The Jolly Swagman Podcast
1) My $2,500 Video Clipping Contest — 1 Week To Go!
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2) The Nobel Laureate Who Infected Himself for Science — Barry Marshall
One bacterium causes roughly 1 in 20 cancer cases worldwide—and most peptic ulcers. Its discovery overturned decades of medical consensus and won a Nobel Prize. Despite living in the stomachs of...Show More
3) Australia’s Productivity Stagnation: Everything You Need to Know — Greg Kaplan & Michael Brennan
Greg Kaplan is the Alvin H. Baum Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. He is also the cofounder and chairman of e61, a non-partisan economic economic research institute in Australia. Mi...Show More
4) Francis Fukuyama — AGI and the Recommencement of History
Francis Fukuyama is a Stanford political scientist and the author of (among many other works) The End of History and the Last Man—arguably the most influential work in political science of the p...Show More
5) Laura Deming — On Pausing Biological Time & Preserving the Continuous Self
Laura Deming is a technologist and venture capitalist focused on anti-ageing and life extension. At 17, she founded The Longevity Fund (followed by age1), the first VC firm dedicated to longevity biot...Show More
6) Eight Things I Learned From My Aussie Policy Series
I share the 8 biggest things I learned from my Australian policy series. The conversations totaled more than 12 hours of discussion. Grateful to my guests and to everyone who attended the live events....Show More
7) Ken Henry — What Killed the Reform Era? [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE]
This episode is the seventh instalment of my Australian policy series, recorded live in Sydney on April 29, 2025. I speak with Ken Henry—former Treasury Secretary and chair of the landmark...Show More
8) Sam Roggeveen — Why the US Won't Fight China for Dominance (and What it Means for Australia) [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE]
This episode is the sixth instalment of my Australian policy series, recorded live in Sydney on February 26, 2025. I speak with Sam Roggeveen—Director of the Lowy Institute’s International...Show More
9) Peter Tulip — What Will It Actually Take to Solve the Housing Crisis? [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE]
This episode is the fifth instalment of my Australian policy series, recorded live in Sydney on February 12, 2025. I speak with Peter Tulip—Chief Economist at the Centre for Independent Studies,...Show More
10) Judith Brett — How a Benthamite Political Culture Shaped Australia's Electoral System [Aus. Policy Series - LIVE]
Australia stands alone among English-speaking democracies with its compulsory, preferential voting system. But why? This episode is the fourth instalment of my Australian policy series. It was recorde...Show More