Alan Taylor on Revolutionary Ironies and the Continental Civil War
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Alan Taylor is Tyler's pick for one of the greatest living historians. His many books cover the early American Republic, American westward expansion, the War of 1812, Vi...
24 Juli 202457min
Brian Winter on Brazil, Argentina, and the Future of Latin America
Register for the DC Listener Meetup It's not just the churrasco that made him fall in love with Brazil. Brian Winter has been studying and writing about Latin America for over 20 years. He's been trac...
10 Juli 202458min
Joseph Stiglitz on Pioneering Economic Theories, Policy Challenges, and His Intellectual Legacy
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz joined Tyler for a discussion that weaves through Joe's career and key contributions, including what he learned from giving an 8-lecture in Japan, how bei...
26 Juni 202449min
Velina Tchakarova on China, Russia, and the Future of Geopolitics
Take our Listener Survey You could try playing out the four-dimensional chess game of how the global order will shift in the next 10-15 years for yourself, or you could hire Velina Tchakarova. Founde...
12 Juni 202451min
Michael Nielsen on Collaboration, Quantum Computing, and Civilization's Fragility
Take our Listener Survey Michael Nielsen is a scientist who helped pioneer quantum computing and the modern open science movement. He's worked at Y Combinator, co-authored on scientific progress with...
29 Maj 20241h 2min
Benjamin Moser on the Dutch Masters, Brazil, and Cultural Icons
Take our Listener Survey Benjamin Moser is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer celebrated for his in-depth studies of literary and cultural figures such as Susan Sontag and Clarice Lispector. His latest ...
15 Maj 20241h 6min
Coleman Hughes on Colorblindness, Jazz, and Identity
Coleman Hughes believes we should strive to ignore race both in public policy and in our private lives. But when it comes to personal identity and expression, how feasible is this to achieve? And are ...
1 Maj 202456min
Peter Thiel on Political Theology
In this conversation recorded live in Miami, Tyler and Peter Thiel dive deep into the complexities of political theology, including why it's a concept we still need today, why Peter's against Calvinis...
17 Apr 20241h 14min
