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Stephen Jennings on Building New Cities
Episode 193
Stephen and Tyler first met over thirty years ago while working on economic reforms in New Zealand. With a distinguished career that transitioned fro…
2 years, 4 months ago
Jacob Mikanowski on Eastern Europe
Episode 192
Jacob Mikanowski is the author of one of Tyler's favorite books this year called Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land. Tyle…
2 years, 5 months ago
Re-release: Claudia Goldin on the Economics of Inequality
Episode 133
Harvard professor Claudia Goldin has made a name for herself tackling difficult questions. What was the full economic cost of the American Civil War?…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ada Palmer on Viking Metaphysics, Contingent Moments, and Censorship
Episode 191
Ada Palmer is a Renaissance historian at the University of Chicago who studies radical free thought and censorship, composes music, consults on anime…
2 years, 5 months ago
Lazarus Lake on Endurance, Uncertainty, and Reaching One's Potential
Episode 190
Lazarus Lake is a renowned ultramarathon runner and designer. His most famous creation (along with his friend Raw Dog) is the Barkley Marathons, an a…
2 years, 6 months ago
Jerusalem Demsas on The Dispossessed, Gulliver's Travels, and Of Boys and Men
Episode 189
In this special episode, Tyler sat down with Jerusalem Demsas, staff writer at The Atlantic, to discuss three books: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le…
2 years, 6 months ago
Vishy Anand on Staying in the Game
Episode 188
A five-time World Chess Champion, Vishy became India's first grandmaster at age 18, spurring a chess revolution in the country. Now 53, he is still a…
2 years, 6 months ago
Celebrating Marginal Revolution's 20th Anniversary
Episode 187
When Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen launched Marginal Revolution in August of 2003, they saw attracting a few thousand academic-minded readers as a ru…
2 years, 7 months ago
Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent
Episode 186
Tyler and Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham sat down at his home in the English countryside to discuss what areas of talent judgment his co-founder…
2 years, 7 months ago
Noam Dworman on Stand-Up Comedy and Staying Open-Minded
Episode 185
Tyler sat down at Comedy Cellar with owner Noam Dworman to talk about the ever-changing stand-up comedy scene, including the perfect room temperature…
2 years, 7 months ago