#148: Constructing the Computational Paradigm — Stephen Wolfram Stephen Wolfram is a physicist, computer scientist and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, the creator of August 19, 2023
#147: Forging the mRNA Revolution — Katalin Karikó Katalin Karikó is a Hungarian-American biochemist. She is one of the inventors of mRNA technology. Transcript JOE WALKER: Katalin Karikó, welcome August 02, 2023
#146: The Making of the Atomic Bomb — Richard Rhodes Richard Rhodes is an American historian and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Transcript JOSEPH WALKER: July 26, 2023
#144: The Fine Line Between Science And Fiction — Palmer Luckey Palmer Luckey is an American tech entrepreneur and billionaire. He has founded two companies: Oculus VR (acquired by Facebook for $2 April 26, 2023
#139: Against Bayesianism — David Deutsch Bayesianism, the doctrine that it's always rational to represent our beliefs in terms of probabilities, dominates the intellectual world, from decision 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
#31: Discovering the ‘Sonic Crisp’ – Charles Spence Charles Spence is the world’s leading expert in ‘Gastrophysics’ – the science of food and how our senses combine to create December 13, 2017