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Ross Douthat on Why Religion Makes More Sense Than You Think
Episode 233
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For Ross Douthat, phenomena like UFO sightings and the simulation hypothesis don't challenge religious belie…
1 year, 1 month ago
Joe Boyd on the Birth of Rock, World Music, and Being There for Everything
Episode 232
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Joe Boyd was there when Dylan went electric, when Pink Floyd was born, and when Paul Simon brought Graceland…
1 year, 2 months ago
Scott Sumner on Monetary Rules, Blooming Late, and the Death of Cinema
Episode 231
Scott Sumner didn't follow the typical path to economic influence. He nearly lost his teaching job before tenure, did his best research after most ac…
1 year, 2 months ago
Conversations with Tyler 2024 Retrospective
Episode 230
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On this special year-in-review episode, Tyler and producer Jeff Holmes look ba…
1 year, 3 months ago
Paula Byrne on Thomas Hardy's Women, Jane Austen's Humor, and Evelyn Waugh's Warmth
Episode 229
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What can Thomas Hardy's tortured marriages teach us about love, obsession, and se…
1 year, 3 months ago
Stephen Kotkin on Stalin, Power, and the Art of Biography
Episode 228
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In his landmark multi-volume biography of Stalin, Stephen Kotkin shows how totali…
1 year, 3 months ago
Russ Roberts on Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate
Episode 227
In this crossover episode with EconTalk, Tyler joins Russ Roberts for an in-depth exploration of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate, a monumental novel …
1 year, 4 months ago
Neal Stephenson on History, Spycraft, and American-Soviet Parallels
Episode 226
Neal Stephenson's ability to illuminate complex, future-focused ideas in ways that both provoke thought and spark wonder has established him as one o…
1 year, 4 months ago
Christopher Kirchhoff on Military Innovation and the Future of WarChristopher Kirchhoff on Military Innovation and the Future of War
Episode 225
Christopher Kirchhoff is an expert in emerging technology who founded the Pentagon's Silicon Valley office. He's led teams for President Obama, the C…
1 year, 4 months ago
Musa al-Gharbi on Elite Wokeness, Islam, and Social Movements
Episode 224
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Musa al-Gharbi is a sociologist and assistant professor at Stony Brook Universi…
1 year, 5 months ago