Notable Guests
AB
Arthur Brooks
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JS
Joe Studwell
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KM
Katherine Mangu
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PG
Paul Gillingham
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Recent Episodes
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Arthur Brooks discusses his career shifts from musician to economist to happiness professor.
Arthur Brooks
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Paul Gillingham discusses his book on Mexico's 500-year history.
Paul Gillingham
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Harvey Mansfield discusses Machiavelli's "effectual truth" and its role in modern empiricism.
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Discussed Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and its themes.
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Analyzed Joe Studwell's 'How Africa Works' and its development theories.
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Debate on 1929 market bubble: leverage vs. justified prices.
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MacCulloch's work on Christianity, sex, and history.
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Brendan Foody on training AI with human experts.
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Retrospective of popular and underrated Conversations with Tyler episodes.
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Alison Gopnik on how children learn like scientists.
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Gaurav Kapadia on investing and contemporary art.
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Dan Wang contrasts US engineers with Chinese lawyers.
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Cass Sunstein on liberalism's precariousness and AI's impact.
Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference
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Blake Scholl discusses bringing back civilian supersonic flight with Boom Supersonic.
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Donald S. Lopez Jr. clarifies Buddhist reality versus Western perceptions.
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Sam Altman discusses OpenAI's rapid growth and AI's future impact.
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Jonny Steinberg analyzes South African crime, post-apartheid society, and the Mandelas.
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George Selgin examines the New Deal's effectiveness in ending the Great Depression.
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John Amaechi argues leadership is built on ordinary, deliberate skill development.
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Steven Pinker explores common knowledge as the basis for human coordination.