Conversations with Tyler

Tyler Cowen engages today's deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. New conversations every other Wednesday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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Every guest on Conversations with Tyler

269 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Marc Andreessen

   Marc Andreessen on AI and Dynamism · 2 episodes

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   Jennifer Burns

   Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand · Nov 2023

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   Jordan Peterson

   Jordan Peterson on Mythology, Fame, and Reading People · Feb 2019

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   Annie Jacobsen

   Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War, Intelligence Operations, and Conspiracy Realities · Aug 2025

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   Sam Altman

   Sam Altman on Trust, Persuasion, and the Future of Intelligence - Live at the Progress Conference · 2 episodes

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   Seth Godin

   Seth Godin on Marketing, Meaning, and the Bibs We Wear · May 2023

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   Ezra Klein

   Ezra Klein on the Abundance Agenda · 3 episodes

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   Arthur Brooks

   Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness · Apr 2026

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   Ken Burns

   Ken Burns on the Complications of History · Nov 2022

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    Ada Palmer

    Ada Palmer on Viking Metaphysics, Contingent Moments, and Censorship · Oct 2023

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    Michael Nielsen

    Michael Nielsen on Collaboration, Quantum Computing, and Civilization's Fragility · May 2024

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    Stephen Kotkin

    Stephen Kotkin on Stalin, Power, and the Art of Biography · Dec 2024

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    Mark Zuckerberg

    Mark Zuckerberg Interviews Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen on the Nature and Causes of Progress (Bonus) · Nov 2019

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    Joseph Henrich

    Joseph Henrich on WEIRD Societies and Life Among Two Strange Tribes (Live at Mason) · Dec 2016

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    Patrick McKenzie

    Patrick McKenzie on Navigating Complex Systems · Jan 2024

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    Patrick Collison

    Patrick Collison has a Few Questions for Tyler (Live at Stripe) · Apr 2017

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    Garett Jones

    Garett Jones on Democracy (More or Less) · Feb 2020

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    Jimmy Wales

    Jimmy Wales on Systems and Incentives · Nov 2020

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    Balaji Srinivasan

    Balaji Srinivasan on the Power and Promise of the Blockchain · Apr 2018

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    Noam Chomsky

    Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress · Jun 2023

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    Brian Armstrong

    Brian Armstrong on the Crypto Economy · Feb 2021

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    Robin Hanson

    Robin Hanson on Signaling and Self-Deception (Live at Mason Econ) · Feb 2018

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    Jonathan Haidt

    Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media · 2 episodes

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    Glenn Loury

    Glenn Loury on the Cover Story and the Real Story · Feb 2023

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    Rick Rubin

    Rick Rubin on Listening, Taste, and the Act of Noticing · Jan 2023

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    Chris Blattman

    Chris Blattman on War and Centralized Power · 2 episodes

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    David Wolpe

    Rabbi David Wolpe on Leadership, Religion, and Identity (Live at Sixth & I) · Feb 2017

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    Ray Dalio

    Ray Dalio on Investing, Management, and the Changing World Order · Dec 2021

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    Neal Stephenson

    Neal Stephenson on History, Spycraft, and American-Soviet Parallels · 2 episodes

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    Niall Ferguson

    Niall Ferguson on Why We Study History · Jul 2021

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    Vitalik Buterin

    Vitalik Buterin on Cryptoeconomics and Markets in Everything · Jul 2018

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    Peter Singer

    Peter Singer on Utilitarianism, Influence, and Controversial Ideas · Jun 2023

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    Malcolm Gladwell

    Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason) · Mar 2017

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    Nate Silver

    Nate Silver on Life's Mixed Strategies · 3 episodes

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    David Brooks

    David Brooks on Audacity, AI, and the American Psyche (Live at 92NY) · 2 episodes

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    Coleman Hughes

    Coleman Hughes on Colorblindness, Jazz, and Identity · May 2024

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    Gregory Clark

    Gregory Clark on Social Mobility, Migration, and Assortative Mating (Live at Mercatus) · Feb 2025

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    Bryan Caplan

    Bryan Caplan on Learning across Disciplines (Live at Mason Econ) · May 2018

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    Kevin Kelly

    Kevin Kelly on Advice, Travel, and Tech · May 2023

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    Paul Bloom

    Paul Bloom on the Psychology of Children, and the Morality of Empathy and Disgust · Aug 2024

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