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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   Eric Kaufmann

   Eric Kaufmann on Immigration, Identity, and the Limits of Individualism · Jul 2019

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   Jill Lepore

   Jill Lepore on Traveling through Time · Jun 2017

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   Katherine Mangu-Ward

   *The Complacent Class* with Katherine Mangu-Ward (Live at Mason) · Mar 2017

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   Mark Miller

   Chef Mark Miller on Food as the Ultimate Intellectual Exploration · Jan 2017

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   Michael Moritz

   Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity · Sep 2026

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   Nassim Nicholas Taleb

   Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Self-Education and Doing the Math (Plus special guest Bryan Caplan) · May 2018

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   Nicholas Bloom

   Nicholas Bloom on Management, Productivity, and Scientific Progress · Aug 2020

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   Noam Dworman

   Noam Dworman on Stand-Up Comedy and Staying Open-Minded · Jul 2023

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   Noubar Afeyan

   Noubar Afeyan on the Permission to Leap · Jan 2021

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    Paul Krugman

    Paul Krugman on Politics, Inequality, and Following Your Curiosity · Oct 2018

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    Paul Romer

    Paul Romer on a Culture of Science and Working Hard · 2 episodes

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    Peter Thiel

    Peter Thiel on Political Theology · 2 episodes

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    Pierpaolo Barbieri

    Pierpaolo Barbieri on Latin American FinTech · May 2021

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    Raghuram Rajan

    Raghuram Rajan on Understanding Community · Mar 2019

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    Raj Chetty

    Raj Chetty on Teachers, Social Mobility, and How to Find Answers to Big Questions · May 2017

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    Richard Prum

    Richard Prum on Birds, Beauty, and Finding Your Own Way · Jun 2021

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    Sebastian Mallaby

    Sebastian Mallaby on Venture Capital · Feb 2022

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    Shaka Senghor

    Shaka Senghor on Incarceration, Identity, and the Gift of Literacy · Nov 2019

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    Steve Davies

    Tyler Cowen and Steve Davies talk Theresa May, Brexit, and Europe (Live) · Jun 2017

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    Stewart Brand

    Stewart Brand on Starting Things and Staying Curious · Jan 2022

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    Adam Tooze

    Adam Tooze on our Financial Past and Future · May 2020

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    Alain Bertaud

    Alain Bertaud on Cities, Markets, and People · Sep 2019

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    Alan Taylor

    Alan Taylor on Revolutionary Ironies and the Continental Civil War · Jul 2024

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    Ami Vitale

    Ami Vitale on Photojournalism and Wildlife Conservation · Feb 2024

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    Ana Vidović

    Ana Vidović on Prodigies, Performance, and Perseverance · Jan 2022

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    Andrew Graham-Dixon

    Andrew Graham-Dixon on Vermeer, a Forgotten Sect, and Underrated Artists · Jul 2026

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    Andy Weir

    Andy Weir on the Economics of Sci-Fi and Space · Dec 2017

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    Anna Keay

    Anna Keay on Historic Architecture, Monarchy, and 17th Century Britain · Apr 2023

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    Any Austin

    Any Austin on the Hermeneutics of Video Games · Jun 2025

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    Audrey Tang

    Audrey Tang on the Technology of Democracy · Oct 2020

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    Barkha Dutt

    Barkha Dutt on the Nuances of Indian Life · Jun 2022

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    Ben Sasse

    Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason) · Jun 2017

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    Ben Westhoff

    Ben Westhoff on Synthetic Drugs, Dive Bars, and the Evolution of Rap · Oct 2019

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    Benjamin Friedman

    Benjamin Friedman on the Origins of Economic Belief · Jan 2021

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    Benjamin Moser

    Benjamin Moser on the Dutch Masters, Brazil, and Cultural Icons · May 2024

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    Brad DeLong

    Brad DeLong on Intellectual and Technical Progress · Feb 2023

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    Brian Winter

    Brian Winter on Brazil, Argentina, and the Future of Latin America · Jul 2024

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    Brink Lindsey
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    Bruno Maçães

    Bruno Maçães on the Spirit of Adventure · Sep 2018

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    Camille Paglia

    Camille Paglia on her Lifestyle of Observation (Live at Mason) · Apr 2016

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