Note that I’m happy for the answer to be “none” or “all of them.”

Just thinking that some are likely to be geared more towards a general audience with less of a background - thanks!

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OllieBase

Aug 15, 2022

90
  • His conversation with Tyler Cowen skips talking points which are more familiar to EAs, I'm finding that interesting
  • I thought his conversation with Ezra was interesting too - Ezra both has good criticisms but also managed to frame Will's argument's really succinctly (e.g. I loved the title of the podcast "Three sentences that could change the world" or something)
Kaleem
9mo30

Sure, the title of the Ezra ep was cool. But I actually didn't think it was that good of an ep - I felt like when Ezra asked 'tough' questions, Will didn't really engage with them in a direct enough way, and as a result a lot of my non-EA friends have told me that they felt Will didn't have good responses to the questions. I don't think it was that useful an ep to listen to as an EA - its mostly stuff in the book and things you'd likely have heard from Will or others in the community before. 

aogara
9mo20

Yeah I've only listened to the Tyler Cowen one but I thought it was great. Tyler kept objecting to utilitarianism using various thought experiments and arguments, and Will had some pretty interesting responses. 

Miranda_Zhang

Aug 16, 2022

30

I liked this one with 80k.

peterhartree

Aug 15, 2022

20

I'm going to post a Twitter thread about this tomorrow, with some selected extracts. The best three I've heard are:

  • Ezra Klein
  • Dwarkesh Patel
  • Tyler Cowen

I posted all three to The Valmy.

Charlie Dougherty

Aug 15, 2022

20

I most enjoyed Tyler Cowen, but I thought that The Lunar Society was also worth a listen. The podcast also has a transcript on its website incase you prefer reading. 

Aaron Bergman

Aug 17, 2022

10

80k great as always! Though I wish, of all episodes, this one was longer

Jakub Kraus

Aug 16, 2022

10

I liked the Tim Ferriss episode (scroll down for a long list of relevant links). There's a YouTube video version that segments the episode with chapter headings, allowing you to skip any parts that don't interest you.