I talked to Faris Abdurrachman about Indonesia and it's nickel boom. We talked specifically about

I spoke to Kartik Akileswaran who runs Growth Teams - an initiative which helps build state capacity for economic growth in developing countries. We talked about

- Why implementation is a binding constraint for economic policy

- How industrial policy helps reduce information constraints for investors

- Underrated growth reforms

I spoke to Matt Korda who works at the Federation of American Scientists on nuclear weapon policy. We have an exciting discussion about the role of nuclear weapons, their growth and the dangerous arms races that are starting

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I talked to Anupam Manur, a professor of economics about India's trade policy before 1991. We talked about:

I spoke to Professor Richard Jones, about how science funding in the UK could improve. Some interesting questions we talked about are

I talked to Tiago Santos, a diplomat, about his book Why Not Parliamentarism. Tiago and I explore some questions here

I talked to Amit Varma who runs one of my favourite podcasts - The Seen and the Unseen about politics, economics and public policy. We talked about

I spoke to Jason Crawford of The Roots of Progress about the new movement of Progress Studies. We talked about

I talked with Mayank Seksaria of Liberty Mutual Investments about investing on macroeconomic views. We talked about

I spoke to Mary Childs who is the author of the exceptional book The Bond King. We talked about