# Conversations with Tyler

A podcast by Mercatus Center at George Mason University. 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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## Latest episodes

- [Liaquat Ahamed on Financial Crises, Gold, and the Lessons of 1873](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/f2d9e90906d1) (2026-10-14, 46 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-294-LiaquatAhamed-podcast-v2-final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Luis Garicano on Spain, Europe, and the Future of Work](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/42af6edfdc05) (2026-09-30, 51 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-296-LuisGaricano-podcast-v1.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Gita Gopinath on Trade, Currencies, and Economic Transformation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/8a9bcb887954) (2026-09-23, 56 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-300-GitaGopinath-podcast-v1.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax, Fraud, and Rationing by Paperwork](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/5e12e91188c0) (2026-09-16, 57 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-307-AnnieLowrey-podcast-v1.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/94c1614c0c9d) (2026-09-09, 53 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-301-JaredDiamond-podcast-v1.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/b45bb656451c) (2026-09-02, 42 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-299-MichaelMoritz-podcast-v1.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Luke Burgis on Mimetic Desire, Catholicism, and the Age of Social Contagion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/cf0dc359ef59) (2026-08-19, 53 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-290-LukeBurgis-podcast-v1.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/5e3fcb36132f) (2026-08-12, 56 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-292-DaronAcemoglu-Podcast-v2.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Julia Ioffe on Russian Women, Missing Men, and the Roots of Autocracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/07a2b4fa6d57) (2026-08-05, 56 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-286-JuliaIoffe-podcast-v1.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Andrew Graham-Dixon on Vermeer, a Forgotten Sect, and Underrated Artists](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/2a3dae3b16c8) (2026-07-22, 57 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-288-AndrewGrahamDixon-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Chase Koch on Principles, Music, and Overcoming Entropy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/cde7d1b73e65) (2026-07-15, 55 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-297-ChaseKoch-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Joel Mokyr on Clans, Corporations, and a Culture of Growth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/e9d87fc9b885) (2026-07-08, 46 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-284-JoelMokyr-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Joanne Paul on Thomas More and the Tudor World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/96adf923137f) (2026-06-24, 51 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-281-JoannePaul-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Dave Baszucki on Roblox, Teen Entrepreneurs, and the Future of Play](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/af9356b321cd) (2026-06-17, 54 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-289-DaveBaszucki-Podcast-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Katja Hoyer on Weimar, the GDR, and the German Character](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/433188f84527) (2026-06-10, 62 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-285-KatjaHoyer-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Toby Wilkinson on Ptolemaic Egypt and the First Great Commercial Civilization](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/b92cab9145a3) (2026-05-27, 46 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-280-TobyWilkinson-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Bob Spitz on the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Art of Biography](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/f5770a743a3b) (2026-05-13, 56 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-293-BobSpitz-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised (Live at 92NY)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/7f622399dc19) (2026-04-29, 47 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-291-CraigNewmark-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/78de402bc3b8) (2026-04-15, 62 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-278-KimBowes-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/872e1736421f) (2026-04-01, 60 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-269-ArthurBrooks-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Paul Gillingham on Why Mexico Stays Together](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/47d8d7c0b08d) (2026-03-25, 65 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-287-PaulGillingham-Audio-Final_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/51ae85494a14) (2026-03-18, 50 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-279-HarveyMansfield-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Henry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/b0d26521ecf2) (2026-03-04, 60 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-283-HenryOliver-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Joe Studwell on Africa, Asia, and What Development Actually Requires](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/b64b3cf5dfa9) (2026-02-18, 54 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-282-JoeStudwell-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Andrew Ross Sorkin on Market Bubbles, Banking Rules, and the Real Lessons of 1929](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/b8346b4e52ae) (2026-02-04, 57 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-275-AndrewRossSorkin-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Diarmaid MacCulloch on Christianity, Sex, and Unsettling Settled Facts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/fd5766a826f5) (2026-01-21, 60 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-261-DiarmaidMacCulloch-Audio-Final_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Brendan Foody on Teaching AI and the Future of Knowledge Work](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/523e06d6a865) (2026-01-07, 62 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-273-BrendanFoody-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Conversations with Tyler 2025 Retrospective](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/e5257bb86776) (2025-12-23, 60 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-268-2025Retrospective-Audio-Final-V2.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/346a3b3215a1) (2025-12-17, 62 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-266-AlisonGopnik-Audio-Final-V2.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Gaurav Kapadia on New York City, Investing, and Contemporary Art](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/efde5706b897) (2025-12-10, 60 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-267-GauravKapadia-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/e2c2c6532efd) (2025-12-03, 93 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-274-DanWang-Audio-Final-V2.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Cass Sunstein on Liberalism and Rights in the Age of AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/fd8e27b7c080) (2025-11-26, 80 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-271-CassSunstein-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/93cda85aa073) (2025-11-19, 38 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-277-BlakeScholl-Audio.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/8836e154d3a8) (2025-11-12, 58 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-258-DonaldLopez-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Sam Altman on Trust, Persuasion, and the Future of Intelligence - Live at the Progress Conference](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/81458005bd24) (2025-11-05, 55 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-276-SamAltman-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Jonny Steinberg on South African Crime and Punishment, the Mandelas' Marriage, and the Post-Apartheid Era](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/6ede249e79b9) (2025-10-28, 53 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-257-JonnySteinberg-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/62ae35699213) (2025-10-15, 69 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-256-GeorgeSelgin-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [John Amaechi on Leadership, the NBA, and Being Gay in Professional Sports](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/9a4c2886d927) (2025-10-01, 60 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-272-JohnAmaechi-Audio-Final_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/654fe51738f7) (2025-09-24, 46 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-264-StevenPinker-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [David Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf States](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/5e84df39df8a) (2025-09-17, 52 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-263-DavidCommins-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Seamus Murphy on Photographing Patterns Across Cultures](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/a62917c5ed25) (2025-09-03, 55 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-260-SeamusMurphy-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [David Brooks on Audacity, AI, and the American Psyche (Live at 92NY)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/1cd46a4041f0) (2025-08-20, 71 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-255-DavidBrooks-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Nate Silver on Life's Mixed Strategies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/bdff7cf12a86) (2025-08-13, 64 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-265-NateSilver-Audio-Finalwav.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War, Intelligence Operations, and Conspiracy Realities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/ba7874892c47) (2025-08-06, 58 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-253-AnnieJacobsen-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Helen Castor on Medieval Power and Personalities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/12ff214135b2) (2025-07-23, 68 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-246-HelenCastor-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/7a530de76dea) (2025-07-09, 60 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-247-David_Robertson-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Austan Goolsbee on Central Banking as a Data Dog](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/7f40748579a6) (2025-06-25, 59 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-248-AustanGoolsbee-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Chris Arnade on Walking Cities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/355bd2efc0c6) (2025-06-18, 59 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-244-ChrisArnade-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [Any Austin on the Hermeneutics of Video Games](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/90f3e17f58eb) (2025-06-11, 66 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-245-AnyAustin-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607
- [John Arnold on Trading, Energy, and Evidence-Based Philanthropy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/983795625/0168796a6d4e) (2025-06-04, 65 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowenconvos/CWT-254-JohnArnold-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=850607

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