80,000 Hours 80,000 Hours
  • Career guide
  • AGI careers
  • Podcast
  • Job board
  • Resources
    • Problem profiles What are the world's most pressing problems?
      See all →
      Top areas to work on
      • Power-seeking AI systems
      • AI-enabled power grabs
      • Engineered pandemics
      • Great power conflict
      • Factory farming
      • Wild animal suffering
      • Global health
      • Climate change
      Emerging challenges
      • Moral status of digital minds
      • Gradual disempowerment
      • 'S-risks'
      • AI-enhanced decision making
      • Space governance
      • Catastrophic AI misuse
      More problem profiles →
    • Career reviews Write-ups on high-impact career paths.
      See all →
      AI-focused career paths
      • AI governance and policy
      • AI safety technical research
      • Information security in high-impact areas
      • Expert in AI hardware
      • China-related AI safety and governance
      Other top paths
      • Journalism
      • Biorisk research, strategy, and policy
      • Be a founder
      • Earn to give
      • Help build the effective altruism community
      • Research into global priorities
      • Nuclear weapons safety and security
      • Operations in high-impact organisations
      More career reviews →
    • Foundations What's the philosophy behind our advice?
      Key topics
      • Your career is your most important decision
      • A definition of impact
      • On problem selection
      • Why prioritise existential risks
      • Effective solutions
      • Making a big contribution
      • Differences in productivity
      • Comparative advantage
      • Being ambitious
      • Coordination
      • Exploration
      • Harmful jobs
      • Fundamentals of career planning
      See the full series →
    See all →
    Top areas to work on
    • Power-seeking AI systems
    • AI-enabled power grabs
    • Engineered pandemics
    • Great power conflict
    • Factory farming
    • Wild animal suffering
    • Global health
    • Climate change
    Emerging challenges
    • Moral status of digital minds
    • Gradual disempowerment
    • 'S-risks'
    • AI-enhanced decision making
    • Space governance
    • Catastrophic AI misuse
    More problem profiles →
    See all →
    AI-focused career paths
    • AI governance and policy
    • AI safety technical research
    • Information security in high-impact areas
    • Expert in AI hardware
    • China-related AI safety and governance
    Other top paths
    • Journalism
    • Biorisk research, strategy, and policy
    • Be a founder
    • Earn to give
    • Help build the effective altruism community
    • Research into global priorities
    • Nuclear weapons safety and security
    • Operations in high-impact organisations
    More career reviews →
    Key topics
    • Your career is your most important decision
    • A definition of impact
    • On problem selection
    • Why prioritise existential risks
    • Effective solutions
    • Making a big contribution
    • Differences in productivity
    • Comparative advantage
    • Being ambitious
    • Coordination
    • Exploration
    • Harmful jobs
    • Fundamentals of career planning
    See the full series →
  • Get 1-1 advice
  • Get 1-1 advice
  • New releases
  • All articles
  • Community
  • Give feedback
  • About
    • About us
    • Meet the team
    • Our impact and credibility
    • Our mistakes
    • Our donors
    • Our research process
    • Contact us
    • Support us
    • Work with us
Home 80k After Hours Podcast All episodes
  • New releases
  • All articles
  • Community
  • Give feedback
  • About
    • About us
    • Meet the team
    • Our impact and credibility
    • Our mistakes
    • Our donors
    • Our research process
    • Contact us
    • Support us
    • Work with us

Resources on how to do good with your career — and anything else we feel like releasing.

Podcast episodes by topic...
  • Foundations (6)
    • Existential risk (2)
    • Future generations & longtermism (1)
    • Effective Altruism (2)
  • World problems (6)
    • Civilisational resilience (1)
    • Great power conflict (2)
    • Nuclear war (2)
    • Other pressing problems (1)
    • Building effective altruism (1)
    • Factory Farming (2)
    • Wild animal suffering (1)
    • Institutional decision making (1)
  • Career advice & strategy (8)
    • Career capital (2)
    • Career planning (1)
    • Job satisfaction (1)
    • Mental health (3)
    • Personal fit (2)
    • PhDs (1)
    • Advice for undergraduates (3)
    • Being ambitious (1)
    • Exploration (2)
    • How to get a job (1)
Guests in alphabetical order...
  • Alex Lawsen
    • Alex Lawsen on avoiding 10 mistakes people make when pursuing a high-impact career
    • Alex Lawsen on his advice for students
  • Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla
    • Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla on the Shrimp Welfare Project
  • Benjamin Todd
    • Benjamin Todd on the history of 80,000 Hours
  • Christian Ruhl
    • Christian Ruhl on why we’re entering a new nuclear age — and how to reduce the risks
  • Clay Graubard
    • Clay Graubard and Robert de Neufville on forecasting the war in Ukraine
  • Habiba Islam
    • Michelle and Habiba on what they’d tell their younger selves, and the impact of the 1-1 team
  • Hannah Boettcher
    • Hannah Boettcher on the mental health challenges that come with trying to have a big impact
  • Keiran Harris
    • Luisa and Keiran on free will, and the consequences of never feeling enduring guilt or shame
    • Rob and Keiran on the philosophy of The 80,000 Hours Podcast
  • Kuhan Jeyapragasan
    • Kuhan Jeyapragasan on effective altruism university groups
  • Luisa Rodriguez
    • Luisa and Keiran on free will, and the consequences of never feeling enduring guilt or shame
    • Luisa and Robert Long on how to make independent research more fun
  • Marcus Davis
    • Marcus Davis on founding and leading Rethink Priorities
  • Michelle Hutchinson
    • Michelle and Habiba on what they’d tell their younger selves, and the impact of the 1-1 team
  • Rob Wiblin
    • Rob and Keiran on the philosophy of The 80,000 Hours Podcast
  • Robert Long
    • Luisa and Robert Long on how to make independent research more fun
  • Robert de Neufville
    • Clay Graubard and Robert de Neufville on forecasting the war in Ukraine

All episodes

You can browse by topic or guest using the panels above.

For article readouts and other extras published on our feed, subscribe!

2024

March
  • Christian Ruhl on why we’re entering a new nuclear age — and how to reduce the risks
    Podcast (80k After Hours)

2023

December
  • Benjamin Todd on the history of 80,000 Hours
    Podcast (80k After Hours)
September
  • Alex Lawsen on avoiding 10 mistakes people make when pursuing a high-impact career
    Podcast (80k After Hours)
July
  • Hannah Boettcher on the mental health challenges that come with trying to have a big impact
    Podcast (80k After Hours)
April
  • Luisa and Keiran on free will, and the consequences of never feeling enduring guilt or shame
    Podcast (80k After Hours)
March
  • Luisa and Robert Long on how to make independent research more fun
    Podcast (80k After Hours)

2022

December
  • Marcus Davis on founding and leading Rethink Priorities
    Podcast (80k After Hours)
September
  • Kuhan Jeyapragasan on effective altruism university groups
    Podcast (80k After Hours)
  • Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla on the Shrimp Welfare Project
    Podcast (80k After Hours)
May
  • Clay Graubard and Robert de Neufville on forecasting the war in Ukraine
    Podcast (80k After Hours)
March
  • Michelle and Habiba on what they’d tell their younger selves, and the impact of the 1-1 team
    Podcast (80k After Hours)
February
  • Alex Lawsen on his advice for students
    Podcast (80k After Hours)
  • Rob and Keiran on the philosophy of The 80,000 Hours Podcast
    Podcast (80k After Hours)

Join our newsletter

Get weekly updates on our research, plus jobs and other opportunities to get involved.

Get 1-1 advice

Want to tackle a pressing global problem with your career?

Speak to an advisor

Our research

  • Career guide
  • AGI careers
  • List of world problems
  • List of top skills
  • List of careers
  • Foundations
  • Future generations
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Anonymous advice
  • College advice
  • New releases
  • All our research
  • Translations of our content

Follow us

  • Podcast
  • 80k After Hours
  • Our videos
  • Newsletter
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn group
  • Facebook
  • TikTok
  • YouTube

Take action

  • Find a job
  • Get 1-1 advice
  • Make a career plan

About us

  • Why 80,000 Hours?
  • Meet the team
  • Our impact and credibility
  • Our mistakes
  • Our donors
  • Contact us
  • Support us

80,000 Hours Limited is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (with registered company number 15746854).

Please contact us to suggest ideas, improvements, or corrections.

We do our best to provide useful information, but how you use the information is up to you. We don’t take responsibility for any loss that results from the use of information on the site. Please consult our full legal disclaimer, website privacy notice, and terms of use. See also our cookie notice and adjust your .

© 2025 – all rights reserved. Please contact us if you wish to redistribute, translate, or adapt this work.

The Economist logo FT logo The Guardian logo TED logo Vox logo Y Combinator logo