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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Feb 17, 2020 • 3h 4min
The Evolution Of A Renegade - David Sloan Wilson
David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist.This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Freelancer.com and by Blinkist. You can find the Blinkist deal exclusive to listeners of this podcast at www.blinkist.com/swagman.Show notesSelected links •Follow David: Website | Twitter •The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins •River Out Of Eden, by Richard Dawkins •The Descent Of Man, by Charles Darwin •Animal Dispersion In Relation To Social Behavior, by Vero Wynne-Edwards •Adaptation And Natural Selection, by George C Williams •'Reintroducing Group Selection to the Human Behavioral Sciences', 1994 paper by David Sloan Wilson & Eliot Sober •The Meaning Of Human Existence, by E O Wilson •'Gender and Politics Among Anthropologists in the Units of Selection Debate', 2014 survey by Yaworsky, Horowitz & Kickham •The Man In The Grey Flannel Suit, by Sloan Wilson •Sociobiology, by E O Wilson •Governing The Commons, by Elinor Ostrom •Animal Species And Evolution, by Ernst Mayr •Simpson's paradox •'The False Allure of Group Selection', Steven Pinker's Edge.org article •'Understanding and Sharing Intentions: The Origins of Cultural Cognition', 2005 article by Mike Tomasello et al •Dave's conversation with Jonathan Birch •Darwin's Cathedral, by David Sloan...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 30, 2020 • 2h 57min
The Intellectual Wild South - Eric Weinstein
Eric Weinstein is a mathematician and the Managing Director of Thiel Capital.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 15, 2020 • 1h 39min
The Silent Hero Of The Australian Economy - Ian Macfarlane
Ian Macfarlane was Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1996 to 2006. He is the author of The Search For Stability and Ten...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 19, 2019 • 1h 5min
The Modern Empiricist Proving Old Wisdom On Household Debt And Recession - Amir Sufi
Amir Sufi is the Bruce Lindsay Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 18, 2019 • 58min
How To Build A Future More Like Star Trek Than Terminator - Andrew Leigh
Dr Andrew Leigh MP is a member of the Australian federal parliament. He is currently Labor's Shadow Assistant...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 4, 2019 • 1h 13min
The Untold Tale Of How One Ruthless Company Subjugated A Subcontinent - William Dalrymple
William Dalrymple is an acclaimed historian and travel writer. He lives nine months of the year on a...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 16, 2019 • 2h 20min
On Radical Uncertainty, "Phantastic Objects", And Blowing Bubbles - David Tuckett
David Tuckett is a psychoanalyst, Professor, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty at...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 30, 2019 • 1h 13min
Lifting The Veil On Sydney's Crime And Skulduggery - Kate McClymont
Kate McClymont is Australia's most awarded journalist. An investigative reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald, she is famous...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sep 7, 2019 • 2h 18min
Markets And The Madness Of Crowds - Robert Shiller
Robert J. Shiller is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and one of the 2013 recipients of...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 9, 2019 • 1h 2min
The Dogged Journalist Who (May Have) Pricked A Property Bubble - Adele Ferguson
Adele Ferguson is an award-winning investigative journalist best known for her work exposing misconduct and fraud in the...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
