Joe Walker

The Joe Walker Podcast

Society EN ↓ 132 episodes

Well-researched interviews on ideas, technology, and policy. (Plus a recurring series on Australian public policy.)

Author

Joe Walker

Category

Society

Podcast website

www.josephnoelwalker.com

Latest episode

Jun 23, 2026

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Episodes

A General Theory Of Catastrophe — Niall Ferguson 06.06.2021

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 the author of sixteen books, including most recently Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe . Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/niall...

Policy In An Age Of Politics — John Hewson 24.05.2021

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-hewson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Practical Guide To Coping With Uncertainty — John Kay 17.05.2021

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

Is Science Reaching Its Limits? — John Horgan 10.05.2021

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 of Science . Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/horgan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marvellous Melbourne And Australia's Darkest Depression — Graeme Davison 04.05.2021

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

A Forgotten Genius — Cheryl Misak 28.04.2021

Cheryl Misak is a Canadian philosopher and the author of Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers . Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/misak See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Progress And Planet — Malcolm Turnbull 12.04.2021

Malcolm Turnbull was the 29th Prime Minister of Australia. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/malcolm-turnbull See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Craft Of Comedy And The Art Of A Lasting Partnership — Andy Lee 28.03.2021

Andy Lee is one half of iconic Australian comedy duo Hamish & Andy. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/andy-lee See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Reign Of Keynes, Part II — Lord Robert Skidelsky 22.03.2021

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/skidelsky See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recollections Of A Wild Man In The Wings — Noam Chomsky 17.03.2021

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/chomsky See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There Is Such A Thing As Society — Sir Paul Collier 08.03.2021

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: P...

The Reign Of Keynes, Part I — Zach Carter 28.02.2021

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-carter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Doyen Of Behavioural Genetics On Untangling Nature And Nurture — Robert Plomin 22.02.2021

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.

The Republic Is In Peril — Jack A. Goldstone 16.02.2021

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-goldstone See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hard-Earned Lessons From A Maverick Who Made It — Mark Cuban 08.02.2021

Mark Cuban is an American billionaire investor, entrepreneur and TV personality. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/mark-cuban See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Wisdom Of Frank Wilczek 31.01.2021

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-wilczek See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Moral Causes And Consequences Of Economic Growth — Benjamin M. Friedman 24.01.2021

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-friedman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Indiana Jones Of Anthropology On The Origins Of Western Psychology — Joe Henrich 18.01.2021

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.

Deaths Of Despair And The Future Of Capitalism — Angus Deaton 11.01.2021

Sir Angus Deaton is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism . Read the full transcript at: josephnoelwalker.com/deaton See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Ayn Rand, Cooperation, And Successful Societies - David Sloan Wilson 31.12.2020

David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist. Read the full transcript at: https://josephnoelwalker.com/atlashugged See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What I Learned In 2020 - John Hempton 21.12.2020

John Hempton is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at Bronte Capital. Show notes Selected links Follow John: Blog | Twitter 'Approaches to Studying Policy Representation', paper by David Broockman 'Indebted Demand', paper by Atif Mian, Ludwig Straub and Amir Sufi Topics discussed Lessons from past market cycles. 4:51 Astarra-Trio. 10:43 Retail investors: Welcome to the party. 24:14 When John...

Rational Minds Part 5: Heuristics Make Us Smart - Gerd Gigerenzer 21.12.2020

Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist and director emeritus of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rational Minds Part 4: The Blind Leading The Blind - David Hirshleifer 20.12.2020

David Hirshleifer is a professor of finance and currently holds the Merage chair in Business Growth at the University of California. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rational Minds Part 3: Rethinking Bubbles - Vernon Smith 19.12.2020

Vernon Smith won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002. This is his second appearance on the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rational Minds Part 2: The Myth Of Tulip Mania - Anne Goldgar 17.12.2020

Anne Goldgar is an historian and holds the Van Hunnick Chair in European History at the University of Southern California Dornsife. Show notes Selected links Follow Anne: Website | Twitter Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden , by Anne Goldgar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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