# Conversations with Tyler Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044.md RSS feed: https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/rss Official site: https://www.conversationswithtyler.com Author: Conversations with Tyler Episodes: 290 ## Resource 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. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conversations-with-tyler-887044 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044.md ## Episodes - [Katja Hoyer on Weimar, the GDR, and the German Character](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/katja-hoyer-on-weimar-the-gdr-and-the-german-character) — 2026-06-10T11:30:00+00:00 - [Toby Wilkinson on Ptolemaic Egypt and the First Great Commercial Civilization](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/toby-wilkinson-on-ptolemaic-egypt-and-the-first-great-commercial-civilization) — 2026-05-27T11:30:00+00:00 - [Bob Spitz on the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Art of Biography](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/bob-spitz-on-the-rolling-stones-bruce-springsteen-and-the-art-of-biography) — 2026-05-13T11:30:00+00:00 - [Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised (Live at 92NY)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/craig-newmark-on-institutional-maintenance-giving-away-control-and-the-internet-we-were-promised-live-at-92ny) — 2026-04-29T11:30:00+00:00 - [Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/kim-bowes-on-the-economic-lives-of-rome-s-ninety-percent) — 2026-04-15T11:13:00+00:00 - [Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/arthur-brooks-on-reinvention-religion-and-the-science-of-happiness) — 2026-04-01T12:02:00+00:00 - [Paul Gillingham on Why Mexico Stays Together](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/paul-gillingham-on-why-mexico-stays-together) — 2026-03-25T11:30:00+00:00 - [Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/harvey-mansfield-on-machiavelli-straussianism-and-the-character-of-liberal-democracy) — 2026-03-18T11:30:00+00:00 - [Henry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/henry-oliver-on-measure-for-measure-late-bloomers-and-the-smartest-writers-in-english) — 2026-03-04T12:00:00+00:00 - [Joe Studwell on Africa, Asia, and What Development Actually Requires](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/joe-studwell-on-africa-asia-and-what-development-actually-requires) — 2026-02-18T12:30:00+00:00 - [Andrew Ross Sorkin on Market Bubbles, Banking Rules, and the Real Lessons of 1929](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/andrew-ross-sorkin-on-market-bubbles-banking-rules-and-the-real-lessons-of-1929) — 2026-02-04T12:30:00+00:00 - [Diarmaid MacCulloch on Christianity, Sex, and Unsettling Settled Facts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/diarmaid-macculloch-on-christianity-sex-and-unsettling-settled-facts) — 2026-01-21T13:00:00+00:00 - [Brendan Foody on Teaching AI and the Future of Knowledge Work](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/brendan-foody-on-teaching-ai-and-the-future-of-knowledge-work) — 2026-01-07T13:00:00+00:00 - [Conversations with Tyler 2025 Retrospective](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/conversations-with-tyler-2025-retrospective) — 2025-12-23T10:00:00+00:00 - [Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/alison-gopnik-on-childhood-learning-ai-as-a-cultural-technology-and-rethinking-nature-vs-nurture) — 2025-12-17T12:30:00+00:00 - [Gaurav Kapadia on New York City, Investing, and Contemporary Art](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/gaurav-kapadia-on-new-york-city-investing-and-contemporary-art) — 2025-12-10T11:30:00+00:00 - [Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/dan-wang-on-what-china-and-america-can-learn-from-each-other) — 2025-12-03T12:50:00+00:00 - [Cass Sunstein on Liberalism and Rights in the Age of AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/cass-sunstein-on-liberalism-and-rights-in-the-age-of-ai) — 2025-11-26T12:00:00+00:00 - [Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/blake-scholl-on-supersonic-flight-and-fixing-broken-infrastructure-live-at-the-progress-conference) — 2025-11-19T13:00:00+00:00 - [Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/donald-s-lopez-jr-on-buddhism) — 2025-11-12T13:00:00+00:00 - [Sam Altman on Trust, Persuasion, and the Future of Intelligence - Live at the Progress Conference](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/sam-altman-on-trust-persuasion-and-the-future-of-intelligence-live-at-the-progress-conference) — 2025-11-05T12:30:00+00:00 - [Jonny Steinberg on South African Crime and Punishment, the Mandelas' Marriage, and the Post-Apartheid Era](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/jonny-steinberg-on-south-african-crime-and-punishment-the-mandelas-marriage-and-the-post-apartheid-era) — 2025-10-28T14:44:59+00:00 - [George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/george-selgin-on-the-new-deal-regime-uncertainty-and-what-really-ended-the-great-depression) — 2025-10-15T12:00:00+00:00 - [John Amaechi on Leadership, the NBA, and Being Gay in Professional Sports](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/john-amaechi-on-leadership-the-nba-and-being-gay-in-professional-sports) — 2025-10-01T11:30:00+00:00 - [Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/steven-pinker-on-coordination-common-knowledge-and-the-retreat-of-liberal-enlightenment) — 2025-09-24T12:00:00+00:00 - [David Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf States](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/david-commins-on-saudi-arabia-wahhabism-and-the-future-of-the-gulf-states) — 2025-09-17T12:00:00+00:00 - [Seamus Murphy on Photographing Patterns Across Cultures](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044/seamus-murphy-on-photographing-patterns-across-cultures) — 2025-09-03T11:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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