23 Dec 2025
59m

Conversations with Tyler 2025 Retrospective

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Conversations with Tyler

In this retrospective episode of Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen and Jeff Holmes reflect on the past year, highlighting favorite and underrated episodes, including those featuring Johnny Steinberg, Ian Leslie, and Amy Austin. They discuss listener questions ranging from AI's impact on their production to Tyler's hotel preferences and views on tariffs. They also revisit Tyler's pop culture picks from 2015, focusing on movies, books, and music, and conclude with shoutouts to donors and the production team, expressing gratitude for their support. A later segment reviews the year's most popular episodes, revealing Sam Altman, Ezra Klein, and Steven Pinker as top draws, and Tyler shares insights from his travels in Oman.

Outlines

Part 1: Anniversary and 2025 Retrospective

Part 2: Listener Q&A and AI Discourse

Part 3: 2015 Pop Culture Time Capsule

Part 4: Popularity Rankings and Closing

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