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Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is the episode summary: Tyler calls Paul Gillingham’s new book, Mexico: A 500-Year History, the single best introduction to the country’s past—and one of the best nonfiction books of 2026. Paul brings both an outsider’s eye and ground-level knowledge to Mexican history, having grown up in Cork — […] The post My excellent Conversation with Paul Gillingham appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesWhat should I ask Katja Hoyer?*The Marg...
The article explores the evolving nature of economics, examining how contemporary issues and interdisciplinary approaches are reshaping the field and its relevance in today's society.
This article explores the trend of increasing movie lengths, examining factors such as audience expectations, streaming platforms, and the impact on storytelling and production.
The best snow-forecasting app for skiers and snowboarders isn’t from any of the federally funded weather services. Nor from any of the big-name brands. It’s an independent app startup that leverages government data, its own AI models, and decades of alpine-life experience to offer better snow (and soon avalanche) predictions than anything else out there.…
It saw three first ministers and a major police investigation
The picture around social media harm is more nuanced than some campaigners say
The British monarch praised multilateral institutions, warned against climate change, and championed diversity
‘Against Your Better Judgment’ Robert Lowell wrote in 1975 that Seamus Heaney was “the best Irish poet since Yeats”—a claim that some thought hyperbolic, or at least premature. But now, on the arrival of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, Lowell’s view has become consensus. Heaney, who died in 2013 at age seventy-four, produced a breadth and quality of work rivaling that of the first Irish Nobel laureate. Just as Yeats explored the “terrible beauty” of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion, Heaney weighed...