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Hear This Idea

Hear This Idea is a podcast showcasing new thinking in philosophy, the social sciences, and effective altruism. Each episode has an accompanying write-up at www.hearthisidea.com/episodes.

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Most frequent guests

  1. Anders Sandberg 2 episodes
  2. Dan Williams 2 episodes
  3. Jaime Sevilla 2 episodes
  4. Michael Aird 2 episodes

Every guest on Hear This Idea

84 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

  1. —
    Phil Trammell

    #29 – Phil Trammell on Economic Growth under Transformative AI · May 2021

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  2. —
    Joe Carlsmith

    #76 – Joe Carlsmith on Scheming AI · Mar 2024

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  3. —
    Liv Boeree

    #70 – Liv Boeree on Healthy vs Unhealthy Competition · Sep 2023

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  4. —
    Peter Singer

    #19 – Peter Singer on Speciesism, Lockdown Ethics, and Controversial Ideas · Dec 2020

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  5. —
    Rory Stewart

    #61 – Rory Stewart on GiveDirectly and Massively Scaling Cash Transfers · Apr 2023

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  6. —
    Bryan Caplan

    #36 – Bryan Caplan on Causes of Poverty and the Case for Open Borders · Sep 2021

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  7. —
    Thomas Moynihan

    #26 – Thomas Moynihan on the History of Existential Risk · Mar 2021

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  8. —
    Jeffrey Sachs

    #33 – Jeffrey Sachs on Sustainable Development · Jul 2021

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  9. —
    Jason Crawford

    #47 – Jason Crawford on Progress Studies · May 2022

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  10. —
    Bruce Friedrich

    #21 – Bruce Friedrich on Protein Alternatives and the Good Food Institute · Jan 2021

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  11. —
    Carl Robichaud

    #58 – Carl Robichaud on Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War · Feb 2023

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  12. —
    Chris Miller

    #59 – Chris Miller on the History of Semiconductors, TSMC, and the CHIPS Act · Mar 2023

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  13. —
    Benjamin Todd

    #35 – Ben Todd on Choosing a Career and Defining Longtermism · Aug 2021

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  14. —
    Diane Coyle

    #7 – Diane Coyle on Tech Giants and Digital Monopolies · Mar 2020

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  15. —
    Gillian Hadfield

    #37 – Gillian Hadfield on Regulatory Markets, Silly Rules, and why Humans Invented Law · Sep 2021

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  16. —
    Glen Weyl

    #43 – Glen Weyl on Pluralism, Radical Markets, and Social Technology · Mar 2022

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  17. —
    J. Doyne Farmer

    #50 – Doyne Farmer on Complexity and Predicting Technological Progress · Jul 2022

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  18. —
    Steven Teles

    #68 – Steven Teles on what the Conservative Legal Movement Teaches about Policy Advocacy · Aug 2023

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  19. —
    Eric Schwitzgebel

    #75 – Eric Schwitzgebel on Digital Consciousness and the Weirdness of the World · Feb 2024

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  20. —
    Jassi Pannu

    #55 – Jassi Pannu and Joshua Monrad on Pandemic Preparedness · Oct 2022

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  21. —
    Katja Grace

    #65 – Katja Grace on Slowing Down AI and Whether the X-Risk Case Holds Up · Jun 2023

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  22. —
    Victoria Bateman

    #1 – Victoria Bateman on the Industrial Revolution and Economic History · Jan 2020

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  23. —
    Neel Nanda

    #9 – Neel Nanda on Effective Planning and Building Habits that Stick · Apr 2020

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  24. —
    Keith Frankish

    #39 – Keith Frankish on Illusionism about Consciousness · Nov 2021

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  25. —
    Michael Bhaskar

    #41 – Michael Bhaskar on Big Ideas and the Great Stagnation · Feb 2022

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  26. —
    Dean Spears

    #84 – Dean Spears on the Case for People · Nov 2025

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    Isabelle Boemeke

    #30 – Isabelle Boemeke on Nuclear Power · May 2021

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  28. —
    Elizabeth Seger

    #77 – Elizabeth Seger on Open Sourcing AI · Jul 2024

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  29. —
    Kevin Esvelt

    #51 – Kevin Esvelt and Jonas Sandbrink on Risks from Biological Research · Aug 2022

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  30. —
    Anders Sandberg

    #62 – Anders Sandberg on Exploratory Engineering, Value Diversity, and Grand Futures · 2 episodes

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    Eva Vivalt

    #27 – Eva Vivalt on Evidence-Based Policy and Forecasting Social Science · Apr 2021

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  32. —
    Habiba Islam

    #42 – Habiba Islam on Planning a High-Impact Career and Ambitious Altruism · Feb 2022

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  33. —
    Leah Edgerton

    #20 – Leah Edgerton and Manja Gärtner on Animal Charity Evaluation · Dec 2020

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  34. —
    Richard Bruns

    #72 – Richard Bruns on Indoor Air Quality · Nov 2023

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  35. —
    Tom Kalil

    #82 – Tom Kalil on Institutions for Innovation (with Matt Clancy) · Dec 2024

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  36. —
    Saloni Dattani

    #71 – Saloni Dattani on Malaria Vaccines and Missing Data in Global Health · Oct 2023

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  37. —
    Anna Alexandrova

    #28 – Anna Alexandrova on Measuring Well-Being and Alternatives to Technocracy · May 2021

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  38. —
    Cristina Bicchieri

    #46 – Cristina Bicchieri on Social Norms and The Grammar Of Society · Apr 2022

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  39. —
    Dan Williams

    #80 – Dan Williams on How Persuasion Works · 2 episodes

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    Ben Garfinkel

    #63 – Ben Garfinkel on AI Governance · May 2023

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Recent episodes

90 episodes from the feed, newest first.

  1. #84 – Dean Spears on the Case for People

    with Dean Spears

    Nov 2025
  2. #83 – Max Smeets on Barriers To Cyberweapons

    with Max Smeets

    Mar 2025
  3. #82 – Tom Kalil on Institutions for Innovation (with Matt Clancy)

    with Tom Kalil

    Dec 2024
  4. #81 – Cynthia Schuck on Quantifying Animal Welfare

    with Cynthia Schuck

    Nov 2024
  5. #80 – Dan Williams on How Persuasion Works

    with Dan Williams

    Oct 2024
  6. #79 – Tamay Besiroglu on Explosive Growth from AI

    with Tamay Besiroglu

    Sep 2024
  7. #78 – Jacob Trefethen on Global Health R&D

    with Jacob Trefethen

    Sep 2024
  8. #77 – Elizabeth Seger on Open Sourcing AI

    with Elizabeth Seger

    Jul 2024
  9. #76 – Joe Carlsmith on Scheming AI

    with Joe Carlsmith

    Mar 2024
  10. #75 – Eric Schwitzgebel on Digital Consciousness and the Weirdness of the World

    with Eric Schwitzgebel

    Feb 2024
  11. #74 – Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley on Barriers to Bioweapons

    with Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley

    Dec 2023
  12. Bonus: 'How I Learned To Love Shrimp' & David Coman-Hidy

    with David Coman-Hidy

    Nov 2023
  13. #73 – Michelle Lavery on the Science of Animal Welfare

    with Michelle Lavery

    Nov 2023
  14. #72 – Richard Bruns on Indoor Air Quality

    with Richard Bruns

    Nov 2023
  15. #71 – Saloni Dattani on Malaria Vaccines and Missing Data in Global Health

    with Saloni Dattani

    Oct 2023
  16. #70 – Liv Boeree on Healthy vs Unhealthy Competition

    with Liv Boeree

    Sep 2023
  17. #69 – Jon Y (Asianometry) on Problems And Progress in Semiconductor Manufacturing

    with Jon Y

    Aug 2023
  18. #68 – Steven Teles on what the Conservative Legal Movement Teaches about Policy Advocacy

    with Steven Teles

    Aug 2023
  19. #67 – Guive Assadi on Whether Humanity Will Choose Its Future

    with Guive Assadi

    Jul 2023
  20. #66 – Michael Cohen on Input Tampering in Advanced RL Agents
    Jun 2023
  21. #65 – Katja Grace on Slowing Down AI and Whether the X-Risk Case Holds Up

    with Katja Grace

    Jun 2023
  22. #64 – Michael Aird on Strategies for Reducing AI Existential Risk

    with Michael Aird

    Jun 2023
  23. #63 – Ben Garfinkel on AI Governance

    with Ben Garfinkel

    May 2023
  24. #62 – Anders Sandberg on Exploratory Engineering, Value Diversity, and Grand Futures

    with Anders Sandberg

    Apr 2023
  25. #61 – Rory Stewart on GiveDirectly and Massively Scaling Cash Transfers

    with Rory Stewart

    Apr 2023