Joe Walker hosts refreshingly in-depth conversations with founders, scientists, scholars, economists, and public intellectuals.
(Formerly 'The Jolly Swagman Podcast'.)
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.
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.
John Hempton is a renowned short seller and the Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Australian-based hedge fund... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This is an episode about a rising superpower (China) and its ruler (Xi Jinping). It's also a conversation... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This episode is about why housing busts cause recessions. Few understand their nexus better than Ed Leamer. Ed... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The logic is inevitable: credit is as much a feature of housing bubbles as the moon is of... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bubbles are everywhere today — or so we're told. But what are they really? I speak with behavioural... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chris Joye manages $3 billion as the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Australian fixed-income manager Coolabah Capital Investments, and... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Timur Kuran is a Turkish American economist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We all know that real estate is the best long-term investment for capital gains... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
I speak with Dean Baker, US economist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
I announce 'Housing Bubble Week' and share a speech I gave in Sydney in September 2018. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Will MacAskill is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Oxford. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bret Weinstein came to public prominence as the professor at the centre of the 2017 Evergreen State College... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This is a conversation with renowned moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew Charlton is a Rhodes Scholar, economist, author and former prime ministerial adviser. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Which US and Australian industries are the most concentrated? How did Standard Oil inspire the Nazis? Why are... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Joe speaks with the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd. Kevin led Australia from December 2007 to... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Joe speaks with former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, the man who defied Europe to save Greece -... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Critical technological and societal changes of the last century have been spearheaded by entrepreneurs and the investors who... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The universe is 13.8 billion years old and humans have existed for only 200,000 years. If that time... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Most people want to help others with their career, but what's the best way to do that? Become... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brendan Eich is widely regarded as a 'Father of the Web'. He is the creator of JavaScript and... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For thirty-seven years, Marc Cohodes has bet big money against bad companies. Due to his success, he is... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch professor of Theoretical physics at Stanford University. He is widely regarded as... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harry Crane is a scholar who specialises in statistics and probability. He is currently a professor of statistics... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 2016, a Florida court delivered an astounding $140 million verdict against Gawker media for publishing a sex... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
