

The Joe Walker Podcast
Joe Walker
Joe Walker hosts refreshingly in-depth conversations with founders, scientists, scholars, economists, and public intellectuals.
(Formerly 'The Jolly Swagman Podcast'.)
(Formerly 'The Jolly Swagman Podcast'.)
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21 snips
Mar 22, 2021 • 1h 25min
The Reign Of Keynes, Part II — Lord Robert Skidelsky
Robert Skidelsky, FBA is a British economic historian. He is the author of a three-volume award-winning biography of British economist John Maynard Keynes.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/skidelskySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 17, 2021 • 1h 3min
Recollections Of A Wild Man In The Wings — Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is the father of modern linguistics and one of the most cited scholars in modern history. He is also one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world, having written more than 150 books.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/chomskySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 8, 2021 • 1h 9min
There Is Such A Thing As Society — Sir Paul Collier
Sir Paul Collier is a British development economist. He is currently a professor of economics at the University of Oxford and was the Director of the Development Research Group at the World Bank between 1998 and 2003. Paul has authored numerous books, including The Bottom Billion, The Plundered Planet, and The Future of Capitalism. His latest book, co-authored with John Kay, is Greed is Dead: Politics After Individualism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Feb 28, 2021 • 1h 29min
The Reign Of Keynes, Part I — Zach Carter
Zach Carter is a senior reporter at The Huffington Post and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy and the Life of John Maynard Keynes.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/zach-carterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 22, 2021 • 1h 25min
The Doyen Of Behavioural Genetics On Untangling Nature And Nurture — Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin is one of the world's leading behavioural geneticists. He is currently MRC Research Professor in Behavioural Genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 16, 2021 • 1h 46min
The Republic Is In Peril — Jack A. Goldstone
Jack A. Goldstone is an American sociologist and is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on the subject of revolutions.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/jack-goldstoneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 8, 2021 • 1h 9min
Hard-Earned Lessons From A Maverick Who Made It — Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban is an American billionaire investor, entrepreneur and TV personality.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/mark-cubanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 31, 2021 • 1h 50min
The Wisdom Of Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 and is considered one of the world’s most eminent theoretical physicists.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/frank-wilczekSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 24, 2021 • 1h 25min
The Moral Causes And Consequences Of Economic Growth — Benjamin M. Friedman
Benjamin M. Friedman is widely recognised as one of the world's leading macroeconomists. He is currently the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University.Read the full transcript at: josephnoelwalker.com/ben-friedmanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 18, 2021 • 1h 14min
The Indiana Jones Of Anthropology On The Origins Of Western Psychology — Joe Henrich
Joe Henrich is Professor and Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is the author of The Secret of Our Success and The Weirdest People in the World.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.