#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
#141: Intellectual Exoskeletons — Andy Matuschak From language and writing to the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, computers and Adobe Photoshop, our species has a history of inventing tools 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
#55: Skype's Cofounder on the Threat of AI – Jaan Tallinn How many people do you know who have created a verb? We ‘google’ things, we ‘uber’ to places, and thanks to July 09, 2018
#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
#45: AI and Existential Risk – Huw Price What are human existential risks and why does Artificial Intelligence rank as one of the most menacing? At the same time, April 26, 2018
#44: Electricity Shared – Jemma Green Dr Jemma Green is the Co-founder and Chair of Power Ledger. Dr Green began her career as an investment banker in April 18, 2018
#37: Blockchain is Not the Answer – Paul Madsen Hashgraph is a new distributed ledger technology which many experts believe will supersede the blockchain itself. Founded by Leemon Baird and February 21, 2018
#35: The End of Money? Will cryptocurrency replace the financial system as we know it? What if that is only the start? In this special episode, January 23, 2018
#34: Our Fragile Economy – Matt Barrie We feel ourselves lucky. Twenty-six years of continuous economic growth breeds a certain complacency. But our prosperity belies the reality that, January 04, 2018
#18: Why I Was Really Fired by Google – James Damore Former Google Senior Software Engineer James Damore is the softly-spoken yet controversial author of the ‘Google memo’, the infamous 10-page document September 05, 2017