Tyler Cowen: preference

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…Hello, everyone, and welcome to this, the 2022 year-in-review episode of Conversations with Tyler. I’m Jeff Holmes, one of the producers of Conversations with Tyler. This has become a tradition now, where at the end of the year, we take stock of the year in conversations. I have a bit of a conversation with Tyler that I want to have. We take questions from listeners, and we also go back and look at Tyler’s pop culture picks — of 2012, in this case — and Tyler lets us know how he thinks they’ve fared. First, Tyler, let’s get straight into the year of conversations. When you look at this guest list, reflect on this roster of guests compared to years past, what do you think? I think we should have more Irish people on. Roy Foster was great. He was a definite favorite. We had two moments that went completely viral, one of which was misunderstood. Shruti was awesome as a host. Walter Russell Mead throws great dinner parties. Mary Gaitskill was a wonderful kind of quirky, and very often, the best guests are not the ones who you think will be the best. That would be my year’s take in summary. When you say the moment that went viral but was misunderstood, what are you referring to?…

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