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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Maj 20171h 2min
Garry Kasparov on AI, Chess, and the Future of Creativity
The chess grandmaster, political activist, and author joins Tyler for a conversation on artificial intelligence, Russia, Putin, how education must change, favorite cities for chess, the most likely ch...
10 Maj 20171h 7min
Patrick Collison has a Few Questions for Tyler (Live at Stripe)
A few months ago, Tyler asked Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, to be on the show. Patrick agreed, but only under the condition that the be the one to do the interviewing. Thus, what follows is the con...
12 Apr 20171h 33min
Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason)
Journalist, author, and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell joins Tyler for a conversation on Joyce Gladwell, Caribbean identity, satire as a weapon, Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden, Harvard's under-theoriz...
15 Mars 20171h 32min
