David Deutsch & Steven Pinker (First Ever Public Dialogue) — AGI, P(Doom), and The Enemies of Progress (#153) With the Enlightenment under attack from multiple sides, two rational optimists come together for their first ever public dialogue. December 20, 2023
Stephen Wolfram — Constructing the Computational Paradigm (#148) Stephen Wolfram was a physics prodigy. But he's also built massively valuable companies and projects. What are the secrets of Wolfram the entrepreneur? August 19, 2023
Katalin Karikó — Forging the mRNA Revolution (#147) Katalin Karikó is a Hungarian-American biochemist. She is one of the inventors of mRNA technology. August 02, 2023
Richard Rhodes — The Making of the Atomic Bomb (#146) Richard Rhodes is an American historian and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb. July 26, 2023
Palmer Luckey — Science (Non)fiction (#144) Palmer Luckey ("the real-life Tony Stark") is an American tech entrepreneur and billionaire. He has founded two companies: Oculus VR and defence-tech company Anduril. April 26, 2023
Against Bayesianism — David Deutsch (#139) Bayesianism, the doctrine that it's always rational to represent our beliefs in terms of probabilities, dominates the intellectual world, April 25, 2022
#130: Is Science Reaching Its Limits? – John Horgan John Horgan is a science journalist and Director of the Center for Science Writings at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, May 10, 2021
#121: The Doyen Of Behavioural Genetics On Untangling Nature And Nurture – Robert Plomin Robert Plomin is one of the world’s leading behavioural geneticists. He is currently MRC Research Professor in Behavioural Genetics at February 22, 2021
#118: The Wisdom Of Frank Wilczek Frank Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004. Read the full transcript [TRANSCRIPT COMING SOON] February 01, 2021
#114: On Ayn Rand, Cooperation, And Successful Societies – David Sloan Wilson David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist and the author of Atlas Hugged. Transcript JOE WALKER: David Sloan Wilson, welcome back January 01, 2021
#100: An Ode To The Uncorrelated Thinker – Eric Weinstein Eric Weinstein is a mathematician and the Managing Director of Thiel Capital. Show notes Selected links * Follow Eric: Website | Twitter * The September 28, 2020
#98: The Meaning Of Human Existence, And The Search For Alien Life – Avi Loeb Avi Loeb is Chair of Harvard’s Astronomy Department. Show notes Selected links * Follow Avi: Website * The Myth Of Sisyphus, by September 24, 2020
#87: In The Foothills Of A Pandemic – Yaneer Bar–Yam Yaneer Bar-Yam is a physicist and the founding president of the New England Complex Systems Institute. Show notes Selected links * Follow March 09, 2020
#85: The Evolution Of A Renegade – David Sloan Wilson David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist. This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Freelancer.com and by February 18, 2020
#84: The Intellectual Wild South – Eric Weinstein Eric Weinstein is a mathematician and the Managing Director of Thiel Capital. This episode of the podcast is brought to you January 31, 2020
#48: My Friend Richard, and Theories of the Universe – Leonard Susskind Leonard Susskind is Felix Bloch professor of Theoretical physics at Stanford University, and one the fathers of String Theory. In this May 17, 2018