We welcome Max Bazerman as our first guest of the second season! Professor Bazerman is the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he focuses on applied behavioral psychology and ethical d

Lant Pritchett

Jan 5th, 2020 1h 15m

In this episode, we interview Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. After obtaining his PhD in Economics from MIT, he worked at the World Bank for many

Spencer Greenberg

Jan 5th, 2020 1h 14m

How to introduce Spencer Greenberg? He’s a man who wears many hats– entrepreneur, doctorate in applied math from New York University, researcher, startup founder, and he’s extremely productive in his spare time, too! He founded Spark Wave, a st

Bryan Caplan

Jan 5th, 2020 1h 46m

Bryan Caplan is an economist and professor of economics at George Mason University, research fellow at the Mercatus Center, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and a frequent contributor to Freakonomics as well as publishing his own blog, Eco

Scott Weathers

Jan 5th, 2020 51m 45s

Scott is a student at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and the Associate Project Director of Charity Science: Health – a new charity founded within the effective altruism community with the goal of becoming one of the most cost-effectiv

Brian Tomasik

May 23rd, 2018 1h 22m

Brian Tomasik writes about ethics, animal welfare, and far-future scenarios from a suffering-focused perspective, all of which you can find on reducing-suffering.com.He helped to found Foundational Research Institute, a think tank that explore

Josh Greene

May 23rd, 2018 1h 4m

Joshua Greene is a professor in the Harvard Department of Psychology where he runs the Moral Cognition Lab. He received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard and then a PhD in philosophy at Princeton where he was mentored by many bright lights of

Adam Marblestone

May 23rd, 2018 1h 36m

Irene Pepperberg

May 23rd, 2018 47m 42s

In episode 2, we test Irene Pepperberg on animal cognition and symbolic communication. Dr. Pepperberg worked with Alex the African Grey Parrot for 30 years, until his untimely death, and continues to work with other African Greys (Athena and Gr

Larry Summers

May 20th, 2018 20m 15s

We kickoff our series with an exclusive interview with Larry Summers, President Emeritus of Harvard University and former Chief Economist of the World Bank."I'm here because I believe in [effective altruism] and I admire the idea that you ca

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