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Rationally Speaking Podcast

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Is cash the best way to help the poor? (Michael Faye) artwork

Is cash the best way to help the poor? (Michael Faye)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

52:13Dec 23, 2021
Humanity on the precipice (Toby Ord) artwork

Humanity on the precipice (Toby Ord)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:08:54Dec 10, 2021
Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt) artwork

Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:07:57Nov 30, 2021
Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein) artwork

Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:18:57Nov 5, 2021
The genetic lottery (Kathryn Paige Harden) artwork

The genetic lottery (Kathryn Paige Harden)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:04:12Oct 15, 2021
How to reason about COVID, and other hard things (Kelsey Piper) artwork

How to reason about COVID, and other hard things (Kelsey Piper)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:17:55Sep 14, 2021
"Price gouging" in emergencies artwork

"Price gouging" in emergencies

Rationally Speaking Podcast

52:08Aug 19, 2021
How to be a data detective (Tim Harford) artwork

How to be a data detective (Tim Harford)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:02:45Jun 10, 2021
Are Uber and Lyft drivers being exploited? artwork

Are Uber and Lyft drivers being exploited?

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:01:51Apr 9, 2021
Unfair laws / Why judges should be originalists (William Baude) artwork

Unfair laws / Why judges should be originalists (William Baude)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:03:17Mar 19, 2021
Intellectual honesty, cryptocurrency, & more (Vitalik Buterin) artwork

Intellectual honesty, cryptocurrency, & more (Vitalik Buterin)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:16:40Mar 4, 2021
Understanding moral disagreements (Jonathan Haidt) artwork

Understanding moral disagreements (Jonathan Haidt)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:06:04Feb 18, 2021
The case for one billion Americans, & more (Matt Yglesias) artwork

The case for one billion Americans, & more (Matt Yglesias)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:40:49Feb 3, 2021
What's wrong with tech companies banning people? (Julian Sanchez) artwork

What's wrong with tech companies banning people? (Julian Sanchez)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

56:48Jan 20, 2021
The case for racial colorblindness (Coleman Hughes) artwork

The case for racial colorblindness (Coleman Hughes)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:10:26Jan 5, 2021
Are Democrats being irrational? (David Shor) artwork

Are Democrats being irrational? (David Shor)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:21:34Dec 22, 2020
The moral limits of markets / The problem with meritocracy (Michael Sandel) artwork

The moral limits of markets / The problem with meritocracy (Michael Sandel)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

59:10Dec 8, 2020
Deaths of despair / Effective altruism (Angus Deaton) artwork

Deaths of despair / Effective altruism (Angus Deaton)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:04:07Nov 24, 2020
Are Boomers to blame for Millennials' struggles? artwork

Are Boomers to blame for Millennials' struggles?

Rationally Speaking Podcast

59:52Nov 9, 2020
Rationally Speaking #244 - Stephanie Lepp and Buster Benson on "Seeing other perspectives, with compassion" artwork

Rationally Speaking #244 - Stephanie Lepp and Buster Benson on "Seeing other perspectives, with compassion"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

42:15Nov 30, 2019
Rationally Speaking #243 - Bryan Caplan on "The Case for Open Borders" artwork

Rationally Speaking #243 - Bryan Caplan on "The Case for Open Borders"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

49:21Nov 12, 2019
Rationally Speaking #242 - Keith Frankish on "Why consciousness is an illusion" artwork

Rationally Speaking #242 - Keith Frankish on "Why consciousness is an illusion"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

43:27Oct 29, 2019
Rationally Speaking #241 - Thibault Le Texier on "Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment" artwork

Rationally Speaking #241 - Thibault Le Texier on "Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

54:59Oct 15, 2019
Rationally Speaking #240 - David Manheim on "Goodhart's Law and why metrics fail" artwork

Rationally Speaking #240 - David Manheim on "Goodhart's Law and why metrics fail"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

59:10Sep 17, 2019
Rationally Speaking #239 - Saloni Dattani on "The debate over whether male and female brains are different" artwork

Rationally Speaking #239 - Saloni Dattani on "The debate over whether male and female brains are different"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

48:05Sep 3, 2019
Rationally Speaking #238 - Razib Khan on "Stuff I've Been Wrong About" artwork

Rationally Speaking #238 - Razib Khan on "Stuff I've Been Wrong About"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

51:21Aug 20, 2019
Rationally Speaking #237 - Andy Przybylski on "Is screen time bad for you?" artwork

Rationally Speaking #237 - Andy Przybylski on "Is screen time bad for you?"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

53:18Aug 6, 2019
Rationally Speaking #236 - Alex Tabarrok on "Why are the Prices So D*mn High?" artwork

Rationally Speaking #236 - Alex Tabarrok on "Why are the Prices So D*mn High?"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

52:02Jul 23, 2019
Rationally Speaking #235 - Tage Rai on "Why people think their violence is morally justified" artwork

Rationally Speaking #235 - Tage Rai on "Why people think their violence is morally justified"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

59:40Jun 25, 2019
Rationally Speaking #234 - Dylan Matthews on "Global poverty has fallen, but what should we conclude from that?" artwork

Rationally Speaking #234 - Dylan Matthews on "Global poverty has fallen, but what should we conclude from that?"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:17:53May 28, 2019
Rationally Speaking #233 - Clive Thompson on "The culture of coding, and how it's changing the world" artwork

Rationally Speaking #233 - Clive Thompson on "The culture of coding, and how it's changing the world"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

57:37May 13, 2019
Rationally Speaking #232 - Tyler Cowen on "Defending big business against its critics" artwork

Rationally Speaking #232 - Tyler Cowen on "Defending big business against its critics"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:04:15Apr 30, 2019
Rationally Speaking #231 - Helen Toner on "Misconceptions about China and artificial intelligence" artwork

Rationally Speaking #231 - Helen Toner on "Misconceptions about China and artificial intelligence"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

59:00Apr 16, 2019
Rationally Speaking #230 - Kelsey Piper on "Big picture journalism: covering the topics that matter in the long run" artwork

Rationally Speaking #230 - Kelsey Piper on "Big picture journalism: covering the topics that matter in the long run"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

53:20Apr 2, 2019
Rationally Speaking #229 - John Nerst on "Erisology, the study of disagreement" artwork

Rationally Speaking #229 - John Nerst on "Erisology, the study of disagreement"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:04:45Mar 19, 2019
Rationally Speaking #228 - William Gunn and Alex Holcombe on "Is Elsevier helping or hurting scientific progress?" artwork

Rationally Speaking #228 - William Gunn and Alex Holcombe on "Is Elsevier helping or hurting scientific progress?"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

58:55Mar 5, 2019
Rationally Speaking #227 - Sarah Haider on "Dissent and free speech" artwork

Rationally Speaking #227 - Sarah Haider on "Dissent and free speech"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

58:17Feb 18, 2019
Rationally Speaking #226 - Rob Wiblin on "An updated view of the best ways to help humanity" artwork

Rationally Speaking #226 - Rob Wiblin on "An updated view of the best ways to help humanity"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

53:28Feb 5, 2019
Rationally Speaking #225 - Neerav Kingsland on "The case for charter schools" artwork

Rationally Speaking #225 - Neerav Kingsland on "The case for charter schools"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

47:37Jan 21, 2019
Rationally Speaking #224 - Rick Nevin on "The long-term effects of lead on crime" artwork

Rationally Speaking #224 - Rick Nevin on "The long-term effects of lead on crime"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:00:11Jan 7, 2019
Rationally Speaking #223 - Chris Fraser on "The Mohists, ancient China's philosopher warriors" artwork

Rationally Speaking #223 - Chris Fraser on "The Mohists, ancient China's philosopher warriors"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

43:56Dec 17, 2018
Rationally Speaking #222 - Spencer Greenberg and Seth Cottrell on "Ask a Mathematician, Ask a Physicist" artwork

Rationally Speaking #222 - Spencer Greenberg and Seth Cottrell on "Ask a Mathematician, Ask a Physicist"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

57:37Dec 3, 2018
Rationally Speaking #221 - Rob Reich on "Is philanthropy bad for democracy?" artwork

Rationally Speaking #221 - Rob Reich on "Is philanthropy bad for democracy?"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

47:13Nov 14, 2018
Rationally Speaking #220 - Peter Eckersley on "Tough choices on privacy and artificial intelligence" artwork

Rationally Speaking #220 - Peter Eckersley on "Tough choices on privacy and artificial intelligence"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

1:02:54Oct 28, 2018
Rationally Speaking #219 - Jason Collins on "A skeptical take on behavioral economics" artwork

Rationally Speaking #219 - Jason Collins on "A skeptical take on behavioral economics"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

55:51Oct 15, 2018
Rationally Speaking #218 - Chris Auld on "Good and bad critiques of economics" artwork

Rationally Speaking #218 - Chris Auld on "Good and bad critiques of economics"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

48:17Oct 1, 2018
Rationally Speaking #217 - Aviv Ovadya on "The problem of false, biased, and artificial news" artwork

Rationally Speaking #217 - Aviv Ovadya on "The problem of false, biased, and artificial news"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

38:45Sep 16, 2018
Rationally Speaking #216 - Diana Fleischman on "Being a transhumanist evolutionary psychologist" artwork

Rationally Speaking #216 - Diana Fleischman on "Being a transhumanist evolutionary psychologist"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

46:09Sep 3, 2018
Rationally Speaking #215 - Anders Sandberg on "Thinking about the long-term future of humanity" artwork

Rationally Speaking #215 - Anders Sandberg on "Thinking about the long-term future of humanity"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

43:01Aug 20, 2018
Rationally Speaking #214 - Anthony Aguirre on "Predicting the future of science and tech, with Metaculus" artwork

Rationally Speaking #214 - Anthony Aguirre on "Predicting the future of science and tech, with Metaculus"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

50:29Aug 6, 2018