Economics & Polymath
Conversations with Tyler
Book density tier 1 · 58 episodes processed · 148 books cited
Hosted by economist Tyler Cowen. Extremely high book density; Tyler rapid-fires questions referencing the guest's past books, obscure history books, and cultural critiques.
- Mind Games
- The Faerie Queene
- Leisure, the Basis of Culture;
- The Death of Artemio Cruz
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Mastering 'Metrics
- Hackney Diamonds
- Exile on Main St
- Red and the Black
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
- Submission
- Their Satanic Majesties Request
- Gray Matters
- Surviving Rome
- How Africa Works
- False Dawn
- It's Not Magic
- Ausländer
- Read Write Own
- Prices and Production
- Lower Than the Angels
- Let England Shake
- The Rolling Stones
- The Wall
- Critique of Judgment
- The One and the Ninety-Nine
- Promises of Giants
- Second Act
- In Praise of Folly
- Controlling Contagion
- "THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY"
- The Last Dynasty
Episodes with book citations
Quotes play from the book pages; full videos are linked here.
- 2026-10-28Roman Mars on Flags, Phones, and the Design of Everyday Life1 citationWatch full episode ↗
- 2026-10-14Liaquat Ahamed on Financial Crises, Gold, and the Lessons of 18734 citationsWatch full episode ↗
- 2026-09-30Luis Garicano on Spain, Europe, and the Future of Work2 citationsWatch full episode ↗
- 2026-09-16Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax, Fraud, and Rationing by Paperwork4 citationsWatch full episode ↗
- 2026-09-09Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability7 citationsWatch full episode ↗
- 2026-09-02Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity3 citationsWatch full episode ↗
- 2026-08-19Luke Burgis on Mimetic Desire, Catholicism, and the Age of Social Contagion5 citationsWatch full episode ↗
- 2026-08-12Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite1 citationWatch full episode ↗
- 2026-08-05Julia Ioffe on Russian Women, Missing Men, and the Roots of Autocracy4 citations
- 2026-07-22Andrew Graham-Dixon on Vermeer, a Forgotten Sect, and Underrated Artists2 citations
- 2026-07-15Chase Koch on Principles, Music, and Overcoming Entropy4 citations
- 2026-07-08Joel Mokyr on Clans, Corporations, and a Culture of Growth4 citations
- 2026-06-24Joanne Paul on Thomas More and the Tudor World3 citations
- 2026-06-17Dave Baszucki on Roblox, Teen Entrepreneurs, and the Future of Play1 citation
- 2026-06-10Katja Hoyer on Weimar, the GDR, and the German Character3 citations
- 2026-05-27Toby Wilkinson on Ptolemaic Egypt and the First Great Commercial Civilization1 citation
- 2026-05-13Bob Spitz on the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Art of Biography6 citations
- 2026-04-29Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised2 citations
- 2026-04-15Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent2 citations
- 2026-04-01Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness3 citations
- 2026-03-25Paul Gillingham on Why Mexico Stays Together3 citations
- 2026-03-18Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy6 citations
- 2026-03-04Henry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English15 citations
- 2026-02-18Joe Studwell on Africa, Asia, and What Development Actually Requires3 citations
- 2026-02-04Andrew Ross Sorkin on Market Bubbles, Banking Rules, and the Real Lessons of 19291 citation
- 2026-01-21Diarmaid MacCulloch on Christianity, Sex, and Unsettling Settled Facts2 citations
- 2026-01-07Brendan Foody on Teaching AI and the Future of Knowledge Work1 citation
- 2025-12-23Conversations with Tyler 2025 Retrospective7 citations
- 2025-12-17Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture1 citation
- 2025-12-03Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other6 citations
- 2025-11-26Cass Sunstein on Liberalism and Rights in the Age of AI6 citations
- 2025-11-19Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference1 citation
- 2025-11-12Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism2 citations
- 2025-10-28Jonny Steinberg on South African Crime and Punishment, the Mandelas' Marriage, and the Post-Apartheid Era5 citations
- 2025-10-15George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression5 citations
- 2025-10-01John Amaechi on Leadership, the NBA, and Being Gay in Professional Sports4 citations
- 2025-09-24Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment3 citations
- 2025-09-03Seamus Murphy on Photographing Patterns Across Cultures2 citations
- 2025-08-20David Brooks on Audacity, AI, and the American Psyche (Live at 92NY)5 citations
- 2025-08-06Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War, Intelligence Operations, and Conspiracy Realities3 citations
- 2025-07-23Helen Castor on Medieval Power and Personalities2 citations
- 2025-07-09David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation5 citations
- 2025-06-18Chris Arnade on Walking Cities3 citations
- 2025-06-04John Arnold on Trading, Energy, and Evidence-Based Philanthropy1 citation
- 2025-05-21Theodore Schwartz on Neurosurgery, Consciousness, and Brain-Computer Interfaces2 citations
- 2025-04-30Kenneth Rogoff on Monetary Moves, Fiscal Gambits, and Classical Chess2 citations
- 2025-04-23Chris Dixon on Blockchains, AI, and the Future of the Internet4 citations
- 2025-04-16Ian Leslie on McCartney, Lennon, and the Greatest Creative Partnership of All Time1 citation
- 2025-04-09Jennifer Pahlka on Reforming Government1 citation
- 2025-04-02Sheilagh Ogilvie on Epidemics, Guilds, and the Persistence of Bad Institutions1 citation