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• Neal Stephenson on History, Spycraft, and American-Soviet Parallels (Wed, Nov 13, 2024)
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• Christopher Kirchhoff on Military Innovation and the Future of War (Wed, Oct 30, 2024)
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• Musa al-Gharbi on Elite Wokeness, Islam, and Social Movements (Wed, Oct 16, 2024)
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• Tom Tugendhat on Modernizing the UK and Political Reform (Wed, Oct 09, 2024)
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• Kyla Scanlon on Communicating Economic Ideas through Social Media (Wed, Oct 02, 2024)
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• Tobi Lütke on Creating Shopify for Americans as a German in Canada (Wed, Sep 18, 2024)
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• Philip Ball on the Interplay of Science, Society, and the Quest for Understanding (Wed, Sep 04, 2024)
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• Nate Silver on Risk-takers, Politicians, and Poker Players (Wed, Aug 21, 2024)
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• Paul Bloom on the Psychology of Children, and the Morality of Empathy and Disgust (Wed, Aug 07, 2024)
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• Alan Taylor on Revolutionary Ironies and the Continental Civil War (Wed, Jul 24, 2024)
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• Brian Winter on Brazil, Argentina, and the Future of Latin America (Wed, Jul 10, 2024)
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• Joseph Stiglitz on Pioneering Economic Theories, Policy Challenges, and His Intellectual Legacy (Wed, Jun 26, 2024)
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• Velina Tchakarova on China, Russia, and the Future of Geopolitics (Wed, Jun 12, 2024)
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• Michael Nielsen on Collaboration, Quantum Computing, and Civilization's Fragility (Wed, May 29, 2024)
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• Benjamin Moser on the Dutch Masters, Brazil, and Cultural Icons (Wed, May 15, 2024)
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• Coleman Hughes on Colorblindness, Jazz, and Identity (Wed, May 01, 2024)
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• Peter Thiel on Political Theology (Wed, Apr 17, 2024)
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• Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media (Wed, Apr 03, 2024)
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• Fareed Zakaria on the Age of Revolutions, the Power of Ideas, and the Rewards of Intellectual Curiosity (Wed, Mar 27, 2024)
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• Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Interpretation, Calvinist Thought, and Religion in America (Wed, Mar 20, 2024)
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• Marc Andreessen on AI and Dynamism (Wed, Mar 13, 2024)
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• Marc Rowan on Financial Market Evolution and University Governance (Wed, Mar 06, 2024)
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• Masaaki Suzuki on Interpreting Bach (Wed, Feb 21, 2024)
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• Ami Vitale on Photojournalism and Wildlife Conservation (Wed, Feb 07, 2024)
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• Rebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction (Wed, Jan 24, 2024)
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• Patrick McKenzie on Navigating Complex Systems (Wed, Jan 10, 2024)
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• Conversations with Tyler 2023 Retrospective (Wed, Dec 27, 2023)
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• Fuchsia Dunlop on the Story of Chinese Food (Wed, Dec 13, 2023)
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• John Gray on Pessimism, Liberalism, and Theism (Wed, Nov 29, 2023)
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• Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand (Wed, Nov 15, 2023)
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• Brian Koppelman on TV, Movies, and Appreciating Art (Wed, Nov 08, 2023)
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• Githae Githinji on Life in Kenya (Thu, Nov 02, 2023)
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• Harriet Karimi Muriithi on Life in Kenya (Thu, Nov 02, 2023)
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• Stephen Jennings on Building New Cities (Wed, Nov 01, 2023)
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• Jacob Mikanowski on Eastern Europe (Wed, Oct 18, 2023)
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• Re-release: Claudia Goldin on the Economics of Inequality (Mon, Oct 09, 2023)
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• Ada Palmer on Viking Metaphysics, Contingent Moments, and Censorship (Wed, Oct 04, 2023)
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• Lazarus Lake on Endurance, Uncertainty, and Reaching One’s Potential (Wed, Sep 20, 2023)
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• Jerusalem Demsas on The Dispossessed, Gulliver's Travels, and Of Boys and Men (Wed, Sep 06, 2023)
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• Vishy Anand on Staying in the Game (Wed, Aug 30, 2023)
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• Celebrating Marginal Revolution's 20th Anniversary (Wed, Aug 23, 2023)
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• Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent (Wed, Aug 09, 2023)
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• Noam Dworman on Stand-Up Comedy and Staying Open-Minded (Wed, Jul 26, 2023)
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• David Bentley Hart on Reason, Faith, and Diversity in Religious Thought (Wed, Jul 12, 2023)
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• Reid Hoffman on the Possibilities of AI (Wed, Jun 28, 2023)
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• Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Wed, Jun 14, 2023)
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• Peter Singer on Utilitarianism, Influence, and Controversial Ideas (Wed, Jun 07, 2023)
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• Seth Godin on Marketing, Meaning, and the Bibs We Wear (Wed, May 31, 2023)
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• Simon Johnson on Banking, Technology, and Prosperity (Wed, May 17, 2023)
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• Kevin Kelly on Advice, Travel, and Tech (Wed, May 03, 2023)
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• Anna Keay on Historic Architecture, Monarchy, and 17th Century Britain (Wed, Apr 19, 2023)
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• Jessica Wade on Chiral Materials, Open Knowledge, and Representation in STEM (Wed, Apr 05, 2023)
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• Jonathan GPT Swift on Jonathan Swift (Wed, Mar 29, 2023)
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• Tom Holland on History, Christianity, and the Value of the Countryside (Wed, Mar 22, 2023)
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• Yasheng Huang on the Development of the Chinese State (Wed, Mar 08, 2023)
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• Brad DeLong on Intellectual and Technical Progress (Wed, Feb 22, 2023)
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• Glenn Loury on the Cover Story and the Real Story (Wed, Feb 08, 2023)
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• Paul Salopek on Walking the World (Wed, Jan 25, 2023)
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• Rick Rubin on Listening, Taste, and the Act of Noticing (Wed, Jan 18, 2023)
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• Katherine Rundell on the Art of Words (Wed, Jan 11, 2023)
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• Conversations with Tyler 2022 Retrospective (Wed, Dec 28, 2022)
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• John Adams on Composing and Creative Freedom (Wed, Dec 14, 2022)
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• Jeremy Grantham on Investing in Green Tech (Wed, Nov 30, 2022)
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• Ken Burns on the Complications of History (Wed, Nov 16, 2022)
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• Mary Gaitskill on Subjects That Are Vexing Everybody (Wed, Nov 02, 2022)
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• Reza Aslan on Martyrdom, Islam, and Revolution (Wed, Oct 19, 2022)
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• Walter Russell Mead on the Past and Future of American Foreign Policy (Wed, Oct 05, 2022)
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• Byron Auguste On Rewiring the U.S. Labor Market (Wed, Sep 21, 2022)
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• Vaughn Smith on Life as a Hyperpolyglot (Wed, Sep 07, 2022)
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• Shruti Rajagopalan talks to Daniel Gross and Tyler about Identifying and Predicting Talent (Thu, Sep 01, 2022)
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• Cynthia L. Haven on René Girard, Czeslaw Milosz, and Joseph Brodsky (Wed, Aug 24, 2022)
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• William MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Moral Progress, and Cultural Innovation (Wed, Aug 10, 2022)
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• Leopoldo López on Activism Under Autocratic Regimes (Wed, Jul 27, 2022)
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• Matthew Ball on the Metaverse and Gaming (Wed, Jul 13, 2022)
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• Barkha Dutt on the Nuances of Indian Life (Wed, Jun 29, 2022)
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• Marc Andreessen on Learning to Love the Humanities (Wed, Jun 15, 2022)
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• Jamal Greene on Reconceiving Rights (Wed, Jun 01, 2022)
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• Tyler and Daniel Gross Talk Talent (Wed, May 18, 2022)
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• Chris Blattman on War and Centralized Power (Wed, May 04, 2022)
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• Thomas Piketty on the Politics of Equality (Wed, Apr 20, 2022)
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• Roy Foster on Ireland’s Many Unmade Futures (Wed, Apr 06, 2022)
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• Lydia Davis on Language and Literature (Wed, Mar 23, 2022)
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• Sam Bankman-Fried on Arbitrage and Altruism (Wed, Mar 09, 2022)
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• Chuck Klosterman on Writing the Past and Relishing the Present (Wed, Feb 23, 2022)
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• Sebastian Mallaby on Venture Capital (Wed, Feb 09, 2022)
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• Stewart Brand on Starting Things and Staying Curious (Wed, Jan 26, 2022)
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• Russ Roberts on Israel and Life as an Immigrant (Wed, Jan 19, 2022)
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• Ana Vidović on Prodigies, Performance, and Perseverance (Wed, Jan 12, 2022)
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• Conversations with Tyler 2021 Retrospective (Wed, Dec 29, 2021)
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• Ray Dalio on Investing, Management, and the Changing World Order (Wed, Dec 15, 2021)
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• Ruth Scurr on the Art of Biography (Wed, Dec 01, 2021)
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• David Rubenstein on Private Equity, Public Art, and Philanthropy (Wed, Nov 17, 2021)
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• David Salle on the Experience of Art (Wed, Nov 03, 2021)
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• Stanley McChrystal on the Military, Leadership, and Risk (Wed, Oct 20, 2021)
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• Claudia Goldin on the Economics of Inequality (Wed, Oct 06, 2021)
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• Amia Srinivasan on Utopian Feminism (Wed, Sep 22, 2021)
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• David Cutler and Ed Glaeser on the Health and Wealth of Cities (Wed, Sep 08, 2021)
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• Zeynep Tufekci on the Sociology of The Moment (Live) (Wed, Aug 25, 2021)
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• Andrew Sullivan on Braving New Intellectual Journeys (Wed, Aug 11, 2021)
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• Niall Ferguson on Why We Study History (Wed, Jul 28, 2021)
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• Alexander the Grate on Life as an NFA (Wed, Jul 14, 2021)
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• Richard Prum on Birds, Beauty, and Finding Your Own Way (Wed, Jun 30, 2021)
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• Elijah Millgram on the Philosophical Life (Wed, Jun 16, 2021)
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• David Deutsch on Multiple Worlds and Our Place in Them (Wed, Jun 02, 2021)
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• Mark Carney on Central Banking and Shared Values (Wed, May 26, 2021)
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• Pierpaolo Barbieri on Latin American FinTech (Wed, May 19, 2021)
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• Daniel Carpenter on Smart Regulation (Wed, May 05, 2021)
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• Shadi Bartsch on the Classics and China (Wed, Apr 21, 2021)
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• Dana Gioia on Becoming an Information Billionaire (Wed, Apr 07, 2021)
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• Sarah Parcak on Archaeology from Space (Wed, Mar 24, 2021)
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• John Cochrane on Economic Puzzles and Habits of Mind (Wed, Mar 10, 2021)
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• Patricia Fara on Newton, Scientific Progress, and the Benefits of Unhistoric Acts (Wed, Feb 24, 2021)
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• Brian Armstrong on the Crypto Economy (Wed, Feb 10, 2021)
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• Benjamin Friedman on the Origins of Economic Belief (Wed, Jan 27, 2021)
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• Noubar Afeyan on the Permission to Leap (Wed, Jan 13, 2021)
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• Conversations with Tyler 2020 Retrospective (Wed, Dec 30, 2020)
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• John O. Brennan on Life in the CIA (Wed, Dec 16, 2020)
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• Zach Carter on the Life and Legacy of John Maynard Keynes (Wed, Dec 02, 2020)
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• Jimmy Wales on Systems and Incentives (Wed, Nov 18, 2020)
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• Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Art and Literature (Wed, Nov 04, 2020)
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• Michael Kremer on Economists as Founders (Wed, Oct 21, 2020)
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• Audrey Tang on the Technology of Democracy (Wed, Oct 07, 2020)
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• Alex Ross on Music, Culture, and Criticism (Tue, Sep 22, 2020)
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• Matt Yglesias on Why the Population is Too Damn Low (Wed, Sep 09, 2020)
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• Jason Furman on Productivity, Competition, and Growth (Wed, Aug 26, 2020)
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• Nicholas Bloom on Management, Productivity, and Scientific Progress (Wed, Aug 12, 2020)
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• Nathan Nunn on the Paths to Development (Wed, Jul 29, 2020)
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• Melissa Dell on the Significance of Persistence (Wed, Jul 15, 2020)
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• Annie Duke on Poker, Probabilities, and How We Make Decisions (Wed, Jul 01, 2020)
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• Rachel Harmon on Policing (Wed, Jun 17, 2020)
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• Ashley Mears on Status and Beauty (Wed, Jun 03, 2020)
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• Paul Romer on a Culture of Science and Working Hard (Wed, May 20, 2020)
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• Adam Tooze on our Financial Past and Future (Wed, May 06, 2020)
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• Glen Weyl on Fighting COVID-19 and the Role of the Academic Expert (Wed, Apr 29, 2020)
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• Philip E. Tetlock on Forecasting and Foraging as a Fox (Wed, Apr 22, 2020)
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• Emily St. John Mandel on Fact, Fiction, and the Familiar (Wed, Apr 08, 2020)
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• Ross Douthat on Decadence and Dynamism (Wed, Mar 25, 2020)
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• Russ Roberts and Tyler on COVID-19 (Thu, Mar 19, 2020)
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• John McWhorter on Linguistics, Music, and Race (Live at Mason) (Wed, Mar 11, 2020)
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• Garett Jones on Democracy (More or Less) (Wed, Feb 26, 2020)
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• Tim Harford on Persuasion and Popular Economics (Wed, Feb 12, 2020)
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• Ezra Klein on Why We’re Polarized (Wed, Jan 29, 2020)
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• Reid Hoffman on Systems, Levers, and Quixotic Quests (Wed, Jan 15, 2020)
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• Slavoj Žižek on His Stubborn Attachment to Communism (Wed, Jan 08, 2020)
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• Abhijit Banerjee on Theory, Practice, and India (Mon, Dec 30, 2019)
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• Tyler Looks Back on 2019 (BONUS) (Mon, Dec 23, 2019)
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• Esther Duflo on Management, Growth, and Research in Action (Wed, Dec 18, 2019)
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• Daron Acemoglu on the Struggle Between State and Society (Wed, Dec 04, 2019)
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• Mark Zuckerberg Interviews Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen on the Nature and Causes of Progress (Bonus) (Wed, Nov 27, 2019)
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• Shaka Senghor on Incarceration, Identity, and the Gift of Literacy (Wed, Nov 20, 2019)
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• Lunch with Fuchsia Dunlop at Mama Chang (Bonus) (Wed, Nov 13, 2019)
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• Ted Gioia on Music as Cultural Cloud Storage (Wed, Nov 06, 2019)
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• Henry Farrell on Weaponized Interdependence, Big Tech, and Playing with Ideas (Wed, Oct 23, 2019)
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• Ben Westhoff on Synthetic Drugs, Dive Bars, and the Evolution of Rap (Wed, Oct 09, 2019)
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• Alain Bertaud on Cities, Markets, and People (Wed, Sep 25, 2019)
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• Samantha Power on Learning How to Make a Difference (Wed, Sep 11, 2019)
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• Hollis Robbins on 19th Century Life and Literature (Wed, Aug 28, 2019)
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• Masha Gessen on the Ins and Outs of Russia (Wed, Aug 14, 2019)
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• Kwame Anthony Appiah on Pictures of the World (Wed, Jul 31, 2019)
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• Neal Stephenson on Depictions of Reality (Wed, Jul 17, 2019)
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• Eric Kaufmann on Immigration, Identity, and the Limits of Individualism (Wed, Jul 03, 2019)
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• Hal Varian on Taking the Academic Approach to Business (Wed, Jun 19, 2019)
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• Russ Roberts on Life as an Economics Educator (Wed, Jun 05, 2019)
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• Ezekiel Emanuel on the Practice of Medicine, Policy, and Life (Wed, May 22, 2019)
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• Karl Ove Knausgård on Literary Freedom (Wed, May 08, 2019)
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• Margaret Atwood on Canada, Writing, and Invention (Live at Mason) (Wed, Apr 24, 2019)
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• Ed Boyden on Minding your Brain (Wed, Apr 10, 2019)
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• Emily Wilson on Translations and Language (Wed, Mar 27, 2019)
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• Raghuram Rajan on Understanding Community (Wed, Mar 13, 2019)
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• Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent (Wed, Feb 27, 2019)
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• Jordan Peterson on Mythology, Fame, and Reading People (Wed, Feb 13, 2019)
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• Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama on *Persecution and Toleration* (Wed, Jan 30, 2019)
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• Larissa MacFarquhar on Getting Inside Someone's Head (Wed, Jan 16, 2019)
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• Rebecca Kukla on Moving through and Responding to the World (Wed, Jan 02, 2019)
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• Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise (Wed, Dec 19, 2018)
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• Paul Romer on the Unrivaled Joy of Scholarship (Wed, Dec 05, 2018)
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• John Nye on Revisionist Economic History and Having Too Many Hobbies (Wed, Nov 21, 2018)
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• Eric Schmidt on the Life-Changing Magic of Systematizing, Scaling, and Saying "Thanks" (Live) (Wed, Nov 07, 2018)
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• Ben Thompson on Business and Tech (Wed, Oct 24, 2018)
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• Rob Wiblin interviews Tyler on *Stubborn Attachments* (Tue, Oct 16, 2018)
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• Paul Krugman on Politics, Inequality, and Following Your Curiosity (Wed, Oct 10, 2018)
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• Bruno Maçães on the Spirit of Adventure (Wed, Sep 26, 2018)
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• Michele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Cultures (Wed, Sep 12, 2018)
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• Claire Lehmann on Speaking Freely (Wed, Aug 29, 2018)
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• Michael Pollan on the Science and Sublimity of Psychedelics (Wed, Aug 15, 2018)
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• Michelle Dawson on Autism and Atypicality (Wed, Aug 01, 2018)
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• Vitalik Buterin on Cryptoeconomics and Markets in Everything (Wed, Jul 18, 2018)
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• Juan Pablo Villarino on Travel and Trust (Tue, Jul 03, 2018)
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• Elisa New on Poetry in America and Beyond (Wed, Jun 20, 2018)
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• David Brooks on Youth, Morality, and Loneliness (Live at Mason) (Wed, Jun 06, 2018)
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• Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Self-Education and Doing the Math (Plus special guest Bryan Caplan) (Wed, May 23, 2018)
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• Bryan Caplan on Learning across Disciplines (Live at Mason Econ) (Wed, May 09, 2018)
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• Balaji Srinivasan on the Power and Promise of the Blockchain (Wed, Apr 25, 2018)
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• Agnes Callard on the Theory of Everything (Wed, Apr 11, 2018)
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• Martina Navratilova on Shaping Herself (Live at Mason) (Wed, Mar 28, 2018)
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• Chris Blattman on Development, Conflict, and Doing What’s Interesting (Wed, Mar 14, 2018)
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• Robin Hanson on Signaling and Self-Deception (Live at Mason Econ) (Wed, Feb 28, 2018)
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• Matt Levine Live at Bloomberg HQ (Wed, Feb 14, 2018)
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• Charles C. Mann on Shaping Tomorrow’s World and the Limits to Growth (Wed, Jan 31, 2018)
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• Ross Douthat on Narrative and Religion (Live at Mason) (Wed, Jan 17, 2018)
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• Andy Weir on the Economics of Sci-Fi and Space (Wed, Dec 20, 2017)
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• Doug Irwin on US Trade Policy (Wed, Nov 29, 2017)
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• Sujatha Gidla on Being an Ant Amongst the Elephants (Live) (Wed, Nov 15, 2017)
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• Steve Teles and Brink Lindsey on *The Captured Economy* (Wed, Nov 01, 2017)
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• Mary Roach on Disgust, Death, and Danger (Live at Mason) (Wed, Oct 18, 2017)
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• Larry Summers on Macroeconomics, Mentorship, and Avoiding Complacency (Live) (Wed, Sep 20, 2017)
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• Dave Barry on Humor, Writing, and Life as a Florida Man (Wed, Aug 16, 2017)
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• Dave Rubin on Digital Media, Crowdfunding, and Comedy (Live) (Wed, Aug 02, 2017)
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• Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small (Wed, Jul 19, 2017)
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• Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason) (Wed, Jun 28, 2017)
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• Edward Luce on The Retreat of Western Liberalism (Live) (Wed, Jun 21, 2017)
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• Jill Lepore on Traveling through Time (Wed, Jun 14, 2017)
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• Tyler Cowen and Steve Davies talk Theresa May, Brexit, and Europe (Live) (Wed, Jun 07, 2017)
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• Raj Chetty on Teachers, Social Mobility, and How to Find Answers to Big Questions (Wed, May 24, 2017)
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• Garry Kasparov on AI, Chess, and the Future of Creativity (Wed, May 10, 2017)
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• Patrick Collison has a Few Questions for Tyler (Live at Stripe) (Wed, Apr 12, 2017)
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• Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason) (Wed, Mar 15, 2017)
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• *The Complacent Class* with Katherine Mangu-Ward (Live at Mason) (Mon, Mar 13, 2017)
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• Rabbi David Wolpe on Leadership, Religion, and Identity (Live at Sixth & I) (Wed, Feb 15, 2017)
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• Chef Mark Miller on Food as the Ultimate Intellectual Exploration (Wed, Jan 25, 2017)
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• Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (Live at Mason) (Wed, Jan 11, 2017)
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• Joseph Henrich on WEIRD Societies and Life Among Two Strange Tribes (Live at Mason) (Wed, Dec 14, 2016)
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• Fuchsia Dunlop on Chinese Food, Culture, and Travel (Wed, Nov 16, 2016)
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• Steven Pinker on Language, Reason, and the Future of Violence (Live at Mason) (Wed, Nov 02, 2016)
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• Ezra Klein on Media, Politics, and Models of the World (Thu, Oct 06, 2016)
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• Margalit Fox on Life, Death, and the Best Job in Journalism (Wed, Aug 24, 2016)
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• Michael Orthofer on Why Fiction Matters (Wed, Jul 27, 2016)
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• Cass Sunstein on Judicial Minimalism, the Supreme Court, and Star Wars (Live at Mason) (Wed, Jun 22, 2016)
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• Camille Paglia on her Lifestyle of Observation (Live at Mason) (Mon, Apr 25, 2016)
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• Jonathan Haidt on Morality, Politics, and Intellectual Diversity on Campus (Thu, Mar 24, 2016)
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• Nate Silver on the Supreme Court and the Underrated Stat for Finding Good Food (Live at Mason) (Tue, Feb 23, 2016)
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• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and Basketball (Live at Mason) (Tue, Feb 02, 2016)
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• Cliff Asness on Comics and Why Never to Share a Gym with Cirque du Soleil (Live at Mason) (Wed, Nov 18, 2015)
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• Dani Rodrik on Premature Deindustrialization and Why the World is Second Best at Best (Thu, Oct 01, 2015)
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• Luigi Zingales on Italy, Google and Conglomeration, and Donald Trump (Live at Mason) (Wed, Sep 16, 2015)
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• Jeffrey Sachs on Charter Cities and How to Reform Graduate Economics Education (Live at Mason) (Tue, Mar 31, 2015)
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• Peter Thiel on Stagnation, Innovation, and What Not to Call your Company (Live at Mason) (Wed, Mar 25, 2015)
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