I don't think i'm the most inspiring or compelling person. I was enough to get to the next stage, but i never ended up being world class. The instrument that i play is really just dialogue and discourse. It feels like when we had this conversation a year ago, like vaccines were approved,. It took longer than it should, but we were looking forward to widespread vaccine availability. And it still feels like we're not able to make the leaps. What do you think that is?
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On this special year-in-review episode, Tyler and producer Jeff Holmes talk about the past year on the show, including one episode’s appearance on Ancient Aliens, Tyler’s picks for most underrated guests, how his 2021 predictions fared from last year’s retrospective, further reflections on the most downloaded—and most polarizing—episode of the year, how David Deutsch influenced Tyler’s opinions of Karl Popper, why he thinks his interviews with women tend to be better, and more. They also evaluate Tyler’s pop culture picks from 2011, play “Name that Production Function,” and answer listener questions from Twitter.
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Recorded December 8th, 2021 Other ways to connect