The Joe Walker Podcast

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

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Every guest on The Joe Walker Podcast

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

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Timur Kuran
Housing Bubble Week: Housing Bubbles As Availability Cascades - Timur Kuran · May 2019

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Benjamin Friedman
The Moral Causes And Consequences Of Economic Growth — Benjamin M. Friedman · Jan 2021

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Dean Baker
Housing Bubble Week: Can We Predict Housing Bubbles? - Dean Baker · May 2019

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Ed Leamer
Housing Bubble Week Finale: It's The Housing Cycle, Stupid! - Ed Leamer · May 2019

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Eugene Fama
Eugene Fama — For Whom Is The Market Efficient? · Dec 2024

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Gerd Gigerenzer
Rational Minds Part 5: Heuristics Make Us Smart - Gerd Gigerenzer · Dec 2020

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John Horgan
Is Science Reaching Its Limits? — John Horgan · May 2021

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John Kay
A Practical Guide To Coping With Uncertainty — John Kay · May 2021

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Paul Collier
There Is Such A Thing As Society — Sir Paul Collier · Mar 2021

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Rob Wiblin
The Art/Science Of A High Impact Career - Rob Wiblin · Jun 2018

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Robert Skidelsky
The Reign Of Keynes, Part II — Lord Robert Skidelsky · Mar 2021

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Shruti Rajagopalan
Shruti Rajagopalan — On Spotting Talent, And Making Sense of Rising India · Nov 2023

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Vernon Smith
Rational Minds Part 3: Rethinking Bubbles - Vernon Smith · 2 episodes

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Yanis Varoufakis
The Man Who Defied Europe - Yanis Varoufakis · Jul 2018

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Zach Carter
The Reign Of Keynes, Part I — Zach Carter · Feb 2021

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Andrew Leigh
Andrew Leigh — Inequality and Egalitarianism [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE] · 3 episodes

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Graham Allison
The Spectre Of Havoc — Graham Allison · Jun 2021

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John Hempton
The Most Amazing Technology, the Worst Business in the World — John Hempton [Compute Series] · 4 episodes

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Leonard Susskind
My Friend Richard, And Theories Of The Universe - Leonard Susskind · May 2018

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Peter Doherty
Of Viruses And Vaccines - Peter Doherty · Sep 2020

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David Sloan Wilson
On Ayn Rand, Cooperation, And Successful Societies - David Sloan Wilson · 2 episodes

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Jonathan Tepper
Elephants In The Room - Jonathan Tepper · Dec 2018

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Marc Cohodes
The Legendary, Fraud-Sniffing Short Seller - Marc Cohodes · May 2018

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David Christian
A Short Story Of Everything - David Christian · Jun 2018

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William Dalrymple
The Lessons Of Afghanistan — William Dalrymple · 2 episodes

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Cheryl Misak
A Forgotten Genius — Cheryl Misak · Apr 2021

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Katalin Karikó
Katalin Karikó — Forging the mRNA Revolution · Aug 2023

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Malcolm Turnbull
Progress And Planet — Malcolm Turnbull · 2 episodes

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Yaneer Bar-Yam
In The Foothills Of A Pandemic - Yaneer Bar-Yam · Mar 2020

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Peter Richerson

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Robert Boyd
Robert Boyd & Peter Richerson — How Ice Age Climate Chaos Made Humans Cultural Animals · Aug 2024

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

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Abul Rizvi
Abul Rizvi — Inside Immigration Policy [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE] · Jan 2025

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Adele Ferguson
The Dogged Journalist Who (May Have) Pricked A Property Bubble - Adele Ferguson · Aug 2019

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Andrea Crisanti
How An Italian Town Conquered Coronavirus - Andrea Crisanti · Mar 2020

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Andrew Charlton
Australia's Plan to Turn Compute Into Sovereign AI — Dr Andrew Charlton MP [Compute Series] · 2 episodes

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Anne Goldgar
Rational Minds Part 2: The Myth Of Tulip Mania - Anne Goldgar · Dec 2020

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Barry Marshall
The Discovery of The Bacterium Behind 5% of All Cancers — Barry Marshall · Aug 2025

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Cameron Murray
The Housing Supply Myth - Cameron Murray & Ian Mulheirn · Aug 2020

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Chris Edmond
How To Put The Economy Into A Coma - Chris Edmond & Steve Hamilton · Apr 2020

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Recent episodes

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The Discovery of The Bacterium Behind 5% of All Cancers — Barry Marshall
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May 2025
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with Sam Roggeveen

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with Peter Tulip

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with Judith Brett

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with Richard Holden

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

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