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Ezekiel Emanuel on the Practice of Medicine, Policy, and Life
Episode 67
Ezekiel Emanuel is a reflection of his upbringing: a doctor for a father who loved to travel, a mother interested in policy and community activism, a…
6 years, 10 months ago
Karl Ove Knausgård on Literary Freedom
Episode 66
What is Karl Ove Knausgård's struggle, exactly? The answer is simple: achieving total freedom in his writing. "It's a space where I can be free in ev…
6 years, 10 months ago
Margaret Atwood on Canada, Writing, and Invention (Live at Mason)
Episode 65
Margaret Atwood defines the Canadian sense of humor as "a bit Scottish," and in this live conversation with Tyler, she loves to let her own comedic s…
6 years, 11 months ago
Ed Boyden on Minding your Brain
Episode 64
Ed Boyden builds the tools and technologies that help researchers think about and treat the brain, an organ we still know surprisingly little about. …
6 years, 11 months ago
Emily Wilson on Translations and Language
Episode 63
In a recent Twitter thread, Emily Wilson listed some of the difficulties of translating Homer into English. Among them: "There aren't enough onomatop…
6 years, 11 months ago
Raghuram Rajan on Understanding Community
Episode 62
Raghuram Rajan thinks a lot about how to empower individuals, both at the community and international level. In his new book, Rajan draws upon experi…
7 years ago
Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent
Episode 61
Founders aren't superheroes, says Sam Altman.They may play extreme sports, respond to emails within seconds, and start billion-dollar companies, but …
7 years ago
Jordan Peterson on Mythology, Fame, and Reading People
Episode 60
Jordan Peterson joins Tyler to discuss collecting Soviet propaganda, why he's so drawn to Jung, what the Exodus story can teach us about current even…
7 years, 1 month ago
Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama on *Persecution and Toleration*
Episode 59
How did religious freedom emerge — and why did it arrive so late? In their forthcoming book, fellow Mason economists Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama arg…
7 years, 1 month ago
Larissa MacFarquhar on Getting Inside Someone's Head
Episode 58
As a writer of profiles, Larissa MacFarquhar is granted the privilege of listening to, learning from, and sharing the stories of extraordinary thinke…
7 years, 2 months ago