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Conversations with Tyler

Tyler Looks Back on 2019 (BONUS)

Conversations with Tyler

Conversations with Tyler

Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

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For this special retrospective episode, producer Jeff Holmes sat down with Tyler to discuss the past year in conversations and more, including who was most challenging guest to prep for, the most popular—and the most underrated—conversation, a test of Tyler's knowledge called "Name That Production Function," listener questions from Twitter, how Tyler has boosted his productivity in the past year, and whether his book and movie picks from 2009 still hold up.  

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Recorded December 11th, 2019

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, this is Jeff, producer of Conversations with Tyler.

0:08.0

It's the end of the year and today we're doing a special retrospective episode.

0:12.2

So I sat Tyler down in the studio and we reflected on the past year of the show.

0:17.0

We talk about how Tyler's production function has changed in the past year, which guest

0:21.2

was the most challenging for him to prep for, most popular episodes, most underrated conversations.

0:26.6

I also challenged Tyler to several rounds of segment I called Name That Production Function.

0:31.0

We took your questions from Twitter.

0:32.2

I went back to marginal revolution in December 2009 and asked Tyler how he thought his

0:37.1

picks held up from them for best books and movies.

0:40.5

It's a great conversation.

0:41.5

I really enjoyed it and I hope you also enjoy this peek behind the scenes.

0:46.8

Before we get to it, the last thing I'll say is that if you'd like to support the show

0:50.6

before the end of the year, please go to conversationswithtiler.com slash donate.

0:55.2

On behalf of me and the rest of the conversation with Tyler team, we really appreciate it.

0:59.6

Thank you and enjoy the special end of year retrospective.

1:07.3

Conversations with Tyler is produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University,

1:12.4

bridging the gap between academic ideas and real world problems.

1:16.6

Learn more at mercatis.org.

1:19.3

And for more conversations, including videos, transcripts, and upcoming dates, visit

1:24.5

conversationswithtiler.com.

1:35.2

I love going to a hotel, often a bad one, when all they have is cereal.

1:40.0

And then I can have it again.

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