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2025

February

AGI disagreements and misconceptions: Rob, Luisa, & past guests hash it out
Podcast

2024

November

#210 – Cameron Meyer Shorb on dismantling the myth that we can't do anything to help wild animals
Podcast
#207 – Sarah Eustis-Guthrie on why she shut down her charity, and why more founders should follow her lead
Podcast
Parenting insights from Rob and 8 past guests
Podcast
#206 – Anil Seth on the predictive brain and how to study consciousness
Podcast

October

#205 – Sébastien Moro on the most insane things fish can do
Podcast
#203 – Peter Godfrey-Smith on interfering with wild nature, accepting death, and the origin of complex civilisation
Podcast

September

#202 – Venki Ramakrishnan on the cutting edge of anti-ageing science
Podcast
Why experts and forecasters disagree about AI risk
Blog post
#201 – Ken Goldberg on why your robot butler isn't here yet
Podcast
#200 – Ezra Karger on what superforecasters and experts think about existential risks
Podcast

August

#199 – Nathan Calvin on California's AI bill SB 1047 and its potential to shape US AI policy
Podcast
#198 – Meghan Barrett on upending everything you thought you knew about bugs in 3 hours
Podcast
#196 – Jonathan Birch on the edge cases of sentience and why they matter
Podcast
#195 – Sella Nevo on who's trying to steal frontier AI models, and what they could do with them
Podcast

July

#193 – Sihao Huang on navigating the geopolitics of US–China AI competition
Podcast
#192 – Annie Jacobsen on what would happen if North Korea launched a nuclear weapon at the US
Podcast

June

#190 – Eric Schwitzgebel on whether the US is conscious
Podcast

May

#189 – Rachel Glennerster on why we still don't have vaccines that could save millions
Podcast
#188 – Matt Clancy on whether science is good
Podcast
#187 – Zach Weinersmith on how researching his book turned him from a space optimist into a "space bastard"
Podcast
#186 – Dean Spears on why babies are born small in Uttar Pradesh, and how to save their lives
Podcast

April

#185 – Lewis Bollard on the 7 most promising ways to end factory farming, and whether AI is going to be good or bad for animals
Podcast

March

Christian Ruhl on why we’re entering a new nuclear age — and how to reduce the risks
Podcast (80k After Hours)
#182 – Bob Fischer on comparing the welfare of humans, chickens, pigs, octopuses, bees, and more
Podcast
#181 – Laura Deming on the science that could keep us healthy in our 80s and beyond
Podcast

February

#178 – Emily Oster on what the evidence actually says about pregnancy and parenting
Podcast

2023

December

#174 – Nita Farahany on the neurotechnology already being used to convict criminals and manipulate workers
Podcast

November

#173 – Jeff Sebo on digital minds, and how to avoid sleepwalking into a major moral catastrophe
Podcast
#171 – Alison Young on how top labs have jeopardised public health with repeated biosafety failures
Podcast

October

#169 – Paul Niehaus on whether cash transfers cause economic growth, and keeping theft to acceptable levels
Podcast
#167 – Seren Kell on the research gaps holding back alternative proteins from mass adoption
Podcast
#164 – Kevin Esvelt on cults that want to kill everyone, stealth vs wildfire pandemics, and how he felt inventing gene drives
Podcast

September

Alex Lawsen on avoiding 10 mistakes people make when pursuing a high-impact career
Podcast (80k After Hours)
What the past can tell us about how AI will affect jobs
Blog post

August

#161 – Michael Webb on whether AI will soon cause job loss, lower incomes, and higher inequality — or the opposite
Podcast
#160 – Hannah Ritchie on why it makes sense to be optimistic about the environment
Podcast

July

Hannah Boettcher on the mental health challenges that come with trying to have a big impact
Podcast (80k After Hours)
#156 – Markus Anderljung on how to regulate cutting-edge AI models
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June

How to cope with rejection in your career
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May

#152 – Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusion
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#151 – Ajeya Cotra on accidentally teaching AI models to deceive us
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#150 – Tom Davidson on how quickly AI could transform the world
Podcast

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)
#146 – Robert Long on why large language models like GPT (probably) aren't conscious
Podcast

February

#145 – Christopher Brown on why slavery abolition wasn't inevitable
Podcast

2022

June

#131 – Lewis Dartnell on getting humanity to bounce back faster in a post-apocalyptic world
Podcast

April

My experience with imposter syndrome — and how to (partly) overcome it
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March

Expression of interest: writer
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February

Expression of interest: popular writing consultant
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January

The twelve 80,000 Hours 2021 releases that affected our staff most
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