The Joe Walker Podcast (Jolly Swagman formerly)

The Joe Walker Podcast (Jolly Swagman formerly)


Latest Episodes

#138: The Lessons Of Afghanistan — William Dalrymple
September 05, 2021

William Dalrymple is an acclaimed historian and writer.Show notes available at: josephnoelwalker.com/138-afghanistanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#137: The Race That Stopped The Nation — Richard Holden & Steven Hamilton
August 29, 2021

Richard Holden is Professor of Economics at UNSW. Steven Hamilton is an Assistant Professor of Economics at The George Washington University.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/holden-hamiltonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa

#136: Ergodicity — Ole Peters
August 23, 2021

Ole Peters is a physicist and a Fellow at the London Mathematical Laboratory.Show notes available at: josephnoelwalker.com/136-ergodicitySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#135: The Tyranny Of Merit — Michael Sandel
June 22, 2021

Michael Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University, where he is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government Theory. His course Justice is the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on television and has bee

#134: The Spectre Of Havoc — Graham Allison
June 13, 2021

Graham Allison is an American political scientist and the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government Harvard University.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/graham-allisonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#133: A General Theory Of Catastrophe — Niall Ferguson
June 06, 2021

Niall Ferguson is one of the world's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He is

#132: Policy In An Age Of Politics — John Hewson
May 24, 2021

John Hewson is a former Australian politician and was leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/john-hewsonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#131: A Practical Guide To Coping With Uncertainty — John Kay
May 17, 2021

John Kay is one of Britain's leading economists.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#130: Is Science Reaching Its Limits? — John Horgan
May 10, 2021

John Horgan is a science journalist and Director of the Center for Science Writings at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. He was senior writer at Scientific American from 1986-1997 and is the author of the bestselling book The End o

#129: Marvellous Melbourne And Australia's Darkest Depression — Graeme Davison
May 04, 2021

Graeme Davison is Australia's most eminent urban historian. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/graeme-davison See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.