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Rebecca Kukla on Moving through and Responding to the World
Episode 57
Before she ever studied them as an academic, Rebecca Kukla was fascinated by cities. Growing up in the middle of Toronto, she spent her days walking …
7 years, 2 months ago
Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise
Episode 56
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7 years, 3 months ago
Paul Romer on the Unrivaled Joy of Scholarship
Episode 55
Throughout his career, Paul Romer has enjoyed sampling and sifting through an ever-growing body of knowledge. He sometimes jokingly refers to himself…
7 years, 3 months ago
John Nye on Revisionist Economic History and Having Too Many Hobbies
Episode 54
Is John Nye the finest polymath in the George Mason economics department?
Raised in the Philippines and taught to be a well-rounded Catholic gentlema…
7 years, 4 months ago
Eric Schmidt on the Life-Changing Magic of Systematizing, Scaling, and Saying "Thanks" (Live)
Episode 53
The son of an economist, Eric Schmidt eschewed his father's profession, first studying architecture before settling on computer science and eventuall…
7 years, 4 months ago
Ben Thompson on Business and Tech
Episode 52
Not only is Ben Thompson's Stratechery frequently mentioned on MR, but such is Tyler's fandom that the newsletter even made its way onto the reading …
7 years, 5 months ago
Rob Wiblin interviews Tyler on *Stubborn Attachments*
In this special episode, Rob Wiblin of 80,000 Hours has the super-sized conversation he wants to have with Tyler about Stubborn Attachments. In addit…
7 years, 5 months ago
Paul Krugman on Politics, Inequality, and Following Your Curiosity
Episode 51
After winning the Nobel, Paul Krugman found himself at the "end of ambition," with no more achievements left to unlock. That could be a depressing pl…
7 years, 5 months ago
Bruno Maçães on the Spirit of Adventure
Episode 50
Political scientist Bruno Maçães has built a career out of crossing the globe teaching, advising, writing, and talking to people. His recent book, bo…
7 years, 5 months ago
Michele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Cultures
Episode 49
Michele Gelfand is professor of psychology at the University of Maryland and author of the just-released Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Lo…
7 years, 6 months ago