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Steve Teles and Brink Lindsey on *The Captured Economy*
What happens when a liberal and a libertarian get together? In the case of Steve Teles and Brink Lindsey, they write a book. And then Tyler separate…
8 years, 4 months ago
Mary Roach on Disgust, Death, and Danger (Live at Mason)
Episode 29
Legal writing was never Mary Roach's thing. She describes that short-lived stint as an inscrutable "bringing forth of multisyllabic words." Instead, …
8 years, 5 months ago
Larry Summers on Macroeconomics, Mentorship, and Avoiding Complacency (Live)
Episode 28
The economist, President Emeritus at Harvard University, and former Treasury Secretary joins Tyler to discuss innovation in higher education, Herman …
8 years, 6 months ago
Dave Barry on Humor, Writing, and Life as a Florida Man
Episode 27
Though most know him first as a humor columnist, Dave Barry's career has spanned many forms of media, including books, movies, TV, and music. Driving…
8 years, 7 months ago
Dave Rubin on Digital Media, Crowdfunding, and Comedy (Live)
Today many YouTube channels have more influence than traditional TV shows. This fact is not lost on Dave Rubin, who started his talk show career in t…
8 years, 7 months ago
Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small
Episode 26
The surgeon, researcher, and celebrated writer joined Tyler for a conversation on why Watson will never diagnose your illness, what George Church's n…
8 years, 8 months ago
Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason)
Episode 25
The US senator and former college president joined Tyler for a conversation on adolescence, adulthood, driving for Uber, loving Luther, hate-reading …
8 years, 8 months ago
Edward Luce on The Retreat of Western Liberalism (Live)
Edward Luce has a new book out about the rising crisis in Western liberalism, so naturally Tyler's first question to him dealt with James II and Will…
8 years, 9 months ago
Jill Lepore on Traveling through Time
Episode 24
Is time like a line, a stretched out accordion, buried silos, or a flat circle? We concoct many ways to think about the relationship between the pres…
8 years, 9 months ago
Tyler Cowen and Steve Davies talk Theresa May, Brexit, and Europe (Live)
The UK is holding a big election on June 8, so today we're bringing you some bonus audio on that topic featuring Tyler and Steve Davies of the London…
8 years, 9 months ago