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David Bentley Hart on Reason, Faith, and Diversity in Religious Thought
Episode 184
David Bentley Hart is an American writer, philosopher, religious scholar, critic, and theologian who has authored over 1,000 essays and 19 books, inc…
2 years, 8 months ago
Reid Hoffman on the Possibilities of AI
Episode 183
In his second appearance, Reid Hoffman joined Tyler to talk everything AI: the optimal liability regime for LLMs, whether there'll be autonomous mone…
2 years, 8 months ago
Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress
Episode 182
Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approache…
2 years, 9 months ago
Peter Singer on Utilitarianism, Influence, and Controversial Ideas
Episode 181
Peter Singer is one of the world's most influential living philosophers, whose ideas have motivated millions of people to change how they eat, how th…
2 years, 9 months ago
Seth Godin on Marketing, Meaning, and the Bibs We Wear
Episode 180
On good days, Seth Godin thinks about all the progress we're making on climate change. On bad days, he thinks about the problem of racing bibs. Thoug…
2 years, 9 months ago
Simon Johnson on Banking, Technology, and Prosperity
Episode 179
What's more intense than leading the IMF during a financial crisis? For Simon Johnson, it was co-authoring a book with fellow economist (and past gue…
2 years, 10 months ago
Kevin Kelly on Advice, Travel, and Tech
Episode 178
As the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and the author of several acclaimed books on technology and culture, Kevin Kelly has long been kno…
2 years, 10 months ago
Anna Keay on Historic Architecture, Monarchy, and 17th Century Britain
Episode 177
Anna Keay is a historian who specializes in the cultural heritage of Great Britain. As the director of the Landmark Trust, she has overseen the rest…
2 years, 11 months ago
Jessica Wade on Chiral Materials, Open Knowledge, and Representation in STEM
Episode 176
Jessica Wade is a physicist at Imperial College London who, while spending her day working on special carbon-based materials that can be used as semi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Jonathan GPT Swift on Jonathan Swift
Episode 175
In this conversation, Tyler uses ChatGPT to interview Jonathan Swift about his views on religion, politics, economics, and literature. GPT Swift disc…
2 years, 11 months ago