Dwarkesh Podcast
Episodes
Agustin Lebron - Trading, Crypto, and Adverse Selection
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Agustin Lebron began his career as a trader and researcher at Jane Street Capital, one of the largest market-making firms in the world. He currently r...
Ananyo Bhattacharya - John von Neumann, Jewish Genius, and Nuclear War
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ananyo Bhattacharya is the author of The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann. He is a science writer who has worked at the Eco...
Stephen Grugett (Manifold Markets Founder) - Predictions Markets & Revolutionizing Governance
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Grugett is a cofounder of Manifold Markets, where anyone can create a prediction market. We discuss how prediction markets can change how coun...
Pradyu Prasad - Imperial Japan, the God Emperor, and Militarization in the Modern World
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talk to Pradyu Prasad (blogger and podcaster) about the book "Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan" by Herbert P. Bix. We also di...
Razib Khan - Genomics, Intelligence, and The Church of Science
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Razib Khan is a writer, geneticist, and blogger with an interest in history, genetics, culture, and evolutionary psychology.Watch on YouTube. Listen o...
Jimmy Soni - Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and the Paypal Mafia
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy Soni is the author of The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcas...
Bryan Caplan - Discrimination, Poverty, & Mental Illness
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I interview the economist Bryan Caplan about his new book, Labor Econ Versus the World, and many other related topics.Bryan Caplan is a Professor of E...
Richard Hanania - Foreign Policy, Fertility, and Wokeness
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hanania is the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and the author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of G...
David Deutsch - AI, America, Fun, & Bayes
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Deutsch is the founder of the field of quantum computing and the author The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality.Read me contra David...
Byrne Hobart - Optionality, Stagnation, and Secret Societies
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Byrne Hobart writes The Diff, a newsletter about inflections in finance and technology with 24,000+ subscribers. Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple P...
David Friedman - Dating Markets, Legal Systems, Bitcoin, and Automation
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Friedman is a famous anarcho-capitalist economist and legal scholar. Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast...
Sarah Fitz-Claridge - Taking Children Seriously
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Fitz-Claridge is a writer, coach, and speaker with a fallibilist worldview. She started the journal that became Taking Children Seriously in the...
Michael Huemer - Anarchy, Capitalism, and Progress
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of more than sixty academic articles in epistemology, ethi...
Uncle Bob - The Long Reach of Code
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Martin (aka Uncle Bob) is a programming pioneer and bestselling author or Clean Code. We discuss the prospect of automating programming, spotti...
Scott Aaronson - Quantum Computing, Complexity, and Creativity
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Aaronson is a Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of its Quantum Information Center. He's the...
Scott Young - Ultralearning
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scott is the author of Ultralearning and famous for the MIT Challenge, where he taught himself MIT's 4 year Computer Science curriculum in 1 year...
Charles Murray - Human Accomplishment and the Future of Liberty
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I ask Charles Murray about Human Accomplishment, By The People, and The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead. Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple ...
Alex Tabarrok - Prizes, Prices, and Public Goods
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University and with Tyler Cowen a founder of the online education platform http://MRU.org.I ...
Caleb Watney - America's Innovation Engine
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Caleb Watney is the director of innovation policy at the Progressive Policy Institute.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any o...
Robin Hanson - The Long View
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Hanson is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the author of The Elephant in the Brain and The Age of Em. Robin's Twitte...
Jason Crawford - The Roots of Progress
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Crawford writes at The Roots of Progress about the history of technology and industry and the philosophy of progress. Watch on YouTube. Listen...
Matjaž Leonardis - Science, Identity, and Probability
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matjaž Leonardis has co-written a paper with David Deutsch about the Popper-Miller Theorem. In this episode, we talk about that as well as the danger...
Tyler Cowen - The Great Reset
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Cowen is Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University and also Director of the Mercatus Center.Watch on YouTube. Listen o...
Bryan Caplan - Nurturing Orphaned Ideas
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Caplan is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a New York Times Bestselling author. His most famous works include: The Myth o...