Conversations with Tyler

A European listening to this is blown away by the interviewer's combination of brisk rudeness, complete lack of curiosity and – amazing given his position – endless employment of stereotypes. It's not "a conversation", just a guy firing questions at an interviewee. That said, however, little different from anything else produced by the soi-disant cream of American podcasting

Tyler: Exile On Main Street is “ MUSH” ! Exile scored 11 Number-One hit singles across their career, reaching the top of both pop and country charts. You sir, are an idiot. And so is the quest whose Rolling Stones book is filled with errors.

Can’t believe I’m just discovering this. Tyler is a great interviewer who asks a great number of interesting questions and allows his guests to share their knowledge without interruption. I walk away from each episode having learned something, and very much enjoy the breezy, conversational tone of the discussion. Bravo!

I learn something (often many things) every time I listen to one of Professor Cowen’s interviews. The guests are interesting and the conversations are great. As a high school social science teacher, there is always something from these episodes that I can use in class. I highly recommend this podcast.

I’ll continue to give five stars, but a lot of the time it’s a conservative circle jerk and Tyler either misses the point or is absurdly reductive very often.