Tyler Cowen is a fascinating person. It took just one podcast episode from his fantastic podcast Conversations with Tyler for me to follow him around. Every few months or so, I search for Cowen’s appearance in other podcasts, and I get giddy when I spot him on Tim Ferriss' podcast and most recently Ezra Klein’s.
The latest episode is worth a listen to, especially if this is not the first time you’ve heard of him. For me, one noteworthy point is when Klein asked Cowen how to get started on classical music, so here they are in a more accessible link format:
- Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, and
- Beethoven’s last five string quartets. Cowen’s favourite version of the quartets was played by Quartetto Italiano in 1967.
He also added Bach classical music and operas of Mozart, but didn’t specify the pieces.