Tyler Cowen conducted a Conversations with Tyler interview with Ashley Mears, released by 3 June 2020.

True: a Conversations with Tyler episode with Ashley Mears, hosted by Cowen, was published on or before 2020-06-03 (as shown on the Conversations with Tyler website or podcast feed). Mostly true: the episode exists with Cowen interviewing Mears, but a minor detail such as the exact release date is slightly off while still being on or before 2020-06-03. Mostly false: the episode was released only after 2020-06-03, or the conversation took place in a different format, not a Conversations with Tyler episode. False: no such episode exists.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 My excellent Conversation with Ashley Mears - Marginal REVOLUTION Marginal Revolution (marginalrevolution.com) · 3 June 2020 Own record

   “Ashley joined Tyler to discuss her book and experience as a model, including the economics of bottle service”

2. E2 My excellent Conversation with Ashley Mears - Marginal REVOLUTION Marginal Revolution (marginalrevolution.com) · 3 June 2020 Own record

   “Here is a podcast on some of their polar opposites, conducted by “a bridge and tunnel guy” with an accomplished sociologist.”

3. E3 Ashley Mears on the Global Party Circuit Apple Podcasts (Social Science Bites) · 2 June 2020

   “Mears, an associate professor of sociology and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Boston University, describes her 18 months of field work, and her findings, to interviewer David Edmonds in this Social Science Bites podcast.”

4. E4 Conversations with Tyler Podscripts · 30 June 2021

   “Tyler Cowen engages today's deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. New conversations every other Wednesday.”

5. E5 Ashley Mears on Status and Beauty Apple Podcasts · 3 June 2020

   “Veröffentlicht3. Juni 2020 um 12:00 UTC”

6. E6 Ashley Mears on Status and Beauty Apple Podcasts · 3 June 2020

   “Ashley joined Tyler to discuss her book and experience as a model”

7. E7 Conversations with Tyler 2020 Retrospective (Ep. 112) Conversations with Tyler · 30 December 2020 Own record

   “you revealed in the Ashley Mears episode that you have a Peloton bike”

8. E8 Conversations with Tyler Libsyn (Conversations with Tyler feed archive)

   “Ashley Mears on Status and Beauty”

The Libsyn archive of the Conversations with Tyler feed for June 2020 lists an episode titled "Ashley Mears on Status and Beauty" (E8). An Apple Podcasts listing with the same title says "Ashley joined Tyler to discuss her book" and gives the publication time as 3 June 2020 at 12:00 UTC (E5, E6). The show's own 2020 retrospective episode also mentions "the Ashley Mears episode" (E7). Together these show that a Conversations with Tyler episode with Mears, hosted by Cowen, was published on or before 3 June 2020.