{"podcast":{"title":"Conversations with Tyler","slug":"conversations-with-tyler-887044","podcast_index_feed_id":887044,"rss_url":"https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.conversationswithtyler.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/1/7/b/717bd07f94e956cea04421dee9605cbd/CWT_-_Podcast_Art_-_3000x3000.jpg","author":"Conversations with Tyler","episode_count":290,"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T00:19:11.580470+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044"},"episode":{"title":"Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised (Live at 92NY)","slug":"craig-newmark-on-institutional-maintenance-giving-away-control-and-the-internet-we-were-promised-live-at-92ny","published_at":"2026-04-29T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"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","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-tyler-887044","url":"https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/craig-newmark-on-institutional-maintenance-giving-away-control-and-the-internet-we-were-promised-live-at-92ny","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-291-CraigNewmark-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607","summary":"Craig Newmark's career, in retrospect, looks like a series of deliberate subtractions: he kept Craigslist plain, stepped aside as CEO early on, gave his equity to his foundation, and now funds people and gets out of their way. His theory, arrived at gradually, is that recognizing your limitations and relying on your network is how you get more done. Tyler and Craig discuss why webpage design has gotten worse for 30 years, what Craig's \"obsessive customer service disorder\" taught him about human nature, why trusting people and maintaining a nine-second rule for scams aren't as contradictory as they sound, why roommate ads are a better way to find love, why Craigslist never added seller evaluations, why Leonard Cohen speaks to him more than Bob Dylan, what William Gibson's Neuromancer got right about the internet, why Jackson Lamb is now one of his role models, why large foundations lose accountability, what two painful Ivy League grants taught him philanthropy, what he gets from rescuing pigeons, the hard lesson he learned about confronting people who lie for a living, his favorite TV shows and movies, the one genuine luxury he can't go without, what he still needs to learn, and much more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video on the new dedicated Conversations with Tyler channel. Recorded April 14th, 2026 . Other ways to connect Follow us on X and Instagram Follow Tyler on X Follow Craig on X Sign up for our newsletter Join our Discord Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Learn more about Conversations with Tyler and other Mercatus Center podcasts here . Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:41 - Stepping Aside as CEO 00:04:20 - Customer Service and Social Skills 00:16:27 - Restaurants 00:18:06 - Music 00:19:27 - Science Fiction 00:…","meta_description":"Craig Newmark's career, in retrospect, looks like a series of deliberate subtractions: he kept Craigslist plain, stepped aside as CEO early on, gave his e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2814,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conversations-with-tyler-887044/episodes/craig-newmark-on-institutional-maintenance-giving-away-control-and-the-internet-we-were-promised-live-at-92ny/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"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.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}