Tyler Cowen: evaluation

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…Maybe so. I sent out an email to our newsletter about this, and I think you have to say it’s a little predictable. It only gets maybe a little eclectic towards the end, but this was very much fan service, I think, these top five. It would be nice to see maybe a less well-known person cracking that top five, but something for us to aspire to next year. Moving on to underrated episodes, episodes that weren’t necessarily breaking download records but are still very, very good. You could think of them as a personal favorite. I’ve got my picks. Do you want to throw out a couple? One underrated episode was Masaaki Suzuki because most people don’t know enough about Bach to really love what he said. Plus, he had an accent; that may hurt downloads a bit. But that one, I was very fond of. Fareed Zakaria, you got to see the real Fareed. Even his son loved the episode. I don’t know how many downloads it got, but it has to be underrated. Michael Nielsen. Most are underrated. Tom Tugendhat, who did not make it to be head of the Conservative Party, but someday still might and certainly ought to be. Yes, those are good picks. Masaaki Suzuki was a fan mention as well, a favorite of my wife’s, so check that one out if you haven’t. I would also throw out Stephen Kotkin, so pretty recent episode. Kotkin performed very well.…

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