Dave Barry on Humor, Writing, and Life as a Florida Man
Though most know him first as a humor columnist, Dave Barry's career has spanned many forms of media, including books, movies, TV, and music. Driving this relentless output, says Barry, is the constan...
16 Aug 201757min
Dave Rubin on Digital Media, Crowdfunding, and Comedy (Live)
Today many YouTube channels have more influence than traditional TV shows. This fact is not lost on Dave Rubin, who started his talk show career in traditional media, but soon decided to strike out on...
2 Aug 201732min
Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small
The surgeon, researcher, and celebrated writer joined Tyler for a conversation on why Watson will never diagnose your illness, what George Church's narcolepsy teaches us about CRISPR, what's missing i...
19 Jul 201757min
Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason)
The US senator and former college president joined Tyler for a conversation on adolescence, adulthood, driving for Uber, loving Luther, hate-reading Rousseau, the decline of small towns, backpacking a...
28 Jun 20171h 21min
Edward Luce on The Retreat of Western Liberalism (Live)
Edward Luce has a new book out about the rising crisis in Western liberalism, so naturally Tyler's first question to him dealt with James II and William of Orange. #gloriousrevolution In this bonus au...
21 Jun 201754min
Jill Lepore on Traveling through Time
Is time like a line, a stretched out accordion, buried silos, or a flat circle? We concoct many ways to think about the relationship between the present and the past, but according to Jill Lepore one ...
14 Jun 20171h 8min
Tyler Cowen and Steve Davies talk Theresa May, Brexit, and Europe (Live)
The UK is holding a big election on June 8, so today we're bringing you some bonus audio on that topic featuring Tyler and Steve Davies of the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs. They talk abo...
7 Jun 201723min
Raj Chetty on Teachers, Social Mobility, and How to Find Answers to Big Questions
A high school teacher once told Raj Chetty he'd some day serve on the Federal Reserve Board. At the the time Raj thought the comment was silly, since he was busy working in the laboratory on staining ...
24 Mai 20171h 2min
