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

The idea of giving poor people cash, no strings attached, is "very unappealing" for most donors,...

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Humanity on the precipice (Toby Ord)

Humanity could thrive for millions of years -- unless our future is cut short by an...

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Dangerous biomedical research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt)

Kevin Esvelt, a scientist at MIT, argues that research intended to prevent pandemics is actually...

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Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein)

Ezra Klein explains how Republican and Democrats in the US became so different from each other,...

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The genetic lottery (Kathryn Paige Harden)

Kathryn Paige Harden, author of “The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality”...

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How to reason about COVID, and other hard things (Kelsey Piper)

Journalist Kelsey Piper (Future Perfect / Vox) discusses lessons learned from covering COVID:...

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"Price gouging" in emergencies

Every time there’s an emergency, the prices of certain goods skyrocket -- like masks and hand...

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How to be a data detective (Tim Harford)

When you see a statistic reported in the news, like "10% of University of California Berkeley...

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Are Uber and Lyft drivers being exploited?

How much do Uber and Lyft drivers really earn, after expenses? Are they getting a raw deal by...

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Unfair laws / Why judges should be originalists (William Baude)

Is there any justification for seemingly unjust laws like \"qualified immunity,\" which allows...

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Intellectual honesty, cryptocurrency, & more (Vitalik Buterin)

Julia and guest Vitalik Buterin (creator of the open-source blockchain platform Ethereum) explore...

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Understanding moral disagreements (Jonathan Haidt)

Julia and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt (The Righteous Mind) discuss his moral foundations...

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The case for one billion Americans, & more (Matt Yglesias)

Matt Yglesias talks about One Billion Americans, his book arguing that it’s in the United States’...

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What’s wrong with tech companies banning people? (Julian Sanchez)

Companies like Twitter and Facebook are increasingly willing to ban users -- and even if you...

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The case for racial colorblindness (Coleman Hughes)

Coleman Hughes explains why he favors a "colorblind" ideal and why the "race-conscious" camp...

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Are Democrats being irrational? (David Shor)

Data scientist David Shor discusses some of the bad choices made by Democratic political...

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The moral limits of markets / The problem with meritocracy (Michael Sandel)

Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel argues with Julia about human dignity, consensual cannibalism,...

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Deaths of despair / Effective altruism (Angus Deaton)

Economist and Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton discusses the rise in “deaths of despair” in the U.S. –...

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Are Boomers to blame for Millennials' struggles?

Rationally Speaking returns from hiatus with a look at a clash between two generations:...

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Rationally Speaking #244 - Stephanie Lepp and Buster Benson on "Seeing other perspectives, with compassion"

This episode features a pair of interviews on a similar topic: First, Stephanie Lepp (host of...

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