The Antinatalist Advocacy Podcast presents interviews with interesting and knowledgeable people about how best to protect sentient beings from the harms of coming into existence. We speak with antinatalists, people who are adjacent to antinatalism on specific cause areas, or people who disagree with us wholeheartedly, with the sole aim of spreading ideas that can make the world a better place. If you want stimulating discussions on big ideas and how to put them into practice, as well as some ...
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AAP bonus episode - Building a healthier antinatalist community with Lawrence Anton
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Welcome back all! We're bringing you a discussion on Lawrence's channel building upon last year's Antinatalist Advocacy conference on building a healthier antinatalist community. How can we build a healthier community? What do you think of our ten recommendations? And what challenges do we face to creating a space we would all like to be a part of?…
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AAP Bonus Episode - 5 Steps for Doing Good as an Antinatalist with Lawrence Anton
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Welcome back to another AAP bonus episode! We're bringing you a livestream from Lawrence's channel on 5 suggested steps for doing good as an antinatalist. What did you think of our list? Is there anything you would add or remove? And what do you think are effective actions we can take in our own lives to make the world that little bit better? Let u…
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AAP Bonus Episode: AAC23 | Discussing Suffering-Focused Ethics with Magnus Vinding
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Welcome back to another AAP bonus episode! We're bringing you our final session from December's Antinatalist Advocacy conference: a conversation on suffering-focused ethics with author Magnus Vinding. Where do antintatalism and suffering-focused ethics overlap or diverge? Is there too much of a focus on achieving 'best case' outcomes, and not enoug…
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AAP Ep. 12 - Introduction to Artificial Sentience with Space Science Guy
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Welcome to episode 12 of AAP! We're joined this month by return guest Space Science Guy (formerly Vegan Space Scientist) to introduce our fourth and final cause area at AA - Artificial Sentience. What on earth is artificial sentience? What does it have to with antinatalism? And what, if anything, can we do to protect potentially sentient AI from th…
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AAP Bonus Episode: AAC23 | Building a Healthy Antinatalist Community
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Welcome back all! We're bringing you our panel discussion from December's Antinatalist Advocacy conference: AAC23 Antinatalism at a Crossroads. The focus of the panel was 'Building a Healthy Antinatalist Community' with three wonderful guests. Do we have a healthy antinatalist community today? If not, what are the challenges or barriers to building…
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AAP Ep. 11 - Criticisms of antinatalism and Effective Altruism with Rivka Weinberg
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Welcome back to AAP! We were really grateful this month to host Professor Rivka Weinberg to criticise the two ideologies that guide a lot of our thinking at Antinatalist Advocacy, namely antinatalism and Effective Altruism. Can it sometimes be ethical to procreate? Does Effective Altruism hold up to scrutiny in both theory and practice? And is John…
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AAP Bonus Episode: Wild Animal Contraception | Oscar Horta
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Welcome back all! We're bringing you the fourth talk from December's Antinatalist Advocacy conference: AAC23 Antinatalism at a Crossroads. As you surely know by now, we're releasing the audio of our five talks and one panel discussion over the next few months to help share the ideas discussed a little wider. This episode includes Oscar Horta's talk…
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AAP Ep. 10 - Criticisms of Antinatalist Advocacy with Lenny and @WackyConundrum
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Welcome to episode 10 of AAP! We were joined by Lenny and Conundrum for a 'criticisms panel' of Antinatalist Advocacy, where we handed over the reigns to our two guests to tear apart our work on AA so far. Should AA drop the word 'antinatalist' from its name? Which of our four cause areas are actually relevant for antinatalism? And why did we have …
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AAP Bonus Episode: Antinatalism & Extinction | Matti Häyry (AAC23)
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Welcome back to AAP! This month we're bringing you the third talk from December's Antinatalist Advocacy conference: AAC23 Antinatalism at a Crossroads. As we mentioned previously, we'll be releasing the audio of our five talks and one panel discussion over the next few months to help share the ideas discussed a little wider. This episode includes M…
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AAP Ep. 9 - Wild Animal Suffering: what it is and why it matters with Humane Hancock
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ADDENDUM [written by John] At 56:20, myself and Jack discuss the topic of antinatalists making sperm donations. I later provided some important caveats (and reiterated others) in the YouTube comment section. I would like to reiterate that, as stated in the comment section, whilst I see the logic behind the actions discussed being permissible under …
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AAP Bonus Episode: The Importance of Animal Rights | Seb Alex (AAC23)
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Welcome back to AAP! We're delighted to bring you the second talk from December's Antinatalist Advocacy conference: AAC23 Antinatalism at a Crossroads. As we mentioned last month, we'll be releasing the audio of our five talks and one panel discussion over the next few months to help share the ideas discussed a little wider. This episode includes S…
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AAP Ep. 8 - Why We Should Not Eat Animals with Ash Wickety
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For our second episode of 2024, we're diving deep into another one of our cause areas at Antinatalist Advocacy - animal agriculture. What does eating animals have to do with antinatalism? Do antinatalists have an obligation to be vegan? And should we keep veganism and antinatalism separate in our activism? Let us know your thoughts! TIMESTAMPS 00:0…
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AAP Bonus Episode: The Case for Genome Reform and a Bio-happiness Revolution | David Pearce (AAC23)
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It's our first bonus episode of 2023, and we're pleased to bring you the first talk from last month's Antinatalist Advocacy conference: AAC23 Antinatalism at a Crossroads. We'll be releasing the audio of our five talks and one panel discussion over the next few months to help share the ideas discussed a little wider. First up is David Pearce's case…
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AAP Ep. 7 - Why we should not have children with BenedictineTheTruth
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We're beginning the new year by diving deep into the reasons for not having children with YouTuber BenedictineTheTruth. So what are the strongest (and weakest) arguments for antinatalism? Is humanity a virus on this planet? And how should we talk to natalists about the harms of having children? Listen to find out! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 02:22 Welco…
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AAP Bonus Episode - Pronatalist vs Antinatalist debate with Simone & Malcolm Collins
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It's NYE 2023, and we're finishing the year with a debate! Should we be having babies? Can you sometimes be justified in creating new sentient beings? And are antinatalists simply projecting their own misery onto others? Let us know your thoughts below! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 02:02 Conversation begins 2:18:17 Outro ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY Newsletter:…
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AAP Ep. 6 - Crossover episode with @Voidcast
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It's our first ever AAP crossover episode! Carlos and Lenny - the guys behind the excellent Voidcast - join us for a discussion on all things antinatalist activism and advice for fellow antinatalists looking to have a positive impact on the world. Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 02:47 Welcome Carlos and Lenny 12:47 Intro to Voidcast 25:21 General tho…
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AAP Bonus Episode: Effective Antinatalism on Trial
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This bonus episode sees John and Lawrence respond to concerns from their fellow antinatalists about applying an Effective Altruist lens to antinatalism. Are we trying to take antinatalism down the wrong path? Let us know your thoughts! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 02:20 Intro to the livestream 10:40 Recap of the previous video ('How ANTINATALISTS Can Do …
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AAP Ep. 5 - Responding to Will MacAskill on Antinatalism with @LawrenceAnton
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In this episode, John and Lawrence respond to philosopher Will MacAskill, for many the leading figure of Effective Altruism, on the subject of antinatalism. Is antinatalism worth taking seriously? Would human extinction be bad? And are antinatalists welcome in the EA community? Listen to find out! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 02:04 Purpose of this episod…
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AAP Bonus Episode: Update on AA & our conference in December!
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In this bonus episode of AAP, John speaks with Lawrence about our progress since launching Antinatalist Advocacy in July. We also preview the Antinatalist Advocacy Conference 2023 (AAC23), held for free on YouTube on the 2nd and 3rd December 2023. Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro to the episode 02:42 Quick intro to Antinatalist Advocacy 05:32 Update o…
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AAP Ep. 4 - Responding to Peter Singer on Antinatalism with @LawrenceAnton
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In this episode, John and Lawrence respond to philosopher Peter Singer, for many the father of Effective Altruism, on the subject of antinatalism. In particular, they discuss if it is a harm to create sentient beings who will die prematurely (in this case, 'happy' chickens), and whether vegans and others looking to do good in the world should have …
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AAP Bonus Episode: How Can Antinatalists Do The Most Good?
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It's our first ever AAP bonus episode! It's a recording from the first discussion John and Lawrence had on the Lawrence Anton Youtube channel in November 2022 on how antinatalists can do the most good. Back then John hadn't yet splashed out on a microphone, so if you can suffer through the low-quality audio, enjoy! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 03:02 How …
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AAP Ep. 3 - Introduction to Effective Altruism with Vegan Space Scientist
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In this episode, John speaks with fellow antinatalist Michael (aka Vegan Space Scientist), a Researcher and Strategy Lead and at the Sentience Institute. They discuss the core ideas of Effective Altruism, the ins and outs of the EA community, and how people can use the core ideas of Effective Altruism and Antinatalism to make the world a better pla…
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AAP Ep. 2 - Introduction to Antinatalism with Amanda 'Oldphan' Sukenick
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In our first full AAP episode, John speaks with host of the Exploring Antinatalism podcast (and all-round legend of the antinatalist community) Amanda 'Oldphan' Sukenick. They discuss the core ideas of antinatalist philosophy, the ins and outs of the antinatalist community, and how antinatalists can have more of a positive impact on the world. Enjo…
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AAP Ep. 1 - Introduction to Antinatalist Advocacy
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John speaks with Alaanah and Lawrence, his fellow core team members at Antinatalist Advocacy, to introduce themselves, the organisation, and their plans for AA going forward. John also forgets to introduce himself, as well as forgetting at times to stand close to his microphone… Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro to the episode 01:47 Meet the AA team 09…
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