Conversations with Tyler

Glenn Loury on the Cover Story and the Real Story

Feb 8, 2023

48:18

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Embracing the Mystery and Quest for Belief

01:22

Glenn Loury on Living in Providence, Rhode Island

01:40

What Have You Learned About Your Life?

03:11

The Best Place to Rake a Family in the United States

02:20

Introduction

2min

Is Motown a Stacks?

2min

Should We Listen to Michael Jackson With the Same Emotions as We Did Before?

2min

Can You Really Control What Your Daughters Listen To?

2min

Do Markets Exhaust Natural Resources in the Ground?

2min

Are Larger Small Firms Better at Innovation?

3min

Are You Advancing Graduate Students?

4min

The Best Place to Rake a Family in the United States

2min

Is It Different for Black Students at Top Schools Like Brown?

3min

10.

Are We Going to End the Heroin Epidemic?

4min

11.

What Have You Learned About Your Life?

3min

12.

Is There a Black American Story?

3min

13.

What Do You Wish You Knew More About?

3min

14.

Unrace, Who Is Your Strongest Critic?

3min

15.

The Evolution of Your Views on Religion

2min

16.

I'm Not a Suspension of Disbelief, but I Can't Believe That

5min

17.

The Black Visual Arts

4min

Economist and public intellectual Glenn Loury joined Tyler to discuss the soundtrack of Glenn’s life, Glenn's early career in theoretical economics, his favorite Thomas Schelling story, the best place to raise a family in the US, the seeming worsening mental health issues among undergraduates, what he learned about himself while writing his memoir, what his right-wing fans most misunderstand about race, the key difference he has with John McWhorter, his evolving relationship with Christianity, the lasting influence of his late wife, his favorite novels and movies, how well he thinks he will face death, and more.

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Recorded January 11th, 2023

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Conversations with Tyler

Glenn Loury on the Cover Story and the Real Story

Embracing the Mystery and Quest for Belief

Glenn Loury on Living in Providence, Rhode Island

What Have You Learned About Your Life?

The Best Place to Rake a Family in the United States

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