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Theodore Schwartz on Neurosurgery, Consciousness, and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Episode 243
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Theodore Schwartz stands at the pinnacle of neurosurgical expertise. With over 500 publis…
10 months ago
Jack Clark on AI's Uneven Impact
Episode 242
Few understand both the promise and limitations of artificial general intelligence better than Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic. With a backgroun…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Kenneth Rogoff on Monetary Moves, Fiscal Gambits, and Classical Chess
Episode 241
Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff approaches global finance with the same strategic foresight that made him a chess grandmaster. Author of the new bo…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Chris Dixon on Blockchains, AI, and the Future of the Internet
Episode 240
Chris Dixon believes we're at a pivotal inflection point in the internet's evolution. As a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and author of Read …
11 months ago
Ian Leslie on McCartney, Lennon, and the Greatest Creative Partnership of All Time
Episode 239
It's Beatles day! In this deep dive into one of music's most legendary partnerships, Ian Leslie and Tyler unpack the complex relationship between J…
11 months, 1 week ago
Jennifer Pahlka on Reforming Government
Episode 238
Jennifer Pahlka believes America's bureaucratic dysfunction is deeply rooted in outdated processes and misaligned incentives. As the founder of Code …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Sheilagh Ogilvie on Epidemics, Guilds, and the Persistence of Bad Institutions
Episode 237
Sheilagh Ogilvie has spent decades examining the institutional structures that shaped European economic history, challenging conventional wisdom abou…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ezra Klein on the Abundance Agenda
Episode 236
What happens when a liberal thinker shifts his attention from polarization to economic abundance? Ezra Klein's new book with Derek Thompson, Abundan…
1 year ago
Carl Zimmer on the Hidden Life in the Air We Breathe
Episode 235
Carl Zimmer is one of the finest science communicators of our time, having spent decades writing about biology, evolution, and heredity. His latest (…
1 year ago
Gregory Clark on Social Mobility, Migration, and Assortative Mating (Live at Mercatus)
Episode 234
How much of your life's trajectory was set in motion centuries ago? Gregory Clark has spent decades studying social mobility, and his findings sugge…
1 year, 1 month ago