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Conversations with Tyler 2021 Retrospective (Ep. 139)

Conversations with Tyler 2021 Retrospective (Ep. 139)

After being featured on Ancient Aliens, where does the show go from here?
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Ray Dalio on Investing, Management, and the Changing World Order (Ep. 138)

Ray Dalio on Investing, Management, and the Changing World Order (Ep. 138)

Plus, the value of disagreeableness.
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Ruth Scurr on the Art of Biography (Ep. 137)

Ruth Scurr on the Art of Biography (Ep. 137)

How do you find the form to tell a life?
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David Rubenstein on Private Equity, Public Art, and Philanthropy (Ep. 136)

David Rubenstein on Private Equity, Public Art, and Philanthropy (Ep. 136)

And why lawyers are usually lousy entrepreneurs.
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David Salle on the Experience of Art (Ep. 135)

David Salle on the Experience of Art (Ep. 135)

Why, the artist wonders, can’t we just have more fun with it?
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Stanley McChrystal on the Military, Leadership, and Risk (Ep. 134)

Stanley McChrystal on the Military, Leadership, and Risk (Ep. 134)

Why it’s crucial to take a long view of history.
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Claudia Goldin on the Economics of Inequality (Ep. 133)

Claudia Goldin on the Economics of Inequality (Ep. 133)

How to model social progress.
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Amia Srinivasan on Utopian Feminism (Ep. 132)

Amia Srinivasan on Utopian Feminism (Ep. 132)

Does anyone have a right to sex?
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David Cutler and Ed Glaeser on the Health and Wealth of Cities (Ep. 131)

David Cutler and Ed Glaeser on the Health and Wealth of Cities (Ep. 131)

Doing battle with the demons that come with density.
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Zeynep Tufekci on the Sociology of The Moment (Live) (Ep. 130)

Zeynep Tufekci on the Sociology of The Moment (Live) (Ep. 130)

The problems COVID-19 revealed in our institutions — and how to fix them.
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Andrew Sullivan on Braving New Intellectual Journeys (Ep. 129)

Andrew Sullivan on Braving New Intellectual Journeys (Ep. 129)

Why are so few intellectuals comfortable with life out on a limb?
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Niall Ferguson on Why We Study History (Ep. 128)

Niall Ferguson on Why We Study History (Ep. 128)

We don’t study the past for its own sake.
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Alexander the Grate on Life as an NFA (Ep. 127)

Alexander the Grate on Life as an NFA (Ep. 127)

Why none of us can escape shelter insecurity.
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Richard Prum on Birds, Beauty, and Finding Your Own Way (Ep. 126)

Richard Prum on Birds, Beauty, and Finding Your Own Way (Ep. 126)

How ecology and selection drive avian evolution.
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Elijah Millgram on the Philosophical Life (Ep. 125)

Elijah Millgram on the Philosophical Life (Ep. 125)

Why personal experience is underrated.
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David Deutsch on Multiple Worlds and Our Place in Them (Ep. 124)

David Deutsch on Multiple Worlds and Our Place in Them (Ep. 124)

Plus, the defining human attribute visible from galaxies far, far away.
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Mark Carney on Central Banking and Shared Values (Ep. 123 — BONUS)

Mark Carney on Central Banking and Shared Values (Ep. 123 — BONUS)

How shared objectives can flip risks into value creation.
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Pierpaolo Barbieri on Latin American FinTech (Ep. 122)

Pierpaolo Barbieri on Latin American FinTech (Ep. 122)

Meet the startup founder disrupting the banking industry in Argentina and Mexico.
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Daniel Carpenter on Smart Regulation (Ep. 121)

Daniel Carpenter on Smart Regulation (Ep. 121)

The leading expert on the FDA discusses policy in the time of COVID-19.
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Shadi Bartsch on the Classics and China (Ep. 120)

Shadi Bartsch on the Classics and China (Ep. 120)

Art, politics, and the enduring lessons of the ancient world.
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Dana Gioia on Becoming an Information Billionaire (Ep. 119)

Dana Gioia on Becoming an Information Billionaire (Ep. 119)

How the internationally acclaimed poet became the only guest who can answer all of Tyler’s questions.
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Sarah Parcak on Archaeology from Space (Ep. 118)

Sarah Parcak on Archaeology from Space (Ep. 118)

What can new technology tell us about our ancient past?
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John Cochrane on Economic Puzzles and Habits of Mind (Ep. 117)

John Cochrane on Economic Puzzles and Habits of Mind (Ep. 117)

What unites John Cochrane the econ blogger with John Cochrane the accomplished glider pilot?
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Patricia Fara on Newton, Scientific Progress, and the Benefits of Unhistoric Acts (Ep. 116)

Patricia Fara on Newton, Scientific Progress, and the Benefits of Unhistoric Acts (Ep. 116)

Is scientific progress best characterized by discrete leaps or incremental improvement?
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Brian Armstrong on the Crypto Economy (Ep. 115)

Brian Armstrong on the Crypto Economy (Ep. 115)

The CEO of Coinbase on how he manages the dual arts of innovating in technology and regulation
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Benjamin Friedman on the Origins of Economic Belief (Ep. 114)

Benjamin Friedman on the Origins of Economic Belief (Ep. 114)

How religion explains where economic ideas came from
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Noubar Afeyan on the Permission to Leap (Ep. 113)

Noubar Afeyan on the Permission to Leap (Ep. 113)

How Moderna’s overnight vaccine success was 33 years in the making
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Conversations with Tyler 2020 Retrospective (Ep. 112)

Conversations with Tyler 2020 Retrospective (Ep. 112)

Tyler looks back on a new year of conversations
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