Episodes
53
Tessa Alexanian and Janvi Ahuja on Synthethic Biology and GCBRs
52
Michael Aird on how to do Impact-Driven Research
51
Kevin Esvelt and Jonas Sandbrink on Risks from Biological Research
50
Doyne Farmer on Complexity and Predicting Technological Progress
49
Ajay Karpur on Metagenomic Sequencing
48
Spencer Weart on the Discovery of Global Warming
47
Jason Crawford on Progress Studies
46
Cristina Bicchieri on Social Norms and the Grammar of Society
45
Lord Bird on the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill
44
Sam Hilton on Charity Entrepreneurship, Exploratory Altruism, and Longtermist Policy
43
Glen Weyl on Pluralism, Radical Markets, and Social Technology
42
Habiba Islam on Planning a High-Impact Career and Ambitious Altruism
41
Michael Bhaskar on Big Ideas and the Great Stagnation
40
Mike Hinge on Feeding Everyone in a Disaster
39
Keith Frankish on Illusionism about Consciousness
38
Christoph Winter on the Legal Priorities Project
37
Gillian Hadfield on Regulatory Markets, Silly Rules, and why Humans Invented Law
36
Bryan Caplan on Causes of Poverty and the Case for Open Borders
35
Ben Todd on Choosing a Career and Defining Longtermism
34
Anders Sandberg on the Fermi Paradox, Transhumanism, and so much more
33
Jeffrey Sachs on Sustainable Development
32
Matthew Ives on Solar Power and Experience Curves
31
Armond Cohen on Climate Change and the Clean Air Task Force
30
Isabelle Boemeke on Nuclear Power and Science Communication
29
Phil Trammell on Economic Growth under Transformative AI
28
Anna Alexandrova on Measuring Well-Being and Alternatives to Technocracy
27
Eva Vivalt on Evidence-Based Policy and Forecasting Social Science
26
Thomas Moynihan on the History of Existential Risk
25
Julia Shvets on Overconfidence, Rank Incentives, and Lab vs Field Experiments
24
Nikhil Krishnan on the History and Future of Analytic Philosophy
23
Marcus Daniell on High Impact Athletes, Communicating EA, and the Purpose of Sport
22
Sebastian Joy on ProVeg, Movement Building, and Corporate Engagement
21
Bruce Friedrich on Protein Alternatives and the Good Food Institute
20
Leah Edgerton and Manja Gärtner on Animal Charity Evaluation
19
Peter Singer on Speciesism, Lockdown Ethics, and Controversial Ideas
18
Luke Freeman on Giving What We Can and Community Building
17
Sriya Iyer on the Economics of Religion
16
S. J. Beard on Parfit, Climate Change, and Existential Risk
15
Jessie Munton on Prejudice, Perception, and Search Engines
14
Carolina Alves on Heterodox Economics, Diversity in Academia, and the Global South
13
Jaime Sevilla Molina on Forecasting, Cultural Persistence, and Quantum Computing
12
Sanjay Joshi on Charity Evaluation and Nonprofit Entrepreneurship
11
Eve McCormick on Effective Altruism
10
Toke Aidt on Corruption and Political Economy
9
Neel Nanda on Effective Planning and Building Habits that Stick
8
George Rosenfeld on Effective Giving and Building a Charitable Movement
7
Diane Coyle on Tech Giants and Digital Monopolies
6
Dan Williams on Political Misinformation, Self-Delusion, and Signalling
5
Kent Berridge on Dopamine, Addiction, and Neuroscience
4
Tads Ciecierski-Holmes on Gym Membership and Behavioural Economics
3
Vasileios Kotsidis on Rational Choice Theory and the Repugnant Conclusion
2
Tobias Cremer on Right-wing Populism and Christianity
1
Victoria Bateman on the Industrial Revolution and Economic History