AI Factories in the Outback — Tim Nelson [Compute Series] What would it take, on the energy side, for Australia to build 10 to 15 gigawatts of AI compute by 2030? October 14, 2026
The Geostrategic Case for Compute in Australia — Janet Egan [Compute Series] Australia has a window of "a month or months" to become the second home for major labs' AI training. August 27, 2026
Australia's Plan to Turn Compute Into Sovereign AI — Dr Andrew Charlton MP [Compute Series] Inside the Australian government's plan to climb the AI stack. August 16, 2026
How Can Australia Get a Piece of the AI Action? — Danielle Wood What's a middle power like Australia to do about a revolutionary new technology like AI? June 04, 2026
Australia’s ‘Great Stagnation’: Everything You Need to Know About The Productivity Crisis — Greg Kaplan & Michael Brennan Stagnation! The 2010s witnessed Australia’s weakest productivity growth in six decades. How do we fix it? August 16, 2025
Francis Fukuyama — AGI and the Recommencement of History Fukuyama on biotech, AI, and post-human politics. August 01, 2025
Laura Deming — On Pausing Biological Time & Preserving the Continuous Self Seeing inside the cell, creating a one-way time-machine, and optimising for scientific awe. May 21, 2025
Larry Summers — AGI and the Next Industrial Revolution (#159) Could AI initiate a new, much faster economic growth regime, akin to the Industrial Revolution? October 22, 2024
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
Intellectual Exoskeletons — Andy Matuschak (#141) From language and writing to the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, computers and Adobe Photoshop, our species has a history of inventing December 24, 2022
#119: Hard–Earned Lessons From A Maverick Who Made It – Mark Cuban Transcript JOE WALKER: Mark Cuban, welcome to The Jolly Swagman Podcast. MARK CUBAN: Thanks for having me on The Jolly Swagman February 08, 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
#104: Back To The Future – Tyler Cowen Tyler Cowen is an economist and public intellectual par excellence. Show notes Selected links * Follow Tyler: Website | Twitter | Podcast | Blog * Stubborn November 04, 2020
#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
#95: Inside Humanity's Infinite Improbability Drive – Matt Ridley Matt Ridley is an author, journalist, biologist, and businessman. His books have sold over a million copies. Show notes Selected links August 11, 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
#81: How To Build A Future More Like Star Trek Than Terminator – Andrew Leigh Dr Andrew Leigh MP is a member of the Australian federal parliament. He is currently Labor’s Shadow Assistant Minister for November 18, 2019
#53: Where Venture Capital Meets Social Purpose – May Samali Critical technological and societal changes of the last century have been spearheaded by entrepreneurs and the investors who back them. How June 14, 2018
#50: The Brave Cookie Monster – Brendan Eich Brendan Eich is widely regarded as a ‘Father of the Web’. He is the creator of JavaScript and cofounder of Mozilla May 29, 2018