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EA Forum Podcast (All audio)

Audio narrations from the Effective Altruism Forum, including curated posts, posts with 30 karma, and other great writing. If you"d like fewer episodes, subscribe to the "EA Forum (Curated & Popular)" podcast instead.

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2:45

“Forethought likely has room for more funding” by...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/21

I lead Forethought: we research how to navigate the transition to superintelligent AI, and then help people to address the issues we identify. I think we might soon be funding constrained, in the sense that we’ll have more people that we’d like to hire than funding to hire them. (We’re currently in the middle of a hiring round. While we’re still evaluating candidates, we’ve been pleasantly pleased with our applicant pool, and we think that we might want to end up making offers to (or offering

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7:41

“Why Donate to the Center for Reducing Suffering?” by...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/21

Center for Reducing Suffering's post for Marginal Funding Week 2025. Quick Summary CRS is a non-profit organization that aims to alleviate and prevent the worst forms of suffering, in the present and in the long-term future, across all sentient beings. We believe reducing suffering is an urgent moral priority and in this post we will share how your support can help us expand our work. What We Do We conduct research with the goal of understanding how to best reduce and prevent suffering. Our outputs

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8:52

“Cost-effectiveness analysis: a data-driven approach...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/21

TL;DR: As global challenges grow more complex and resources more constrained, the question is no longer just how much we can do, but how can we feasibly save the most impactful components of lifesaving and lifechanging programming. The social sector has always had to grapple with constrained resources, but the recent seismic shifts in the funding environment are exerting new pressure on changemakers. Leaders are facing difficult tradeoffs: which programs to continue, which to adapt, and how to

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8:55

“EA Connect 2025: (C)EA’s largest event ever is in...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/21

Register now! (takes ~1 minute) EA Connect 2025 is two weeks away (December 5–7). We've hit 3,000+ registrations, making this likely the largest EA event CEA has ever run! We expect more than 1,500 of these attendees will be newcomers to EA: people taking their first serious look at the community and trying to figure out how they might get involved. If you're an experienced community member who's attended EAG or EAGx before, we'd value your participation. One of the most important things we can do

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15:16

“Scaling Evidence-Based Mental Health Care Through...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/21

TLDR Who we are:Vida Plena(meaning a ‘flourishing life’ in Spanish), which launched in 2022 viaAmbitious Impact/ Charity Entrepreneurship. What We Do: Combat depression and anxiety by fostering hope and connection through community-based group therapy sessions. Why We Do It: Because untreated depression drives immense suffering, yet remains one of the most neglected health burdens in low-resource settings. Where We Work: Ecuador, with plans for regional expansion starting in 2028 Results: 84% of

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22:06

“Shrimp Welfare Project’s path to helping 100 billion...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/21

Written as part of the EA Forum's Marginal Funding Week 2025. Exec Summary I believe there's a popular perspective in EA that animal welfare organisations can't absorb much more funding — but I actually think there are ambitious megaprojects in the movement (and within Shrimp Welfare Project specifically) that could each absorb millions of dollars. Shrimp Welfare Project doesn't have a funding gap, fortunately. I'm confident that by maintaining our current funding levels, we can continue to

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21:50

“AWF’s Plan to Deploy $20M+ to Scale Impact for...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/21

440 billion farmed shrimp, 1 trillion farmed insects, 85 billion chickens, 100 billion farmed fish. These are the staggering numbers of animals raised in factory farms each year—most suffer in systems where their welfare is an afterthought, if considered at all. But 2025 proved that strategic grantmaking can change the fate of those animals. A single $28,500 grant helped ban cages for 270,000 hens in Slovenia. $290,000 in seed funding launched campaigns that secured welfare commitments for billions

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4:02

“My working group on the best donation opportunities”...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/21

Written in my personal capacity. Quick summary: over the past couple of months, I've been spending my free time working with some collaborators to figure out the best ways to donate money and share our takes with prospective donors. We differ from existing orgs in that we're willing to evaluate and recommend time-sensitive opportunities, and we don't shy away from political donation opportunities. If your donation budget is over $30,000year and you're interested in our takes, please email me

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13:37

“EA Animal Welfare Fund 3-Year Grantmaking Strategy”...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/20

Read the grantmaking strategy as a visualized PDF here. Over the last year and a half, the Animal Welfare Fund (AWF) has implemented organizational improvements, such as increased staffing, communications, evaluation, and fundraising efforts, enabling us to expand the scope and sustainability of our impact. To capitalize on these changes, we are refining our 3-year grantmaking strategy to maximize our support for non-human animals. In this update, we describe the role we believe AWF can play in

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13:31

“Additional funding would accelerate learning on...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/20

TL;DR: We’re testing whether a scalable, digitally-supported, community-based Kangaroo Mother Care model delivered through Dimagi's Connect platform can meaningfully reduce neonatal mortality among small and vulnerable newborns. Early results from Uganda are promising and there is strong interest from local implementers in Nigeria. Marginal funding now would support additional newborns in Uganda, let us expand to Nigeria, and generate the evidence needed to assess key uncertainties to determine

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13:10

“CEEALAR Needs a New Roof” by CEEALAR

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/20

We are the Centre for Enabling EA Learning and Research (CEEALAR) (formerly known as the ‘EA Hotel’). TLDR Minimum critical need: £30k for essential roof repairs to prevent building damage. Full 2026 budget: £360k ($476k) to run operations, launch structured programs, and expand capacity What we do: Cost-effective residential incubator supporting ~20 EA researchers and entrepreneurs at a time, at half the cost of major cities. We're the only year-round space in EA where people can live, work, and

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10:07

“Support Talos’ AI policy placements: The talent...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/20

TL;DR Talos Network trains and places the next generation of European AI governance talent. We have a strong track record: Between 2022 and 2025,70% (58 / 83) of Talos Alumni successfully transitioned to roles directly contributing to advanced AI policy and safety. Our fellows shape policy: Our fellows now work across the EU AI Office, UK AISI, OECD, think tanks like RAND Europe and CEPS, and national parliaments. AI policy organisations value our work: In a2025 survey of AI safety organisation

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21:26

“Hive’s 2025 in Review and 2026 Plans and Funding...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/20

Also posted on the Hive blog. TL;DR The Problem: The farmed animal advocacy movement is up against a trillion-dollar industry. To be effective, we need to be coordinated and strategic, but our potential is often lost due to a lack of shared infrastructure. Our Solution: Hive provides this infrastructure. We are a global, impact-focused "digital home" for over 4,500 farmed animal advocates across 100+ countries, serving as a movement multiplier through our active Slack community, widely-read

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1:36

“Having strict rules on EA Groups’ WhatsApps helps...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/20

I'm Co-Chair of EA Bath Uni Group, and therefore manage the WhatsApp community for it. A common problem people have in university society group chats is that scammers and bots often join, so to prevent this, every time someone requests to join the group chats, I message them and ask if they are a real student. If they are a real student, I then ask them how they heard about EA, and usually follow up with something like 'Oh, that's really cool! Would you be okay to meet so I can explain what EA is

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1:41

“Having strict rules on EA Groups WhatsApps helps...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/20

I'm Co-Chair of EA Bath, and therefore manage the WhatsApp community for it. A common problem people have in university society group chats is that scammers and bots often join, so to prevent this, every time someone requests to join the group chats, I message them and ask if they are a real student. If they are a real student, I then ask them how they heard about EA, and usually follow up with something like 'Oh, that's really cool! Would you be okay to meet so I can explain what EA is about and

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10:45

“Untapping the Philanthropic Potential in Estonia:...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/20

Summary EA Estonia runs Anneta Targalt, the Estonian effective giving donation platform that has moved $317,758 to top-rated effective charities since December 2021. Operating entirely on volunteer capacity, we've already attracted two of Estonia's top 10 wealthiest individuals as donors, but lack the resources to scale. We're seeking $24,020 to hire a 0.5 FTE Platform Coordinator for one year to unlock growth through major donor cultivation, paid advertising, and volunteer team coordination. Our

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2:46

“Sentient Futures Summit Bay Area 2026” by Jonah...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/19

Sentient Futures Summit (SFS) Bay Area 2026 is a three-day conference exploring the impacts of AI on sentient non-humans, both biological (i.e. animals) and potentially artificial. Register here by December 1st for a 30% Early Bird Discount! Taking place in San Francisco the weekend of February 6-8th – a week before EAG Bay Area 2026 – it will build on the success of Sentient Futures’ previous AI, Animals and Digital Minds events in London and NYC, and the AI for Animals Bay Area conference.

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1:39

“The EU consultation - 30 min to help animals...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/19

The European Union is accepting public input on farm animal welfare until Dec 12, 2025 - accessible here - https://myvoiceforanimals.eu/how-to-participate. Participating in this consultation is one of the most effective actions individuals can take to improve conditions for 149+ million animals. The action takes 15-30 minutes. Non-EU citizens can participate. I'd deeply appreciate your help and, ideally, mobilizing your networks and those closest to you to also participate. This is crucial for

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13:12

“We need to be honest with young people about...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/19

Getting started (the easy part) When I first encountered the biosecurity space in 2023, after reading former Soviet scientist Ken Alibek's memoir, I was immediately drawn to the idea of fighting infectious disease threats that had tormented human civilization for years. I had barely any experience with biology (I had taken one pandemic-era class and skipped taking AP Bio) and would consider myself more of a policy wonk than a STEM nerd. But compelling arguments about the neglectedness,

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4:16

“What 1Day Sooner would do with your marginal dollar:...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/11/19

1Day Sooner advocates on behalf of people who join medical studies for altruistic reasons. We focus particularly on “challenge studies,” where participants are exposed to pathogens to develop vaccines and learn about infectious disease. We work at three levels: trials, technologies, and policies. Our best analysis of our knowable causal impact through summer of 2024 can be found here. We believe we have a strong opportunity to generate millions of dollars in funding for hepatitis C vaccine

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