Best 80000 Hours Podcasts (2024)

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#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 2:33:12

2h ago2:33:12

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"The constraint right now on factory farming is how far can you push the biology of these animals? But AI could remove that constraint. It could say, 'Actually, we can push them further in these ways and these ways, and they still stay alive. And we’ve modelled out every possibility and we’ve found that it works.' I think another possibility, which…

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Actually After Hours #3: Finding the Tail with Dwarkesh Patel 1:35:27

1h ago1:35:27

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Matt Reardon, Arden Koehler, and Huon Porteous sit down with Dwarkesh Patel to find out how you become a world-famous (among tech intellectuals) podcast host at 23. We also discuss how 80k would have advised 21-year-old Dwarkesh and 80k strategy more broadly. You can check out the video version of this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/H5px6CQ…

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A Space for Introspection 10:00

7h ago10:00

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I asked myself when I first came up with this episode idea that is it a blog post or fireside type post. Which would be like a public journal, hence the fireside micropolycast being that type of vibe when I make these. The idea is that after all of this time I wanted to look back on what has happened!…

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#184 – Zvi Mowshowitz on sleeping on sleeper agents, and the biggest AI updates since ChatGPT 3:31:22

7d ago3:31:22

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Many of you will have heard of Zvi Mowshowitz as a superhuman information-absorbing-and-processing machine — which he definitely is. As the author of the Substack Don’t Worry About the Vase, Zvi has spent as much time as literally anyone in the world over the last two years tracking in detail how the explosion of AI has been playing out — and he ha…

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Embracing Polymathy: Dr. Angela Cotellessa's Vision for Lifelong Learning and Global Innovation 40:08

8d ago40:08

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Dr. Angela Cotellessa discusses her personal updates and involvement in multiple businesses and projects. She shares her passion for knowledge creation and ideation, defining polymathy as a commitment to lifelong learning. Dr. Cotellessa emphasizes the value of being a polymath and challenges the narrative of specialization. She discusses the impor…

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Robert Wright & Rob Wiblin on the truth about effective Altruism 2:08:00

14d ago2:08:00

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This is a cross-post of an interview Rob Wiblin did on Robert Wright's Nonzero podcast in January 2024. You can get access to full episodes of that show by subscribing to the Nonzero Newsletter. They talk about Sam Bankman-Fried, virtue ethics, the growing influence of longtermism, what role EA played in the OpenAI board drama, the culture of local…

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Highlights: #183 – Spencer Greenberg on causation without correlation, money and happiness, lightgassing, hype vs value, and more 21:06

20d ago21:06

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #183 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Spencer Greenberg on causation without correlation, money and happiness, lightgassing, hype vs va…

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AI governance and policy (Article) 51:06

21d ago51:06

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Today’s release is a reading of our career review of AI governance and policy, written and narrated by Cody Fenwick. Advanced AI systems could have massive impacts on humanity and potentially pose global catastrophic risks, and there are opportunities in the broad field of AI governance to positively shape how society responds to and prepares for t…

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Highlights: #182 – Bob Fischer on comparing the welfare of humans, chickens, pigs, octopuses, bees, and more 32:19

23d ago32:19

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #182 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Bob Fischer on comparing the welfare of humans, chickens, pigs, octopuses, bees, and more And if …

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One month of Instagram content in one hour - my signature content workflow 31:26

25d ago31:26

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Get the Social Media Trends Report by Dash Hudson, FREE!: https://www.dashhudson.com/creatorclub 📊 thanks to Dash Hudson for sponsoring the Creator Club Podcast! | One of the most challenging parts of being a content creator is feeling stuck and not knowing what to post, and there’s one way that you can prevent this from happening and that is plann…

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Christian Ruhl on why we're entering a new nuclear age — and how to reduce the risks 1:12:34

1M ago1:12:34

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"We really, really want to make sure that nuclear war never breaks out. But we also know — from all of the examples of the Cold War, all these close calls — that it very well could, as long as there are nuclear weapons in the world. So if it does, we want to have some ways of preventing that from turning into a civilisation-threatening, cataclysmic…

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Polymathy and Green Solutions: With Barry James, Transformation Architect and Eco Changemaker 50:25

1M ago50:25

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► This time we are talking with Barry James a Transformation Architect, Eco Changemaker, author, and systems thinker. Summary Barry James discusses his background in technology and innovation, including his early exposure to electronics and his involvement in various technological revolutions. He shares his journey from being an innovator to becomi…

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Highlights: #181 – Laura Deming on the science that could keep us healthy in our 80s and beyond 15:55

1M ago15:55

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #181 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Laura Deming on the science that could keep us healthy in our 80s and beyond And if you're findin…

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Actually After Hours #2: Coming to America with Joel Becker 1:30:46

1M ago1:30:46

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You can check out the video version of this episode on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFEb8ICWJQQ In this episode of our new podcast project, Matt Reardon, Bella Forristal, and Arden Koehler sit down with Joel Becker to find out what’s great about America, what was not so great about FTX, and invite you to port back to the time when Ard…

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How to choose where to post - find the right platform for you 31:26

1M ago31:26

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Get the Social Media Trends Report by Dash Hudson, FREE!: https://www.dashhudson.com/creatorclub 📊 thanks to Dash Hudson for sponsoring the Creator Club Podcast! | I'm going to start this episode by saying, you do not need to be on every platform. Not only would that be super overwhelming, especially if you were just starting out, but also, not eve…

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#183 – Spencer Greenberg on causation without correlation, money and happiness, lightgassing, hype vs value, and more 2:36:38

1M ago2:36:38

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"When a friend comes to me with a decision, and they want my thoughts on it, very rarely am I trying to give them a really specific answer, like, 'I solved your problem.' What I’m trying to do often is give them other ways of thinking about what they’re doing, or giving different framings. A classic example of this would be someone who’s been worki…

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Highlights: #180 – Hugo Mercier on why gullibility and misinformation are overrated 25:12

1M ago25:12

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #180 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Hugo Mercier on why gullibility and misinformation are overrated And if you're finding these high…

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My secret to being consistent on social media (my weekly workflow explained!) 29:05

1M ago29:05

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Get the Social Media Trends Report by Dash Hudson, FREE!: https://www.dashhudson.com/creatorclub 📊 thanks to Dash Hudson for sponsoring the Creator Club Podcast! | I see many creators throwing out the advice, "Consistency is key," but then they don't really provide much guidance on how to actually be consistent on social media. So, I want to walk y…

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#182 – Bob Fischer on comparing the welfare of humans, chickens, pigs, octopuses, bees, and more 2:21:31

1M ago2:21:31

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"[One] thing is just to spend time thinking about the kinds of things animals can do and what their lives are like. Just how hard a chicken will work to get to a nest box before she lays an egg, the amount of labour she’s willing to go through to do that, to think about how important that is to her. And to realise that we can quantify that, and see…

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5 steps to your first 1,000 YouTube subscribers 30:02

2M ago30:02

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Get the Social Media Trends Report by Dash Hudson, FREE!: https://www.dashhudson.com/creatorclub 📊 thanks to Dash Hudson for sponsoring the Creator Club Podcast! | Your first 1000 YouTube subscribers are going to be the hardest to obtain, once you cross that threshold, I promise things will start to feel a little bit easier. Okay - let’s be real, Y…

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Being Poly-Connected to Ikigai with Itamar Bar 51:04

2M ago51:04

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This time we are talking with Itamar Bar the global citizen, a strategist, master diver, musician, and Co-founder at Jorny “a movement for lifetime growth.”. Links: https://jorny.com https://about.me/itamarbar https://www.instagram.com/mrbar/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/itamarbar/?originalSubdomain=il https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WvlhCGhZ…

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#181 – Laura Deming on the science that could keep us healthy in our 80s and beyond 1:37:21

2M ago1:37:21

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"The question I care about is: What do I want to do? Like, when I'm 80, how strong do I want to be? OK, and then if I want to be that strong, how well do my muscles have to work? OK, and then if that's true, what would they have to look like at the cellular level for that to be true? Then what do we have to do to make that happen? In my head, it's …

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Highlights: #179 – Randy Nesse on why evolution left us so vulnerable to depression and anxiety 23:12

2M ago23:12

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #179 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Randy Nesse on why evolution left us so vulnerable to depression and anxiety And if you're findin…

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How to grow as a creator with a full-time job 26:33

2M ago26:33

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Get the Social Media Trends Report by Dash Hudson, FREE!: https://www.dashhudson.com/creatorclub 📊 thanks to Dash Hudson for sponsoring the Creator Club Podcast! | This is maybe cringey to say, but my proudest accomplishment is that I am a full-time content creator. This honestly was always my dream job. I was an awkward 12-year-old when I first st…

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#180 – Hugo Mercier on why gullibility and misinformation are overrated 2:36:55

2M ago2:36:55

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The World Economic Forum’s global risks survey of 1,400 experts, policymakers, and industry leaders ranked misinformation and disinformation as the number one global risk over the next two years — ranking it ahead of war, environmental problems, and other threats from AI. And the discussion around misinformation and disinformation has shifted to fo…

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How I went from $0-$80,000 in digital product sales in 3 steps 25:00

2M ago25:00

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Get the Social Media Trends Report by Dash Hudson, FREE!: https://www.dashhudson.com/creatorclub 📊 thanks to Dash Hudson for sponsoring the Creator Club Podcast! | Honestly, it was only really in 2023 that I "saw the light" when it comes to digital products. I really started experimenting with digital products in 2022 - before that, I really hadn’t…

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Actually After Hours #1: Bean Counting with Chana Messinger 1:21:25

2M ago1:21:25

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Matt, Bella, and Cody sit down with Chana Messinger to find out what she does, how to insulate ourselves from harsh realities, and whether pub trivia is complete waste of time. You can find Chana’s long-defunct blog at: https://themerelyreal.wordpress.com/ Update February 20, 2024: The 'steelman' bounty has been claimed! You can also find a full vi…

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Highlights: #178 – Emily Oster on what the evidence actually says about pregnancy and parenting 23:51

2M ago23:51

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #178 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Emily Oster on what the evidence actually says about pregnancy and parenting And if you're findin…

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#179 – Randy Nesse on why evolution left us so vulnerable to depression and anxiety 2:56:48

2M ago2:56:48

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Mental health problems like depression and anxiety affect enormous numbers of people and severely interfere with their lives. By contrast, we don’t see similar levels of physical ill health in young people. At any point in time, something like 20% of young people are working through anxiety or depression that’s seriously interfering with their live…

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Content creators, you NEED to start an email list 33:00

2M ago33:00

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Get the Social Media Trends Report by Dash Hudson, FREE!: https://www.dashhudson.com/creatorclub 📊 thanks to Dash Hudson for sponsoring the Creator Club Podcast! | I feel like any online creator, at some point, has thought to themselves, "Hmm... maybe I should start an email list." Perhaps you're not sure where to start or if you are doing it in th…

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Highlights: #177 – Nathan Labenz on recent AI breakthroughs and navigating the growing rift between AI safety and accelerationist camps 27:06

2M ago27:06

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #177 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Nathan Labenz on recent AI breakthroughs and navigating the growing rift between AI safety and ac…

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The strategy that got me to 100K Instagram followers 35:00

3M ago35:00

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Get the Social Media Trends Report by Dash Hudson, FREE!: https://www.dashhudson.com/creatorclub 📊 thanks to Dash Hudson for sponsoring the Creator Club Podcast! | Do you know how people say that when you're not looking for love, that's when it will find you? That's pretty much what happened to my Instagram in 2023. I thought to myself, "If I can h…

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#178 – Emily Oster on what the evidence actually says about pregnancy and parenting 2:22:36

3M ago2:22:36

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"I think at various times — before you have the kid, after you have the kid — it's useful to sit down and think about: What do I want the shape of this to look like? What time do I want to be spending? Which hours? How do I want the weekends to look? The things that are going to shape the way your day-to-day goes, and the time you spend with your k…

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To be a polymath, you have you to be an Empath?? With Jonathan Aberman 1:16:10

3M ago1:16:10

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This time we are talking with Jonathan Aberman. A musician, innovation expert, everlasting academic, radio show host, and a Partner for Ruxton Ventures. Links: https://twitter.com/jaberman?lang=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanaberman/ https://www.youtube.com/@jonathanaberman https://federalnewsnetwork.com/shows/whats-working-in-washington-po…

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How to build an Instagram Strategy from scratch 33:00

3M ago33:00

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Get a free trial of Dash Hudson here: https://www.dashhudson.com/pricing?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=creator&utm_campaign=CreatorClubPod_NA_01_01_2024&utm_content=Organic_KatieStecklyPodcast_Podcast_General_0_0_MOFU 📊 thanks to Dash Hudson for sponsoring the Creator Club Podcast! | If you have found your way to this podcast episode, that probably…

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Highlights: #146 – Robert Long on why large language models like GPT (probably) aren’t conscious 20:41

3M ago20:41

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #146 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Robert Long on why large language models like GPT (probably) aren’t conscious And if you're findi…

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#177 – Nathan Labenz on recent AI breakthroughs and navigating the growing rift between AI safety and accelerationist camps 2:47:09

3M ago2:47:09

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Back in December we spoke with Nathan Labenz — AI entrepreneur and host of The Cognitive Revolution Podcast — about the speed of progress towards AGI and OpenAI's leadership drama, drawing on Nathan's alarming experience red-teaming an early version of GPT-4 and resulting conversations with OpenAI staff and board members. Today we go deeper, diving…

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80,000 Hours in a Life - 10,000 Hours Per Career #FiresideMicroPolyCast 6:01

3M ago6:01

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Mastering Expertise: 80,000 Hours in a Life - 10,000 Hours Per Career "In this polycast episode, we embark on an exploration of the concept of spending "80,000 hours in a life" and the intriguing idea of devoting "10,000 hours per career." Inspired by Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000-Hour Rule, we unravel the significance of this benchmark in the pursuit …

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Build a six-figure content business from scratch with THIS process 31:42

3M ago31:42

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Get a free trial of Dash Hudson here: https://www.dashhudson.com/pricing?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=creator&utm_campaign=CreatorClubPod_NA_01_01_2024&utm_content=Organic_KatieStecklyPodcast_Podcast_General_0_0_MOFU 📊 thanks to Dash Hudson for sponsoring the Creator Club Podcast! | I would say, for most of us, there are many reasons we want to be…

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Highlights: #176 – Nathan Labenz on the final push for AGI, understanding OpenAI’s leadership drama, and red-teaming frontier models 33:46

3M ago33:46

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #176 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Nathan Labenz on the final push for AGI, understanding OpenAI’s leadership drama, and red-teaming…

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