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Agnes Callard on the Theory of Everything
Episode 38
Is a written dialogue the best way to learn from philosopher Agnes Callard?
If so, what does that say about philosophy? Is Plato's Symposium about lo…
7 years, 11 months ago
Martina Navratilova on Shaping Herself (Live at Mason)
Episode 37
Martina Navratilova is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. No one has won more matches than her thanks to an astonishing 87 percent win r…
7 years, 11 months ago
Chris Blattman on Development, Conflict, and Doing What's Interesting
Episode 36
Chris Blattman's made his career as a development economist by finding a place he likes and finding a reason to live there. Not a bad strategy consid…
8 years ago
Robin Hanson on Signaling and Self-Deception (Live at Mason Econ)
Episode 35
If intros aren't about introductions, then what's this here for? Is not including one a countersignal? Either way, you'll enjoy this conversation — a…
8 years ago
Matt Levine Live at Bloomberg HQ
Episode 34
Is Matt Levine a modern-day Horace? Like Matt, Horace has a preoccupation with wealth and the law. There's a playful humor as he segues from topic to…
8 years, 1 month ago
Charles C. Mann on Shaping Tomorrow's World and the Limits to Growth
Episode 33
At the beginning of their conversation, Tyler dubs Charles C. Mann a tlamatini, or 'he who knows things.' And oh, the things he knows, effortlessly w…
8 years, 1 month ago
Ross Douthat on Narrative and Religion (Live at Mason)
Episode 32
Last year, Tyler asked his readers "What Is the Strongest Argument for the Existence of God?" and followed up a few days later with a post outlining …
8 years, 2 months ago
Andy Weir on the Economics of Sci-Fi and Space
Episode 31
Before writing a single word of his new book Artemis, Andy Weir worked out the economics of a lunar colony. Without the economics, how could the stor…
8 years, 3 months ago
Doug Irwin on US Trade Policy
Tyler thinks Douglas Irwin has just released the best history of American trade policy ever written. So for this conversation Tyler went easy on Doug…
8 years, 3 months ago
Sujatha Gidla on Being an Ant Amongst the Elephants (Live)
Episode 30
Sujatha Gidla was an untouchable in India, but moved to the United States at the age of 26 and is now the first Indian woman to be employed as a cond…
8 years, 4 months ago