Charles C. Mann on Shaping Tomorrow's World and the Limits to Growth
At the beginning of their conversation, Tyler dubs Charles C. Mann a tlamatini, or 'he who knows things.' And oh, the things he knows, effortlessly weaving together, history, anthropology, economics, ...
31 Jan 201855min
Ross Douthat on Narrative and Religion (Live at Mason)
Last year, Tyler asked his readers "What Is the Strongest Argument for the Existence of God?" and followed up a few days later with a post outlining why he doesn't believe in God. New York Times colum...
17 Jan 20181h 25min
Andy Weir on the Economics of Sci-Fi and Space
Before writing a single word of his new book Artemis, Andy Weir worked out the economics of a lunar colony. Without the economics, how could the story hew to the hard sci-fi style Weir cornered the ma...
20 Des 201752min
Doug Irwin on US Trade Policy
Tyler thinks Douglas Irwin has just released the best history of American trade policy ever written. So for this conversation Tyler went easy on Doug, asking softball questions like: Have tariffs ever...
29 Nov 201757min
Sujatha Gidla on Being an Ant Amongst the Elephants (Live)
Sujatha Gidla was an untouchable in India, but moved to the United States at the age of 26 and is now the first Indian woman to be employed as a conductor on the New York City Subway. In her memoir An...
15 Nov 20171h 2min
Steve Teles and Brink Lindsey on *The Captured Economy*
What happens when a liberal and a libertarian get together? In the case of Steve Teles and Brink Lindsey, they write a book. And then Tyler separates them for a podcast interview about that book, pri...
1 Nov 201752min
Mary Roach on Disgust, Death, and Danger (Live at Mason)
Legal writing was never Mary Roach's thing. She describes that short-lived stint as an inscrutable "bringing forth of multisyllabic words." Instead, she's forged a career by letting curiosity lead the...
18 Okt 20171h 15min
Larry Summers on Macroeconomics, Mentorship, and Avoiding Complacency (Live)
The economist, President Emeritus at Harvard University, and former Treasury Secretary joins Tyler to discuss innovation in higher education, Herman Melville, the Fed, Mexico, Russia, China, the Larry...
20 Sep 20171h 13min
