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Joe Walker

Joe Walker

Formal First Name
Joseph (Joe)
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Joe Walker is one of the most popular bloggers in Australia and also one of the most literate about “this view of life”, or an evolutionary worldview. He is the Founder and Host of The Joe Walker Podcast, formerly The Jolly Swagman Podcast, a weekly exploration of questions that are both important and overlooked. He hosts refreshingly in-depth conversations with founders, scientists, scholars, economists, and public intellectuals. They tackle capitalism, science, business, culture, and politics, among others. 

Professional Experience


Academic History

THE JOE WALKER PODCAST

  • The Joe Walker Podcast explores themes such as economics, philosophy, history, science, and startups.

  • The podcast aims to introduce listeners to some first-class heterodox thinkers and give them the tools and the temerity to be one too.

  • Guests include short-sellers, soldiers, moral philosophers, former prime ministers, astronomers, investigative journalists, ex-central bank chiefs, evolutionary biologists, and Nobel Prize-winning economists. The one thing they have in common is contrarianism.


MEDIA & APPEARANCES

  • Joe and his podcast have been featured in The Australian Financial Review, ABC News, The Daily Telegraph, and The Sydney Morning Herald.

  • He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.