Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture
Help us keep the conversations going in 2026. Donate to Conversations with Tyler today. Alison Gopnik is both a psychologist and philosopher at Berkeley, studying how children construct theories of t...
17 Dec 20251h 1min
Gaurav Kapadia on New York City, Investing, and Contemporary Art
Help us keep the conversations going in 2026. Donate to Conversations with Tyler today. Gaurav Kapadia has deliberately avoided publicity throughout his career in investing, which makes this conversa...
10 Dec 202559min
Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other
Help us keep the conversations going in 2026. Donate to Conversations with Tyler today. Dan Wang argues that China is a nation of engineers while America is a nation of lawyers, and this distinction ...
3 Dec 20251h 32min
Cass Sunstein on Liberalism and Rights in the Age of AI
Cass Sunstein is one of the most widely cited legal scholars of all time and among the most prolific writers working today. This year alone he has five books out, including Imperfect Oracle on the str...
26 Nov 20251h 19min
Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference
Blake Scholl is one of the leading figures working to bring back civilian supersonic flight. As the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, he's building a new generation of supersonic aircraft and pushin...
19 Nov 202537min
Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism
Register for the Austin listener meetup Donald S. Lopez Jr. is among the foremost scholars of Buddhism, whose work consistently distinguishes Buddhist reality from Western fantasy. A professor at the...
12 Nov 202557min
Sam Altman on Trust, Persuasion, and the Future of Intelligence - Live at the Progress Conference
Register for the Austin listener meetup Sam Altman makes his second appearance on the show to discuss how he's managing OpenAI's explosive growth, what he's learned about hiring hardware people, what ...
5 Nov 202554min
Jonny Steinberg on South African Crime and Punishment, the Mandelas' Marriage, and the Post-Apartheid Era
Tyler considers Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage one of the best books of the last decade, and its author Jonny Steinberg one of the most underrated writers and thinkers—in North America, at ...
28 Okt 202552min
