Rationally Speaking Podcast

Recent episodes

263 episodes from the feed, newest first.

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

   with Michael Faye

   Dec 2021
2. Humanity on the precipice (Toby Ord)

   with Toby Ord

   Dec 2021
3. Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt)

   with Kevin Esvelt

   Nov 2021
4. Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein)

   with Ezra Klein

   Nov 2021
5. The genetic lottery (Kathryn Paige Harden)

   with Kathryn Paige Harden

   Oct 2021
6. How to reason about COVID, and other hard things (Kelsey Piper)

   with Kelsey Piper

   Sep 2021
7. "Price gouging" in emergencies
   Aug 2021
8. How to be a data detective (Tim Harford)

   with Tim Harford

   Jun 2021
9. Are Uber and Lyft drivers being exploited?
   Apr 2021
10. Unfair laws / Why judges should be originalists (William Baude)

    with William Baude

    Mar 2021
11. Intellectual honesty, cryptocurrency, & more (Vitalik Buterin)

    with Vitalik Buterin

    Mar 2021
12. Understanding moral disagreements (Jonathan Haidt)

    with Jonathan Haidt

    Feb 2021
13. The case for one billion Americans, & more (Matt Yglesias)

    with Matthew Yglesias

    Feb 2021
14. What's wrong with tech companies banning people? (Julian Sanchez)

    with Julian Sanchez

    Jan 2021
15. The case for racial colorblindness (Coleman Hughes)

    with Coleman Hughes

    Jan 2021
16. Are Democrats being irrational? (David Shor)

    with David Shor

    Dec 2020
17. The moral limits of markets / The problem with meritocracy (Michael Sandel)

    with Michael Sandel

    Dec 2020
18. Deaths of despair / Effective altruism (Angus Deaton)

    with Angus Deaton

    Nov 2020
19. Are Boomers to blame for Millennials' struggles?
    Nov 2020
20. Rationally Speaking #244 - Stephanie Lepp and Buster Benson on "Seeing other perspectives, with compassion"

    with Stephanie Lepp

    Nov 2019
21. Rationally Speaking #243 - Bryan Caplan on "The Case for Open Borders"

    with Bryan Caplan

    Nov 2019
22. Rationally Speaking #242 - Keith Frankish on "Why consciousness is an illusion"

    with Keith Frankish

    Oct 2019
23. Rationally Speaking #241 - Thibault Le Texier on "Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment"

    with Thibault Le Texier

    Oct 2019
24. Rationally Speaking #240 - David Manheim on "Goodhart's Law and why metrics fail"

    with David Manheim

    Sep 2019
25. Rationally Speaking #239 - Saloni Dattani on "The debate over whether male and female brains are different"

    with Saloni Dattani

    Sep 2019