor of Classics at the University of Chicago, Dr...
21 Huhti 20211h
Dana Gioia on Becoming an Information Billionaire
Before he was California Poet Laureate or leading the National Endowment for the Arts, Dana Gioia marketed Jell-O. Possessing both a Stanford MBA and a Harvard MA, he combined his creativity and facil...
7 Huhti 20211h 18min
Sarah Parcak on Archaeology from Space
What can new technology tell us about our ancient past? Archaeologist and remote sensing expert Sarah Parcak has used satellite imagery to discover over a dozen potential pyramids and thousands of tom...
24 Maalis 20211h 4min
