Githae Githinji on Life in Kenya
As a follow-up to the episode featuring Stephen Jennings, we're releasing two bonus conversations showing the daily life, culture, and politics of Nairobi and Kenya at large. This second installment f...
2 Nov 202345min
Harriet Karimi Muriithi on Life in Kenya
As a follow-up to the episode featuring Stephen Jennings, we're releasing two bonus conversations showing the daily life, culture, and politics of Nairobi and Kenya at large. This first installment fe...
2 Nov 202342min
Stephen Jennings on Building New Cities
Stephen and Tyler first met over thirty years ago while working on economic reforms in New Zealand. With a distinguished career that transitioned from the New Zealand Treasury to significant ventures ...
1 Nov 202353min
Jacob Mikanowski on Eastern Europe
Jacob Mikanowski is the author of one of Tyler's favorite books this year called Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land. Tyler and Jacob sat down to discuss all things Eastern ...
18 Okt 20231h
Re-release: Claudia Goldin on the Economics of Inequality
Harvard professor Claudia Goldin has made a name for herself tackling difficult questions. What was the full economic cost of the American Civil War? Does education increase or lessen income inequalit...
9 Okt 202350min
Ada Palmer on Viking Metaphysics, Contingent Moments, and Censorship
Ada Palmer is a Renaissance historian at the University of Chicago who studies radical free thought and censorship, composes music, consults on anime and manga, and is the author of the acclaimed Terr...
4 Okt 20231h 4min
Lazarus Lake on Endurance, Uncertainty, and Reaching One's Potential
Lazarus Lake is a renowned ultramarathon runner and designer. His most famous creation (along with his friend Raw Dog) is the Barkley Marathons, an absurdly difficult 100-mile race through the Tenness...
20 Sep 202351min
Jerusalem Demsas on The Dispossessed, Gulliver's Travels, and Of Boys and Men
In this special episode, Tyler sat down with Jerusalem Demsas, staff writer at The Atlantic, to discuss three books: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, and Of...
6 Sep 20231h 3min
