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Benjamen Walker is an American podcaster based out of New York City, a founding member of the podcast collective Radiotopia, and the host of Theory of Everything. He has also contributed to radio programs such as Radiolab and 99% Invisible. The Atlantic stated "In Walker, the podcasting world has found its Hunter S. Thompson," while listing his "New York After Rent" series as the second best podcast episode of 2015.

Biography
In August of 2000, Benjamen created an hour long program for WZBC in Boston called Your Radio Nightlight where he developed a unique style of formatless radio inspired by Joe Frank that included fiction and documentary.

In 2004, Your Radio Nightlight was on a indefinite hiatus when Roman Mars asked him to share an hour for his show Invisible Ink. This is when he created his first podcast, an early incarnation of Theory of Everything, one of the first podcasts listed in the official podcasting directories. In 2006, it was picked up by ALT.NPR. He created Too Much Information a radio show and podcast for WFMU which became a cult favorite. In 2011, he produced the Big Ideas philosophy podcast for The Guardian.

With the relaunch of his Theory of Everything podcast in 2014, he was, "a driving force behind Radiotopia’s wildly successful Kickstarter campaign."