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Conversations with Tyler

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Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Tyler Cowen engages today’s deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. New conversations every other Wednesday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

#268

George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression

George Selgin has spent over four decades thinking about money, banking, and economic hist... more

15 Oct 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:42

15 Oct 2025

#267

John Amaechi on Leadership, the NBA, and Being Gay in Professional Sports

John Amaechi is a former NBA forward/center who became a chartered scientist, professor of... more

01 Oct 2025

59 MINS

59:32

01 Oct 2025

#266

Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment

Steven Pinker returns to Conversations with Tyler with an argument that common knowledge—t... more

24 Sep 2025

45 MINS

45:58

24 Sep 2025

#265

David Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf States

David Commins, author of the new book Saudi Arabia: A Modern History, brings decades of sc... more

17 Sep 2025

51 MINS

51:07

17 Sep 2025

#264

Seamus Murphy on Photographing Patterns Across Cultures

Seamus Murphy is an Irish photographer and filmmaker who has spent decades documenting lif... more

03 Sep 2025

54 MINS

54:41

03 Sep 2025

#263

David Brooks on Audacity, AI, and the American Psyche (Live at 92NY)

David Brooks returns to the show with a stark diagnosis of American culture. Having evolve... more

20 Aug 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:18

20 Aug 2025

#262

Nate Silver on Life’s Mixed Strategies

In his third appearance on Conversations with Tyler, Nate Silver looks back at past predic... more

13 Aug 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:43

13 Aug 2025

#261

Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War, Intelligence Operations, and Conspiracy Realities

Annie Jacobsen has a favorite word for America's nuclear doctrine: madness. It's madness t... more

06 Aug 2025

57 MINS

57:38

06 Aug 2025

#260

Helen Castor on Medieval Power and Personalities

Helen Castor is a British historian and BBC broadcaster who left Cambridge because she wan... more

23 Jul 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:18

23 Jul 2025

#259

David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation

David Robertson is a rare conductor who unites avant-garde complexity with accessibility. ... more

09 Jul 2025

59 MINS

59:34

09 Jul 2025

#258

Austan Goolsbee on Central Banking as a Data Dog

Austan Goolsbee is one of Tyler Cowen’s favorite economists—not because they always agree,... more

25 Jun 2025

58 MINS

58:40

25 Jun 2025

#257

Chris Arnade on Walking Cities

Most people who leave Wall Street after twenty years either retire or find another way to ... more

18 Jun 2025

58 MINS

58:55

18 Jun 2025

#256

Any Austin on the Hermeneutics of Video Games

Any Austin has carved a unique niche for himself on YouTube: analyzing seemingly mundane o... more

11 Jun 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:48

11 Jun 2025

#255

John Arnold on Trading, Energy, and Evidence-Based Philanthropy

John Arnold built his fortune in energy trading by surrounding himself with smart people, ... more

04 Jun 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:45

04 Jun 2025

#254

Theodore Schwartz on Neurosurgery, Consciousness, and Brain-Computer Interfaces

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21 May 2025

57 MINS

57:34

21 May 2025

#253

Jack Clark on AI's Uneven Impact

Few understand both the promise and limitations of artificial general intelligence better ... more

07 May 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:40

07 May 2025

#252

Kenneth Rogoff on Monetary Moves, Fiscal Gambits, and Classical Chess

Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff approaches global finance with the same strategic foresig... more

30 Apr 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:34

30 Apr 2025

#251

Chris Dixon on Blockchains, AI, and the Future of the Internet

Chris Dixon believes we're at a pivotal inflection point in the internet's evolution. As a... more

23 Apr 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:51

23 Apr 2025

#250

Ian Leslie on McCartney, Lennon, and the Greatest Creative Partnership of All Time

It’s Beatles day! In this deep dive into one of music's most legendary partnerships, Ian L... more

16 Apr 2025

59 MINS

59:22

16 Apr 2025

#249

Jennifer Pahlka on Reforming Government

Jennifer Pahlka believes America's bureaucratic dysfunction is deeply rooted in outdated p... more

09 Apr 2025

54 MINS

54:08

09 Apr 2025

#248

Sheilagh Ogilvie on Epidemics, Guilds, and the Persistence of Bad Institutions

Sheilagh Ogilvie has spent decades examining the institutional structures that shaped Euro... more

02 Apr 2025

59 MINS

59:11

02 Apr 2025

#247

Ezra Klein on the Abundance Agenda

What happens when a liberal thinker shifts his attention from polarization to economic abu... more

19 Mar 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:40

19 Mar 2025

#246

Carl Zimmer on the Hidden Life in the Air We Breathe

Carl Zimmer is one of the finest science communicators of our time, having spent decades w... more

05 Mar 2025

51 MINS

51:43

05 Mar 2025

#245

Gregory Clark on Social Mobility, Migration, and Assortative Mating (Live at Mercatus)

How much of your life’s trajectory was set in motion centuries ago? Gregory Clark has spen... more

19 Feb 2025

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:14

19 Feb 2025

#244

Ross Douthat on Why Religion Makes More Sense Than You Think

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05 Feb 2025

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:38

05 Feb 2025

#243

Joe Boyd on the Birth of Rock, World Music, and Being There for Everything

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22 Jan 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:42

22 Jan 2025

#242

Scott Sumner on Monetary Rules, Blooming Late, and the Death of Cinema

Scott Sumner didn't follow the typical path to economic influence. He nearly lost his teac... more

08 Jan 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:14

08 Jan 2025

#241