The podcast Cowen was describing, which he said had about seven episodes and in which neither host interviews the other, is all economics, unlike Conversations with Tyler.
Mostly true True in substance, wrong in a detail.
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What would count as true or false
Identify the podcast Cowen described: about seven episodes, two hosts, neither of whom interviews the other. True: such a podcast featuring Cowen existed as of 2024-12-25 and its episodes are devoted to economics topics, in contrast to Conversations with Tyler's broader range. Mostly true: the podcast matches and is overwhelmingly economics, but the episode count is a little off (for example 5–9) or one episode strays partly from economics. Mixed: a matching podcast exists but a substantial share of its episodes are non-economics. Mostly false: the podcast exists but mostly covers non-economic topics, or differs materially from the description. False: no podcast matching the description existed.
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Evidence (3)
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E1 The Marginal Revolution Podcast Apple Podcasts
“Each episode features Alex and Tyler drawing on their decades of academic expertise to tackle whatever economic idea is currently tickling their noggins.”
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E2 The Marginal Revolution Podcast Apple Podcasts · 3 December 2024
“12/03/2024 · Video The New Monetary Economics In this exploration of the "new monetary economics," Alex and Tyler revisit the ideas of thinkers like Fischer Black, Eugene Fama, and Robert Hall”
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E3 Conversations with Tyler 2024 Retrospective Apple Podcasts · 25 December 2024 Own record
“On this special year-in-review episode, Tyler and producer Jeff Holmes look back on the past year in the show and more, including covering the most popular and underrated episodes”
Reasoning
The Apple Podcasts listing [E1] describes The Marginal Revolution Podcast as a two-host show in which "each episode features Alex and Tyler" taking on an economic idea, which fits Cowen's description. A listed episode from 2024-12-03 [E3] confirms the show existed before the judge date and covered an economics topic ("The New Monetary Economics"). E4 is Conversations with Tyler's own year-in-review episode, which serves as the point of comparison. The evidence does not confirm the count of about seven episodes or the full topic list, so the verdict is mostly true rather than fully confirmed.
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Tyler Cowen, “The podcast Cowen was describing, which he said had about seven episodes and in which neither host interviews the other, is all economics, unlike Conversations with Tyler.” (said 25 December 2024). Verdict: mostly true. Reliability API, claim c_69f4d9ad0745, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_69f4d9ad0745
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