Conversations with Tyler

Great questions and interactions, well paced, and informative.

I don’t usually read economists, so I didn’t know anything about Tyler Cowen, and from what I gather from listening to most of the episodes of this pod, I probably won’t, because he seems like a typical economist douche who rushes to simplify any situation into quantifiable terms while missing the point. But as an interviewer, he’s amazing. His questions are playful, stimulating and wide ranging and he knows how to let people talk. His guests are all over the place, and so are the quality of the interviews, the most interesting parts are often Tyler’s questions. Tyler if you are reading this, great pod, good job. Edit: Tyler you’ve done a way better job the past several months of not pressing your marginal improvement stuff into every conversation topic. But how much weed did you guys smoke before the Ross Douthat episode? I thought I was listening to Joe Rogan.

I’m a fan of the show in general. Had to conclude, with some disappointment, that despite having David Bentley Hart on the show, Tyler hasn’t read his philosophical work on mind and life. If he had, I think his recent conversation with Ross Douthat would have been far richer.

The most vital podcast without a paywall.