Conversations with Tyler

Episodes

• Richard Hanania on Conrad's Nostromo, Latin American Crime, and Populism

  Nov 4, 2026

  Hanania reads Nostromo as a timeless development story in which Western capital and expertise create real prosperity but remain politically vulnerable to anti-foreign demagoguery.

• Roman Mars on Flags, Phones, and the Design of Everyday Life

  Oct 28, 2026

  Not summarized yet

• Liaquat Ahamed on Financial Crises, Gold, and the Lessons of 1873

  Oct 14, 2026

  Not summarized yet

• Luis Garicano on Spain, Europe, and the Future of Work

  Sep 30, 2026

  Not summarized yet

• Gita Gopinath on Trade, Currencies, and Economic Transformation

  Sep 23, 2026

  Not summarized yet

• Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax, Fraud, and Rationing by Paperwork

  Sep 16, 2026

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• Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability

  Sep 9, 2026

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• Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity

  Sep 2, 2026

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• Luke Burgis on Mimetic Desire, Catholicism, and the Age of Social Contagion

  Aug 19, 2026

  Not summarized yet

• Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite

  Aug 12, 2026

  Not summarized yet

• Julia Ioffe on Russian Women, Missing Men, and the Roots of Autocracy

  Aug 5, 2026

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• Andrew Graham-Dixon on Vermeer, a Forgotten Sect, and Underrated Artists

  Jul 22, 2026

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• Chase Koch on Principles, Music, and Overcoming Entropy

  Jul 15, 2026

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• Joel Mokyr on Clans, Corporations, and a Culture of Growth

  Jul 8, 2026

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• Joanne Paul on Thomas More and the Tudor World

  Jun 24, 2026

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• Dave Baszucki on Roblox, Teen Entrepreneurs, and the Future of Play

  Jun 17, 2026

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• Katja Hoyer on Weimar, the GDR, and the German Character

  Jun 10, 2026

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• Toby Wilkinson on Ptolemaic Egypt and the First Great Commercial Civilization

  May 27, 2026

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• Bob Spitz on the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Art of Biography

  May 13, 2026

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• Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised (Live at 92NY)

  Apr 29, 2026

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