Gospel preaching for the 21st century.
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Joe Walker hosts refreshingly in-depth conversations with founders, scientists, scholars, economists, and public intellectuals. (Formerly 'The Jolly Swagman Podcast'.)
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2023 Retrospective — A Listener Interviews Me
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In this special episode, the tables are turned as I'm interviewed by a listener of the show, DJ Thornton from Sydney. We reflect on the progress of the show in 2023, what I learned from this year's guests, and what's in store for 2024. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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David Deutsch & Steven Pinker (First Ever Public Dialogue) — AGI, P(Doom), & The Enemies of Progress
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At a time when the Enlightenment is under attack from without and within, I bring together two of the most thoughtful defenders of progress and reason, for their first ever public dialogue. Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. I think of him as providing the strongest empirical defence of the Enlightenment (…
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Shruti Rajagopalan — On Spotting Talent, And Making Sense of Rising India
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Shruti Rajagopalan is an Indian-American economist. She leads the Indian political economy research program and Emergent Ventures India at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She also hosts the Ideas of India podcast. Full transcript available at: jnwpod.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Raghuram Rajan — Debt, Monetary Policy, and Unintended Consequences
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What were the deep causes of the global financial crisis and great recession? Has unconventional monetary policy in the wake of the crisis done more harm than good? And should monetary policy target financial stability? I discuss these questions and more with Indian economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Raghuram Rajan. Rag…
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Peter Singer — Moral Truths and Moral Secrets
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Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He is widely regarded as the world's most influential living philosopher. Full transcript available at: jnwpod.com Episode recorded on 26 April 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker
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Peter Turchin — Why Societies Fall Apart (And Why the US May Be Next)
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Peter Turchin is a complexity scientist and one of the founders of cliodynamics — a new, cross-disciplinary field that applies mathematics and big data to test historical theories. Full transcript available at: jnwpod.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker
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Stephen Wolfram — Constructing the Computational Paradigm
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Stephen Wolfram is a physicist, computer scientist and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, the creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha, and the author of A New Kind of Science. Full transcript available at: jnwpod.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker
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Katalin Karikó — Forging the mRNA Revolution
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Katalin Karikó is a Hungarian-American biochemist. She is one of the inventors of mRNA technology. Full transcript available at: thejspod.com. Episode recorded on 15 February 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker
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Richard Rhodes — The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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Richard Rhodes is an American historian and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Full transcript available at: thejspod.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker
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Dr Ken Henry is an Australian economist who served as Secretary of Australia's Treasury from 2001 to 2011. He was instrumental in helping Australia avoid recession during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis — Australia was the only major advanced economy to do so. Full transcript available at: thejspod.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor…
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Palmer Luckey — Science (Non)fiction
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Palmer Luckey is an American tech entrepreneur and billionaire. He has founded two companies: Oculus VR (acquired by Facebook for $2 billion in 2014), and Anduril (recently valued at $8.5 billion). He has been described as the real-life Tony Stark. Full transcript available at: www.thejspod.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Daniel Kahneman — Dyads, And Other Mysteries
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Daniel Kahneman is widely regarded as the most influential psychologist alive. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics (2002) for his work on judgment and decision-making under uncertainty, much of it done jointly with his late collaborator Amos Tversky. He is the author of the bestselling books Thinking, Fast and Slow and Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgme…
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Talent Is That Which Is Scarce — Tyler Cowen
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In the long run, talent allocation is almost everything. But as a society, we're not actually very good at it. The question of how to reliably match people with jobs they are well suited for is one of the big unsolved problems of our times. Joe catches up with return guest Tyler Cowen to discuss the art of identifying talent. Tyler is a professor o…
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Intellectual Exoskeletons — Andy Matuschak
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From language and writing to the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, computers and Adobe Photoshop, our species has a history of inventing tools for augmenting our own intelligence. But what comes next? Andy Matuschak is a developer and designer. He helped build iOS at Apple, founded and led Khan Academy's R&D lab, and now works as an independent research…
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Rationality And Its Opposite — Steven Pinker
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How rational are we? How can a species smart enough to set foot on the moon also be prone to conspiracy theories that the moon landing was fake? Joe speaks with Steven Pinker to discuss rationality — and its opposite. Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, an elected t…
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On Trinity Sunday, we spend too much effort trying to understand the Trinity and explain the Trinity, when the Trinity is actually about experiencing the love and grace that is Godself. The unfathomable love and grace of the eternal, almighty God was poured out for the world and can be experienced personally by you in lavish richness that must be s…
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The Holy Spirit comes upon us at our baptism to constantly, day in and day out, remind us who we truly are. We are children of God, saved by grace and empowered to write a story and sing a song every day in praise of Jesus Christ. Romans 8:9-17
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Society wants "normal" to be without struggle, a false sense of self-sufficiency. But God uses our struggle and suffering to help us see our dependence on him - on grace. And God's grace is enough. 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
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So often we don't talk about things that are uncomfortable or too powerful for us. But God loves us as whole persons and Jesus wants us to bring all of our struggles, physical, spiritual, social, and mental, into his light for healing. Luke 8:26-39
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The difference between Jesus and all the other wannabe "Messiahs" is that Jesus was raised from the dead. His bodily resurrection, really a living, breathing, eating, solid new body, is the source of our hope, the most important foundation of the Good News, and the reason we can live in the ways Jesus called us to live without fear of death, but wi…
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Episode 216: The Power of Believing - Rev. Carrie Nettles
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Jesus gives us what we need to believe. John 20:19-31
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Against Bayesianism — David Deutsch
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Bayesianism, the doctrine that it's always rational to represent our beliefs in terms of probabilities, dominates the intellectual world, from decision theory to the philosophy of science. But does it make sense to quantify our beliefs about such ineffable things as scientific theories or the future? And what separates empty prophecy from legitimat…
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Jesus was raised from the dead and that changed everything. The Good News of the new life that is possible spread one by one, from Mary to Peter and John, across the world. The new life Jesus gives us is the power to spread God's love, peace, and justice through acts of kindness and mercy, one by one. John 20:1-18…
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Episode 214: Nevertheless (A sermon for Palm/Passion Sunday)
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Nevertheless, Jesus persisted in teaching, healing, and loving as the powers of the age and the changing currents of the people aligned against him. Nevertheless, the women disciples persisted, all the way to the foot of the cross. Our call is to bear each other's burdens, endure when all seems lost, persist when everything looks wrong, and witness…
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Episode 213: Secret Identity Part 4: Esther the Pretender
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You can be a hero every day when you have the courage and trust to join God's mission by simply doing unto others as you would have them do to you.
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Episode 212: Secret Identity Part 3: Gideon the Mistaker
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Gideon is a lot like us, not too heroic, not too bad, just a normal guy who makes some mistakes and doesn't understand why God is not helping his people. The trouble is that Jesus didn't die for "mistakers", he died for sinners. Until we realize that we are sinners, that the things we do affect our relationship with God, we are not ready to accept …
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Episode 211: Secret Identity Part 2: Scoundrel Jacob
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God's strength is love and God's power is grace. God comes to Jacob in his darkest moment to try again to lead him. Jacob won't submit and doesn't change his ways, but God still won't let him go. Grace looks like losing to the world, but to the recipient it leaves a mark and gives a new name, child of God. Genesis 32:22-32…
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Episode 210: Secret Identity Part 1: Abusive Abraham
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Like us, even the great heroes of the Bible have times when they lack faith and make poor choices. We all have a hero and a regular sinner inside of us, and God still chooses us to work in and through, using all of us, even the broken side. Genesis 21:8-21
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Episode 209: Jesus and Women Part 6: Get Over Yourself
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One of the hardest barriers for us to overcome is the one created by our own ideas, plans, and schemes. Mary shows us the way. When we live in and appreciate the moment, being mindful of Jesus' presence and what he has done for us, we can trust God's plan of love, sacrifice, and grace. John 12:1-11
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Episode 208: Jesus and Women Part 5: Overcoming Pressure
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Pressure of life, whether from expectations or from sickness and pain, can bend you over and weigh you down. Jesus wants to free you from the pressure by letting you know that before you have done anything or failed to do something, you are a child of God, beloved of the Lord. Luke 13:10-17
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Episode 207: Jesus and Women Part 4: Crossing the Barrier of our Anxiety
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Jesus wants to free us from all our anxiety that is causing us great distress and creating barriers between God and our neighbors and us. Luke 10:38-42
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Episode 206: Jesus and Women Part 3: Jesus Draws the Boundary Around Everyone
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Jesus is saying that drawing lines between us to shame sinners is not the way to hold each other accountable for our sin. Jesus draws a line around the whole crowd and says you are all sinners, all in need of God's grace and mercy, the mercy Jesus is offering to this woman.
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Episode 205: Why Do We Worship in Service?
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When we engage in Jesus' mission to the poor, imprisoned, and oppressed, it is our blind eyes that are opened to new truth about his love. Luke 4:16-30
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Episode 204: Jesus and Women Part 2: Crossing Boundaries of the Past
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In his conversation with the Samaritan woman, Jesus crosses boundaries founded in past prejudice, ethnic division, misogyny, and personal shame to overcome personal and societal sin. The living water of grace overflows the boundaries we try to erect to invite everyone into a relationship with Jesus the Messiah. John 4:3-6…
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Episode 203: Jesus and Women Part 1: Crossing Boundaries of Ritual
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Jesus crosses social and cultural boundaries to engage with women during his ministry. At a wedding in Cana, his mom trusts him to use the opportunity of the wine running out to present his first sign. The miracle transforming of the water to wine at the wedding shows that Jesus is overcoming our ritualistic and procedural boundaries to offer grace…
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Fruit of your God-inspired and God-empowered life will live on forever. Life that takes advantage of relationships based on power and privilege for selfish gain will be burnt up. Luke 3:7-17, 21-22
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The scribes, Pharisees and King Herod missed God's greatest blessing because they were too focused on the triumphant scriptures instead of the "do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly" scriptures. The blessings of home are wrapped in inauspicious packages of community and solidarity with the poor, hungry, oppressed, and marginalized. Micah 5:2-5…
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Episode 200: Come Home for Christmas Part 3: The Joy of Home
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Even when there is not much joy to be found in your present circumstances, Christian joy is faith in God who is transforming the world, in the certainty of a future that is better, in believing that God will right the wrongs and deliver us from evil. Isaiah 12
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Episode 199: Come Home for Christmas Part 2: Fear of Home
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We fear that we won't measure up to the home God is preparing for us. To walk the path following Jesus, we must submit to God's cleansing and purification. Malachi 3:1-4
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Episode 198: Come Home for Christmas Part 1: Time to Come Home
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The way to the home we want to live in, of peace, joy, hope, and love, is to follow Jesus. Jeremiah 33:14-18
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Episode 197: Practice Gratitude part 2: Living My Life Like a Song
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We are made to live lives of Thanksgiving, everyday, all the time. Philippians 3:16
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Episode 196: Practice Gratitude part 1: The Faithful Response to Mercy
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God saves us from disaster multiple times a week. We must Learn how to recognize God’s mercy and respond in gratitude like this Samaritan. Luke 17:11-19
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Episode 195: Jesus Lays the Smack Down on Death
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Jesus cries at the death of his friend Lazarus, sharing in our human grief and loss. Then Jesus wrestles death to the ground and defeats it as a prequel to the defeat that will come at the resurrection. John 11
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Episode 194: Yes, Jesus Loves Me Part 2: Thirst Aid
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When you are feeling parched and dry from a world of trouble, the Holy Spirit is thirst aid for that deep down body thirst. Psalm 42
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Episode 193: Yes, Jesus Loves Me Part 1: All In
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The one who is forgiven more sees the reality that we all face more clearly. Recognizing the reality of forgiveness engenders a response of radical, passionate, sacrificial, abundant, and appropriate love. Luke 7:36-50
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Creation and salvation are about all things coming together and being held together in Jesus. We are "Made For Each Other," created and saved to form loving relationships with each other in Jesus and be a part of the love of the Trinity. Colossians 1:13-22
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Episode 191: Made For Each Other Part 4: What It Takes
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Jesus gets frustrated because he dies on a cross to pour out grace to transform the world, and his disciples are too busy arguing to see the opportunities for healing right in front of them and the enormity of faith required to do it and then to pray, pray, pray to God, "Help my unbelief." Mark 9:14-29…
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Episode 190: Made for Each Other Part 3: Radical Acceptance
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We all know what it's like to experience rejection and condemnation. Jesus offers radical acceptance that leads to new life. John 8:2-10
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Episode 189: The Audacity of Authenticity
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What Brene Brown calls the "audacity of authenticity" is being exactly who God made you to be, not because you are so awesome, but because your true self with all your weaknesses is how we best reveal the grace and love of God in Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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