Podcast

Conversations with Tyler

Author: Conversations with Tyler
Feed episode count: 301
Official site: https://www.conversationswithtyler.com
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Summary

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.

Episodes

Sep 16, 2026 · not_requested

Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax, Fraud, and Rationing by Paperwork

Duration seconds: 3383
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/annie-lowrey-on-the-time-tax-fraud-and-rationing-by-paperwork

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Sep 9, 2026 · not_requested

Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability

Duration seconds: 3139
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/jared-diamond-on-leaders-luck-and-irreplaceability

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Sep 2, 2026 · not_requested

Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity

Duration seconds: 2514
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/michael-moritz-on-origin-stories-exile-and-obsessive-curiosity

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Aug 19, 2026 · not_requested

Luke Burgis on Mimetic Desire, Catholicism, and the Age of Social Contagion

Duration seconds: 3121
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/luke-burgis-on-mimetic-desire-catholicism-and-the-age-of-social-contagion

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Aug 12, 2026 · not_requested

Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite

Duration seconds: 3338
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/daron-acemoglu-on-liberalism-automation-and-the-educated-elite

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Aug 5, 2026 · not_requested

Julia Ioffe on Russian Women, Missing Men, and the Roots of Autocracy

Duration seconds: 3314
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/julia-ioffe-on-russian-women-missing-men-and-the-roots-of-autocracy

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Jul 22, 2026 · not_requested

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

Duration seconds: 3406
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/andrew-graham-dixon-on-vermeer-a-forgotten-sect-and-underrated-artists

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Jul 15, 2026 · not_requested

Chase Koch on Principles, Music, and Overcoming Entropy

Duration seconds: 3246
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/chase-koch-on-principles-music-and-overcoming-entropy

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Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested

Joel Mokyr on Clans, Corporations, and a Culture of Growth

Duration seconds: 2760
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/joel-mokyr-on-clans-corporations-and-a-culture-of-growth

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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

Joanne Paul on Thomas More and the Tudor World

Duration seconds: 3004
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/joanne-paul-on-thomas-more-and-the-tudor-world

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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

Dave Baszucki on Roblox, Teen Entrepreneurs, and the Future of Play

Duration seconds: 3185
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/dave-baszucki-on-roblox-teen-entrepreneurs-and-the-future-of-play

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Jun 10, 2026 · not_requested

Katja Hoyer on Weimar, the GDR, and the German Character

Duration seconds: 3680
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/katja-hoyer-on-weimar-the-gdr-and-the-german-character

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May 27, 2026 · not_requested

Toby Wilkinson on Ptolemaic Egypt and the First Great Commercial Civilization

Duration seconds: 2757
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/toby-wilkinson

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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

Bob Spitz on the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Art of Biography

Duration seconds: 3330
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/bob-spitz

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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested

Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised (Live at 92NY)

Duration seconds: 2814
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/craig-newmark-on-institutional-maintenance-giving-away-control-and-the-internet-we-were-promised-live-at-92ny

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Apr 15, 2026 · not_requested

Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent

Duration seconds: 3675
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/kim-bowes-on-the-economic-lives-of-romes-ninety-percent

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Apr 1, 2026 · not_requested

Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness

Duration seconds: 3584
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/arthur-brooks-on-reinvention-religion-and-the-science-of-happiness

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Mar 25, 2026 · not_requested

Paul Gillingham on Why Mexico Stays Together

Duration seconds: 3876
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/paul-gillingham-on-why-mexico-stays-together

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Mar 18, 2026 · not_requested

Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy

Duration seconds: 2967
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/harvey-mansfield-on-machiavelli-straussianism-and-the-character-of-liberal-democracy

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Mar 4, 2026 · not_requested

Henry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English

Duration seconds: 3547
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/henry-oliver-on-measure-for-measure-late-bloomers-and-the-smartest-writers-in-english

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Feb 18, 2026 · not_requested

Joe Studwell on Africa, Asia, and What Development Actually Requires

Duration seconds: 3204
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/joe-studwell-on-africa-asia-and-what-development-actually-requires

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Feb 4, 2026 · not_requested

Andrew Ross Sorkin on Market Bubbles, Banking Rules, and the Real Lessons of 1929

Duration seconds: 3380
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/andrew-ross-sorkin-on-market-bubbles-banking-rules-and-the-real-lessons-of-1929

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Jan 21, 2026 · not_requested

Diarmaid MacCulloch on Christianity, Sex, and Unsettling Settled Facts

Duration seconds: 3582
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/diarmaid-macculloch-on-christianity-sex-and-unsettling-settled-facts

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Jan 7, 2026 · not_requested

Brendan Foody on Teaching AI and the Future of Knowledge Work

Duration seconds: 3678
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/brendan-foody-on-teaching-ai-and-the-future-of-knowledge-work

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Dec 23, 2025 · not_requested

Conversations with Tyler 2025 Retrospective

Duration seconds: 3572
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/conversations-with-tyler-2025-retrospective

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Dec 17, 2025 · not_requested

Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture

Duration seconds: 3678
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/alison-gopnik-on-childhood-learning-ai-as-a-cultural-technology-and-rethinking-nature-vs-nurture

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Dec 10, 2025 · not_requested

Gaurav Kapadia on New York City, Investing, and Contemporary Art

Duration seconds: 3596
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/gaurav-kapadia-on-new-york-city-investing-and-contemporary-art

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Dec 3, 2025 · not_requested

Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other

Duration seconds: 5578
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/dan-wang-on-what-china-and-america-can-learn-from-each-other

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Nov 26, 2025 · not_requested

Cass Sunstein on Liberalism and Rights in the Age of AI

Duration seconds: 4786
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/cass-sunstein-on-liberalism-and-rights-in-the-age-of-ai

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Nov 19, 2025 · not_requested

Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference

Duration seconds: 2266
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/blake-scholl-on-supersonic-flight-and-fixing-broken-infrastructure-live-at-the-progress-conference

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Nov 12, 2025 · not_requested

Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism

Duration seconds: 3424
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/donald-s-lopez-jr

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Nov 5, 2025 · not_requested

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

Duration seconds: 3293
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/sam-altman-0

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Oct 28, 2025 · not_requested

Jonny Steinberg on South African Crime and Punishment, the Mandelas' Marriage, and the Post-Apartheid Era

Duration seconds: 3124
Source: https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/jonny-steinberg/

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Oct 15, 2025 · not_requested

George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression

Duration seconds: 4122
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/george-selgin

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Oct 1, 2025 · not_requested

John Amaechi on Leadership, the NBA, and Being Gay in Professional Sports

Duration seconds: 3572
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/john-amaechi

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Sep 24, 2025 · not_requested

Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment

Duration seconds: 2758
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/steven-pinker

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Sep 17, 2025 · not_requested

David Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf States

Duration seconds: 3067
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/david-commins

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Sep 3, 2025 · not_requested

Seamus Murphy on Photographing Patterns Across Cultures

Duration seconds: 3281
Source: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/seamus-murphy

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