Book of the Year: Architecture, Visual Art

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I've spent a lot more time reading about the visual arts and studying images. That's maybe somewhat of a reversion to how i had been earlier, rather than a completely new thing. And you wrote this book, one of your best books for this year was this guide to subsheran african architecture. What was it about that spoke to you? Obviously, africais a very important continent. Hard to get there, not always in easy experience. So many countries, even apart from covet issues.

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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

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