41. Michael Bhaskar on Big Ideas and the Great Stagnation from 2022-02-01T06:00

Michael Bhaskar is a writer, researcher and publisher. He is a former consultant Writer in Residence at DeepMind, and most recently he wrote a ...

40. Mike Hinge on Feeding Everyone in a Disaster from 2022-01-07T21:35

Mike Hinge is a Senior Economist at ALLFED (Alliance to Feed th...

39. Keith Frankish on Illusionism about Consciousness from 2021-11-22T14:30

Keith Frankish is a philosopher of mind. He is an Honorary Reader at the Listen

38. Christoph Winter on the Legal Priorities Project from 2021-10-18T05:00

Christoph Winter is an Assistant Professor of Law at ITAM in Mexico, a Visiting Scholar in Psychology at Harvard, and the founder of...

37. Gillian Hadfield on Regulatory Markets, Silly Rules, and why Humans Invented Law from 2021-09-27T18:45

Gillian Hadfield is Director of the Listen

36. Bryan Caplan on Causes of Poverty and the Case for Open Borders from 2021-09-10T19:00

Bryan Caplan is Professor of Economics at George Mason University and the author of Listen

35. Ben Todd on Choosing a Career and Defining Longtermism from 2021-08-23T12:23

Ben Todd is the CEO & founder of 80,000 Hours, and helped to start theListen

34. Anders Sandberg on the Fermi Paradox, Transhumanism, and so much more from 2021-08-02T20:39:43

Anders Sandberg is a researcher, futurist, transhumanist and author. He holds a PhD in computational neuroscience from...

33. Jeffrey Sachs on Sustainable Development from 2021-07-19T13:15

Professor Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, President of the UN Sustainable ...

32. Matt Ives on Solar Power and Experience Curves from 2021-06-28T21:30

Matt Ives is a Senior Research Associate in Complex Systems Economic Modelling at the University of Oxford. We discuss...

31. Armond Cohen on Climate Change and the Clean Air Task Force from 2021-06-14T04:00

Armond Cohen is the executive director of the Clean Air Task Force. CATF ...

30. Isabelle Boemeke on Nuclear Power from 2021-05-31T21:35

Isabelle Boemeke is a model, digital fashion designer, and the world's first (and only) nuclear power influencer. She makes educa...

29. Phil Trammell on Economic Growth under Transformative AI from 2021-05-17T04:00

Phil Trammell is a research associate at Oxford's Global Priorities I...

28. Anna Alexandrova on Measuring Well-Being and Alternatives to Technocracy from 2021-05-03T18:45

Anna Alexandrova is a Reader in Philosophy of Science at University of Cambridge. She studies the philosophy o...

#27 – Eva Vivalt on Evidence-Based Policy and Forecasting Social Science from 2021-04-12T04:00

Eva Vivalt is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Toronto. Her work is focused on reducing barriers to evidence-based dec...

Bonus: Longtermism Discussion (w/ Increments podcast) from 2021-03-29T19:00

We were flattered to be invited to discuss longtermism by Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani from the wonderful Listen

#26 – Thomas Moynihan on the History of Existential Risk from 2021-03-22T05:00

Thomas Moynihan is a writer and researcher interested in the history of ideas surrounding existential risk and human flourishing. He completed a PhD on the history of human extinction, and curre...

#25 – Julia Shvets on Overconfidence, Rank Incentives, and Lab vs Field Experiments from 2021-03-08T05:30

Julia Shvets is an economist at the University of Cambridge and fellow at Christ's College. Her research focuses primarily on micro- and beha...

24. Nikhil Krishnan on the History and Future of Analytic Philosophy from 2021-02-22T05:30

Nikhil Krishnan is a lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, and Fellow in Philosophy at Robinson College. He also Listen

23. Marcus Daniell on High Impact Athletes, EA Outreach, and the Point of Sport from 2021-02-08T05:30

Marcus Daniell is an Olympian tennis player from New Zealand with 5 ATP titles, quarterfinal appearances at both Wimbledon and the Australian Open. He became involved with the Effective Altruism...

#22 – Sebastian Joy on ProVeg, Movement Building, and Corporate Engagement from 2021-01-25T05:00

Sebastian Joy is the founding President of ProVeg International, a food awareness organisation working to transform the global food system. He is also a social entrepreneur: having developed sev...

21. Bruce Friedrich on Protein Alternatives and the Good Food Institute from 2021-01-11T05:30

Bruce Friedrich is the co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute — a nonprofit that works with scientists, investors, and entrepreneurs to support the development and marketin...

#21 – Bruce Friedrich on Protein Alternatives and the Good Food Institute from 2021-01-11T05:30

Bruce Friedrich is the co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute — a nonprofit that works with scientists, investors, and entrepreneurs to support the development and marketin...

#20 – Leah Edgerton and Manja Gärtner on Animal Charity Evaluation from 2020-12-21T04:00

Leah Edgerton and Manja Gärtner are respectively the Executive Director and a Senior Researcher at Animal Charity Evaluators — a...

#19 – Peter Singer on Speciesism, Lockdown Ethics, and Controversial Ideas from 2020-12-07T05:00

Peter Singer is a moral philosopher and public intellectual, most widely known for his writings about animal ethics and global poverty.

#18 – Luke Freeman on Giving What We Can and Community Building from 2020-11-30T06:00

Luke Freeman is the Executive Director of Giving What We Can. Before th...

#17 – Sriya Iyer on the Economics of Religion from 2020-11-23T07:00

Dr Sriya Iyer is a Reader in Economics at the University of Cambridge and fellow of St Catharine’s College. Her resear...

#16 – SJ Beard on Parfit, Climate Change, and Existential Risk from 2020-09-30T07:00

Dr S. J. Beard is a research associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, and an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker. With a background in philosophy, he...

16. Simon Beard on Parfit, Climate Change, and Existential Risk from 2020-09-30T07:00

Dr Simon Beard is a research associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, and an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker. With a background in philosophy, he...

#15 – Jessie Munton on Prejudice, Perception, and Search Engines from 2020-08-21T15:00

Dr Jessie Munton is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Cambridge, whose philosophical research spans perception, psychiatry, and bias.

In this episode we discuss:

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#14 – Carolina Alves on Heterodox Economics, Diversity in Academia, and the Global South from 2020-07-31T08:00

Carolina Alves is the Joan Robinson Research Fellow in Heterodox Economics at Girton College, Cambridge and a co-founder of D-Econ. Her work mostly focuses on macroeconomics and international po...

#13 – Jaime Sevilla Molina on on Forecasting, Cultural Persistence, and Quantum Computing from 2020-07-24T05:00

Jaime Sevilla Molina is a visiting researcher at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk, and is beginning a PhD studying Listen

#12 – Sanjay Joshi on Charity Evaluation and Nonprofit Entrepreneurship from 2020-07-17T05:00

Sanjay Joshi is the co-founder and CEO of SoGive, a non-profit which evaluates the impact and cost-effectiveness of UK charities.

In this episode we discuss

• The meaning and ...
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#11 – Eve McCormick on Effective Altruism from 2020-06-20T07:00

Eve McCormick is the co-director of Effective Altruism Cambridge and a grant recipient from the Centre for Effective Altruism.

In this episode we discuss

• What 'effective alt...
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#10 – Toke Aidt on Corruption and Political Economy from 2020-04-26T15:20

Dr Toke Aidt is Director of Studies in Economics at Jesus College, Cambridge as well as Director of the Keynes Fund.

In this episode we discuss

• Why some economists believe ...
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#9 – Neel Nanda on Effective Planning and Building Habits that Stick from 2020-04-19T15:26:08

Neel Nanda is a final year maths undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, and a gold medalist in the International Mathematical Olympiad. He teaches regularly – from revision lectures to a ...

#8 – George Rosenfeld on Effective Giving and Building a Charitable Movement from 2020-04-11T07:00

George Rosenfeld is the founder of May Week Alternative, an initiative encouraging students to donate a significant amount of money...

#7 – Diane Coyle on Tech Giants and Digital Monopolies from 2020-03-02T06:00

Professor Diane Coyle, CBE, is an economist and co-directs the Bennett Institute for Public Policy. Her current focus is on the digital economy and competition policy. She is the author of more ...

#6 – Dan Williams on Political Misinformation, Self-Delusion, and Signalling from 2020-02-28T11:17:37

Dan Williams is a research fellow in philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His research addresses how various forms of irrationality and bias can be socially adaptive. How might false polit...

#5 – Kent Berridge on Dopamine, Addiction and Neuroscience from 2020-02-11T09:30

Kent Berridge is a distinguished professor of psychology and neuroscience at the university of Michigan and the joint recipient of the 2019 Listen

#4 – Tads Ciecierski-Holmes on Gym Membership and Behavioural Economics from 2020-01-25T14:05:02

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Tads is an undergraduate economist at St John’s College, Cambridge and current Director of the Cambridge Development Initiative. His dissertation looks at how behavioural eco...

#3 – Vasileios Kotsidis on Rational Choice Theory and the Repugnant Conclusion from 2020-01-25T14:04:54

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Dr Vasileios Kotsidis is a teaching and research fellow in economics at St Catherine’s College, Cambridge. His research applies methods from game theory and other formal mode...

#2 – Tobias Cremer on Right-wing Populism and Christianity from 2020-01-25T14:04:41

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Tobias Cremer is a PhD student in Politics and International Studies. His thesis examines the relationship between right-wing populism and religion in Western Europe and Nort...

#1 – Victoria Bateman on the Industrial Revolution and Economic History from 2020-01-25T14:01:54

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Dr Bateman is a fellow in economics at Gonville & Caius college Cambridge. Her research encompasses economic history, macroeconomics, and feminism.

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What is Hear This Idea? from 2020-01-25T14:00:39

What is Hear This Idea?

Hear This Idea is a podcast showcasing new thinking from the University of Cambridge and beyond. It is hosted by two undergrad students, Fin and Luca.

Thi...