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Conversations with Tyler (the recent one with sama was really good!)
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Lazarus Lake on Endurance, Uncertainty, and Reaching One's Potential
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Conversations
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.
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Audrey Tang's long-form interview with Tyler Cowen covers this kind of civic development.
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Audrey Tang on the Technology of Democracy
with Audrey Tang
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Conversations With Tyler with Ted Gioia is one of my thought-provoking favorites.
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Ted Gioia on Music as Cultural Cloud Storage
with Ted Gioia
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Tobi's viewpoint as a European who set up a business in North America is particularly interesting and unique.
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Tobi Lütke on Creating Shopify for Americans as a German in Canada
with Tobi Lütke
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Commenter really enjoyed the Conversations with Tyler episode with Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism.
@TheAceOfHearts
Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism
with Donald S. Lopez Jr.
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The recent Conversations with Tyler had a few minutes on this topic with Sam, a bit towards the end.
@boulos
Sam Altman on Trust, Persuasion, and the Future of Intelligence - Live at the Progress Conference
with Sam
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He was interviewed by Tyler Cowen (about Stalin, his time in Russia etc.), it was incredible
@FergusArgyll
Stephen Kotkin on Stalin, Power, and the Art of Biography
with Stephen Kotkin
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Historian Alan Taylor on how much of the past still exists only in undigitized archives, near the end of the episode.
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Alan Taylor on Revolutionary Ironies and the Continental Civil War
with Alan Taylor
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Commenter shares the video and says Tyler Cowen does a terrific job interviewing Peter.
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Peter Thiel on Political Theology
with Peter Thiel
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An untypical episode where Tyler takes the opposite view, that social networks are good for teens, and debates Haidt at length.
@cuu508
Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media
with Jonathan Haidt
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He did a podcast with Paul Graham which HN readers might enjoy.
@TheAceOfHearts
Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent
with Paul Graham
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Huang explains his thesis that keju focused all intellectual energy on one hierarchy better in his Tyler Cowen interview.
@canjobear
Yasheng Huang on the Development of the Chinese State
with Yasheng Huang
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Great interview between Tyler Cowen and the book's author here!
@vonnik
Katherine Rundell on the Art of Words
with Katherine Rundell
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It predates the whole Sam Bankman-Fried thing so you can make your mind up purely on the intellectual merits
@seanhunter
William MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Moral Progress, and Cultural Innovation
with William MacAskill
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Recommends Klosterman's Conversations with Tyler interview for a sense of what the book feels like.
@angry-tempest
Chuck Klosterman on Writing the Past and Relishing the Present
with Chuck Klosterman
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Great episode where he interviews a prominent homeless person in DC; they discuss stratification among homeless groups.
@legitster
Alexander the Grate on Life as an NFA
with Alexander the Grate
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He spends time on why Wikipedia turned out the way it did and avoids its traps; made me think about organizational structure.
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Jimmy Wales on Systems and Incentives
with Jimmy Wales
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Found and just read this recent interview with Tyler Cowen, very interesting: Philip E. Tetlock episode (audio and transcription).
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Philip E. Tetlock on Forecasting and Foraging as a Fox
with Philip E. Tetlock
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Commenter links the Cowen and Collison conversation on academia's self-selection and the 1920 university list, calling their points worth pursuing.
@dredmorbius
Mark Zuckerberg Interviews Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen on the Nature and Causes of Progress (Bonus)
with Patrick Collison
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Check out his recent appearance on Conversations with Tyler. Everything of his I've watched, read, or listened to is extremely thought provoking.
@mikefivedeuce
Shaka Senghor on Incarceration, Identity, and the Gift of Literacy
with Shaka Senghor
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Tyler Cowen interviews Sam Altman on AI, tech, and business.
@sigil
Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent
with Sam Altman
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I enjoyed Tyler Cowen's interview with Larissa MacFarquhar on extreme altruists and the suspicion they attract.
@majos
Larissa MacFarquhar on Getting Inside Someone's Head
with Larissa MacFarquhar
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Great interview Tyler Cowen did with him.
@FergusArgyll
Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise
with Daniel Kahneman
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Pollan's chats with Tyler Cowen were particularly interesting; most of what the book offers can be captured there.
@parondea
Michael Pollan on the Science and Sublimity of Psychedelics
with Michael Pollan
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He just did a podcast with Tyler Cowen yesterday - its a good listen
@noddy1
Matt Levine Live at Bloomberg HQ
with Matt Levine
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Struck by the sharpness of her insight and the strength of her conviction; highly recommends listening.
@oflannabhra
Sujatha Gidla on Being an Ant Amongst the Elephants (Live)
with Sujatha Gidla
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Tyler Cowen's conversation with Mr Gawande was well worth the time.
@jaredhansen
Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small
with Atul Gawande
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I recommend listening to lots of econtalk, strong towns (I prefer the earlier ones), and conversations with Tyler.
@tbihl
Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason)
with Ben Sasse
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Commenter was listening to the Jill Lepore episode and calls it worth it; Lepore's closing advice is E. B. White's "Death of a Pig."
@davis
Jill Lepore on Traveling through Time
with Jill Lepore
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Mark Miller's conversation with Tyler Cowen is good on this subject
@jseliger
Chef Mark Miller on Food as the Ultimate Intellectual Exploration
with Mark Miller
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Didn't follow sports, but his Conversations with Tyler interview really impressed me.
@mcculley
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and Basketball (Live at Mason)
with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Why Hacker News recommends it
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"The Great Stagnation" by Tyler Cowen is a long essay addressing this issue from an economist's point of view; a wonderful read.
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Recommends Tyler Cowen's ebook "The Great Stagnation" and his TEDx talk for more on the economic thread being discussed.
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"Average is over" by Tyler Cowen is largely about this shift; it's not a particularly comfortable read, but I struggle to fault his analysis.
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Recommends Tim Harford and Tyler Cowen, the latter's Marginal Revolution blog, as writers to read instead.
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The entire Conversations with Tyler series is great; he asks slightly unconventional questions and doesn't show off.
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Tyler Cowen has a good video on this as well.
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Tyler Cowen is my go-to explainer for spicy food, covering how gradual exposure to chilies builds a taste for them.
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Conversations with Tyler, for the same reason as EconTalk: its usually insightful discussions.
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Tyler Cowen may be the best interviewer on any podcast, digging into each guest's work to find an interesting lens.
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There are some really good podcasts out there. I like Fine Homebuilding, Gastropod, Conversations with Tyler.
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My faves are EconTalk and Conversations with Tyler, plus RedScare, which is great.
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Tyler currently hosts one of the most interesting podcasts on the Internet, "Conversations with Tyler" for people with omnivorous interests.
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Conversations with Tyler is quite good; its idiosyncratic way of looking at things has informed the commenter's worldview.
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Conversations with Tyler, 80,000 hours, and Steve Hsu's Manifold all have great transcripts, so they're the only podcasts they keep up with.
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Conversations with Tyler seems a great addition to my list.
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Conversations with Tyler: one of the best interviewers out there, regardless of your opinions on his politics.
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Tyler Cowen's Marginal Revolution University course fills the gap between beginner and intermediate economics for free.
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Tyler Cowen does a variant of this, a bit less creepy than it sounds.
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Tyler Cowen always has really good questions for his guests, though recent episodes have been weaker.
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None of these are tech related, but Conversations with Tyler, In Our Time, The World in Time, The Unspeakable, Conversations with Coleman, Lexicon Valley, The Portal and occasionally The Worthy House and Red scare LOL
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Cowen's oblique questions and skipping around let guests show a dynamic range of intellect and go off script. When it works, it is brilliant.
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When I travel anywhere, I check whether Tyler Cowen has been there first for what to see, how to see it, and what to eat.
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Recommends Tyler Cowen's book Stubborn Attachments for its discussion of the ethics of economic growth.
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Not tech-related, but Conversations with Tyler is consistently thought-provoking and has some amazing guests.
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Conversations with Tyler is one of the top three podcasts the commenter listens to.
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I find Tyler Cowen great, and maybe he spoiled me.
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Tyler Cowen gets much deeper, much faster than other interviewers, asking the real questions guests are relieved to get.
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I strongly recommend Conversations with Tyler Cowen for long-form conversations; the host's variety and depth of knowledge keep it engaging.
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Tyler Cowen, as others have mentioned, is great. It's my favorite listen.
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A useful conversation trick learned from Tyler Cowen's podcast: ask what's most underrated or overrated in a category, since answers are subjective and high variance.
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Video podcasts like Dwarkesh Patel and Tyler Cowen are building momentum, even though they are still outliers.
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Conversations with Tyler is recommended as a show that concentrates on useful information, not fluff.
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Conversations with Tyler is incredible
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