Podcast Suggestion: Nassim Taleb?

i don’t know much about the man himself, but i know he’s respected in almost complete unanimity among his peers and his books regularly garner praise and critical acclaim. I heard of him because i was reading about the critical response to Pinker’s 2011 released The Better Angels of our Nature. Taleb took exception to Pinker’s research methodology and questioned the veridicality of the books claims as a whole. Pinker responded, and it was a prickly exchange between two intellectual heavy weights. as a side, i really wanna read The Black Swan, so let me know if it’s as good as it’s purported to be. thank you