The Joe Walker Podcast

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

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Most frequent guests

John Hempton 4 episodes
Andrew Leigh 3 episodes
Kevin Rudd 3 episodes
Tyler Cowen 2 episodes
Andy Matuschak 2 episodes
Eric Weinstein 2 episodes
Peter Singer 2 episodes
David Deutsch 2 episodes
Vernon Smith 2 episodes
David Sloan Wilson 2 episodes

Every guest on The Joe Walker Podcast

116 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Mark Cuban
Hard-Earned Lessons From A Maverick Who Made It — Mark Cuban · Feb 2021

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Joseph Henrich
The Indiana Jones Of Anthropology On The Origins Of Western Psychology — Joe Henrich · Jan 2021

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Tyler Cowen
Talent Is That Which Is Scarce — Tyler Cowen · 2 episodes

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Andy Matuschak
Behind the Scenes of My Interview Research Process — Andy Matuschak Crashes My Crib · 2 episodes

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Richard Rhodes
Richard Rhodes — The Making of the Atomic Bomb · Jul 2023

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Bethany McLean
Frauds And Visionaries - Bethany McLean · Oct 2020

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Stephen Wolfram
Stephen Wolfram — Constructing the Computational Paradigm · Aug 2023

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Noam Chomsky
Recollections Of A Wild Man In The Wings — Noam Chomsky · Mar 2021

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Jonathan Haidt
The Three Big Lies Poisoning Young Minds - Jonathan Haidt · Dec 2018

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Niall Ferguson
A General Theory Of Catastrophe — Niall Ferguson · Jun 2021

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Bret Weinstein
The Evolution Of Bret Weinstein · Apr 2019

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Frank Wilczek
The Wisdom Of Frank Wilczek · Jan 2021

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Eric Weinstein
An Ode To The Uncorrelated Thinker - Eric Weinstein · 2 episodes

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Brendan Eich
The Brave Cookie Monster - Brendan Eich · May 2018

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Avi Loeb
The Meaning Of Human Existence, And The Search For Alien Life - Avi Loeb · Sep 2020

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Peter Singer
Peter Singer — Moral Truths and Moral Secrets · 2 episodes

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Ryan Holiday
How Peter Thiel Destroyed Gawker - Ryan Holiday · May 2018

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Matt Ridley
Inside Humanity's Infinite Improbability Drive - Matt Ridley · Aug 2020

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Bryan Caplan
Bryan Caplan — The Economics of Housing Abundance · May 2024

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Russ Roberts
The Doyen Of Economics Podcasting On Death, Lockdown, And The Art Of Socratic Dialogue - Russ Roberts · Jul 2020

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Steven Pinker
Rationality And Its Opposite — Steven Pinker · Dec 2022

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Robert Plomin
The Doyen Of Behavioural Genetics On Untangling Nature And Nurture — Robert Plomin · Feb 2021

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Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman — Dyads, And Other Mysteries · Apr 2023

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Edward Glaeser
Rational Minds Part 1: A Nation Of Gamblers - Ed Glaeser · Dec 2020

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David Deutsch
David Deutsch & Steven Pinker (First Ever Public Dialogue) — AGI, P(Doom), & The Enemies of Progress · 2 episodes

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Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama — AGI and the Recommencement of History · Jul 2025

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Jack Goldstone
The Republic Is In Peril — Jack A. Goldstone · Feb 2021

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Michael Sandel
The Tyranny Of Merit — Michael Sandel · Jun 2021

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Will MacAskill
Doing Good Better - Will MacAskill · Apr 2019

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Mervyn King
Radical Uncertainty - Mervyn King · Aug 2020

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Larry Summers
Larry Summers — AGI and the Next Industrial Revolution · Oct 2024

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Laura Deming
Laura Deming — On Pausing Biological Time & Preserving the Continuous Self · May 2025

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Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey — Science (Non)fiction · Apr 2023

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Amir Sufi
The Modern Empiricist Proving Old Wisdom On Household Debt And Recession - Amir Sufi · Dec 2019

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Angus Deaton
Deaths Of Despair And The Future Of Capitalism — Angus Deaton · Jan 2021

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Arlie Hochschild
Despair And Indignation Among The American White Working Class - Arlie Hochschild · Nov 2020

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Taleb — Meditations on Extremistan · Sep 2024

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Peter Turchin
Peter Turchin — Why Societies Fall Apart (And Why the US May Be Next) · Aug 2023

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Raghuram Rajan
Raghuram Rajan — Debt, Monetary Policy, and Unintended Consequences · Nov 2023

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Robert Shiller
Markets And The Madness Of Crowds - Robert Shiller · Sep 2019

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Recent episodes

137 episodes from the feed, newest first.

The Most Amazing Technology, the Worst Business in the World — John Hempton [Compute Series]
with John Hempton

Nov 2026
AI Factories in the Outback — Tim Nelson [Compute Series]
with Tim Nelson

Oct 2026
The Geostrategic Case for Compute in Australia — Janet Egan [Compute Series]
with Janet Egan

Aug 2026
Australia's Plan to Turn Compute Into Sovereign AI — Dr Andrew Charlton MP [Compute Series]
with Andrew Charlton

Aug 2026
Compute in Australia: Announcing my new podcast series
Aug 2026
"Just because I consulted doesn't mean I didn't dominate": How prime ministers really govern — Patrick Weller
with Patrick Weller

Jun 2026
How Can Australia Get a Piece of the AI Action? — Danielle Wood
with Danielle Wood

Jun 2026
How Australia Actually Selects and Integrates Migrants — Mike Pezzullo [Immigration Series]
with Mike Pezzullo

May 2026
"Bigger and Different": The Six Decades That Remade Australia — Mark Cully [Immigration Series]
with Mark Cully

May 2026
"We've built an economy that requires 2 million temporary migrants" — Martin Parkinson [Immigration Series]
with Martin Parkinson

May 2026
2025 Retrospective — A Listener (Zac Gross) Interviews Me
with Zac Gross

Dec 2025
Cabinet is Australia's Operating System — Here's How It Works (Glyn Davis & Terry Moran)
with Glyn Davis

Dec 2025
Why Great Powers Sleepwalk to War — A Masterclass with Prof. Hugh White
with Hugh White

Nov 2025
Australia's last great act of economic courage — Peter Costello
with Peter Costello

Nov 2025
The Discovery of The Bacterium Behind 5% of All Cancers — Barry Marshall
with Barry Marshall

Aug 2025
Australia’s ‘Great Stagnation’: Everything You Need to Know About The Productivity Crisis — Greg Kaplan & Michael Brennan
with Greg Kaplan

Aug 2025
Francis Fukuyama — AGI and the Recommencement of History
with Francis Fukuyama

Jul 2025
Laura Deming — On Pausing Biological Time & Preserving the Continuous Self
with Laura Deming

May 2025
Eight Things I Learned From My Aussie Policy Series
May 2025
Ken Henry — What Killed the Reform Era? [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE]
with Ken Henry

May 2025
Sam Roggeveen — Why the US Won't Fight China for Dominance (and What it Means for Australia) [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE]
with Sam Roggeveen

Apr 2025
Peter Tulip — What Will It Actually Take to Solve the Housing Crisis? [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE]
with Peter Tulip

Mar 2025
Judith Brett — How a Benthamite Political Culture Shaped Australia's Electoral System [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE]
with Judith Brett

Mar 2025
Richard Holden & Steven Hamilton — How Australia Gets It Done [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE]
with Richard Holden

Mar 2025
Andrew Leigh — Inequality and Egalitarianism [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE]
with Andrew Leigh

Feb 2025