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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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1:19

“UK voters - take 2 mins by 15th June to help end UK...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/17

If you're a UK voter, use this link right now (on or before 15th June), to email your MP, encouraging them to attend the upcoming debate on ending the use of cages in the UK, and asking them to support the petition. This takes 2 minutes if you use the existing template and requires only your name, address and email. Contextual information: This campaign is part of CIWF's 'End the Cage Age' initiative. The debate is a result of a petition which successfully achieved 100,000+ signatures. The debate

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1:19

“UK voters - take 2 mins by 15th June to help end UK...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/17

If you're a UK voter, use this link right now (on or before 15th June), to email your MP, encouraging them to attend the upcoming debate on ending the use of cages in the UK, and asking them to support the petition. This takes 2 minutes if you use the existing template and requires only your name, address and email. Contextual information: This campaign is part of CIWF's 'End the Cage Age' initiative. The debate is a result of a petition which successfully achieved 100,000+ signatures. The debate

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7:37

“Open Philanthropy: Reflecting on our Recent...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/16

Earlier this year, we launched a request for proposals (RFP) from organizations that fundraise for highly cost-effective charities. The Livelihood Impact Fund supported the RFP, as did two donors from Meta Charity Funders. We’re excited to share the results: $1,565,333 in grants to 11 organizations. We estimate a weighted average ROI of ~4.3x across the portfolio, which means we expect our grantees to raise more than $6 million in adjusted funding over the next 1-2 years. Who's receiving funding

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14:32

“Announcing the Animal Charities Under Evaluation in...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/16

Each year, Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) invites animal charities from around the world to apply for our in-depth evaluations. Our goal is to identify the most impactful giving opportunities for donors seeking to contribute to a world where all animals can flourish. We are thrilled to announce that 10 charities have been selected for this year's charity evaluations, based on their excellent applications and the highly promising nature of their work. Among these are six current Recommended

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1:34

“The Opposite of Loneliness Fellowship: $5000 to...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/16

Hi Forum, If you're ages 15-25, you may want to apply for the Opposite of Loneliness Fellowship. Quick notes: The fellowship honors Marina Keegan, a writer who died at age 22 in 2012. I'm not sure whether Marina was aware of EA by that name, but she wrote a play called "Utility Monster" with the following plot: "The play tells the story of a group of teenagers who, upon learning that a mere five dollars can save an African child's life, formulate a plan to steal artwork and donate the proceeds to

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10:57

“A Practical Guide for Aspiring Super Connectors” by...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/16

TL;DR: You can create outsized value by introducing the right people at the right time in the right way. This post shares general principles and tips I've found useful. Once you become a super connector, it's also important to be a good steward of the unavoidable whisper networks that develop, and I include tips for that as well. Context: I unintentionally fell into a super connector role and wanted to share the lessons I figured out along the way. Feel free to check out my personal story[1] and

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61:42

“An invasion of Taiwan is uncomfortably likely,...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/15

Formosa: Fulcrum of the Future?An invasion of Taiwan is uncomfortably likely and potentially catastrophic. We should research better ways to avoid it. TLDR: I forecast that an invasion of Taiwan increases all the anthropogenic risks by ~1.5% (percentage points) of a catastrophe killing 10% or more of the population by 2100 (nuclear risk by 0.9%, AI + Biorisk by 0.6%). This would imply it constitutes a sizable share of the total catastrophic risk burden expected over the rest of this century by

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2:24

“Relocation triggers” by Denkenberger🔸

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/15

What would you do if a nuclear weapon were used in Ukraine? What about if there were evidence of a disease as transmissible as COVID-19 but more fatal, potentially enabled by AI? While our community aims to reduce the chances of catastrophe, we may not always succeed. If the risk becomes very high in your location you might consider the possibility of relocating. Most people don’t have the luxury to consider moving, but many EA Forum readers do. For most people relocating, it will be a personal

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25:00

“How to have an impact when the job market is not...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/15

At the last EAG Bay Area, I gave a workshop on navigating a difficult job market, which I repeated days ago at EAG London. A few people have asked for my notes and slides, so I’ve decided to share them here. This is the slide deck I used. Below is a low-effort loose transcript, minus the interactive bits (you can see these on the slides in the form of reflection and discussion prompts with a timer). In my opinion, some interactive elements were rushed because I stubbornly wanted to pack too much

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18:43

“Thoughts on single issue vs. multi issue...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/15

This essay presents some of my thoughts on whether advocacy organisations should stay focused on a single issue and avoid commenting outside their focus areas. When you lead an advocacy organisation, you frequently get questions on your stance on other social issues. Some organisations pick a focus area like “animal advocacy” and never comment on anything outside of that area. Some organisations make statements on multiple issues, like current affairs, global politics, environment and so on. I

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2:42

“How we got 13 people to donate to Effective Vegan...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/14

Hi All, My girlfriend and I recently hosted our first Vegan Charity Dinner here in Vienna, Austria, and we’d like to share the idea in hopes of inspiring more people to organize similar events. What are Vegan Charity Dinners? We host monthly dinners where we cook a vegan meal for everyone attending. Each guest contributes roughly the cost of a restaurant meal (around €20 / $20), and we donate 100% of the money collected to highly effective charities—such as those recommended by Animal Charity

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7:19

[Linkpost] “Information-Dense Conference Badges” by...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/14

This is a link post. See previous discussion here. I find a lot of professional events fairly soul-crushing and have been thinking about why. I dislike small talk. Recently I attended Manifest, and noticed that it could easily take 10 minutes of conversation to learn the very basics about a person. There were hundreds of people at the conference, so meeting people felt expensive and haphazard. My regular time is costly, and conference time should be even more expensive. It seems reasonable to aim

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22:03

“From feelings to action: spreadsheets as an act of...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/13

This is a transcript of my opening talk at EA Global: London 2025. In my talk, I challenge the misconception that EA is populated by “cold, uncaring, spreadsheet-obsessed robots” and explain how EA principles serve as tools for putting compassion into practice, translating our feelings about the world's problems into effective action. Key points: Most people involved in EA are herebecauseof their feelings, notdespitethem. Many of us are driven by emotions like anger about neglected global health

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37:29

[Linkpost] “My P(doom) is 2.76%. Here’s Why.” by Liam...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/13

This is a link post. Disclaimer: all beliefs here are mine alone, and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of my employer or any organization I work with. Summary: This is my best attempt to explain my beliefs about AI existential risk, leaving none of my assumptions unstated or unchallenged. I’m writing this not because I’m confident that I arrived at the right answer, nor because I think I’ve stumbled on an especially clever insight. I’m writing this because laying out my thought process in full

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7:44

[Linkpost] “Rethinking the Impact of Advocating...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/13

This is a link post. Hello, EA community! There's likely nothing new here that most of you aren’t already aware of. I wrote this on my blog in the hopes of reaching more people who like me, might be persuaded to take impact more seriously and don't fixate on dairy (or dogma). If you know someone like that please share. One of the most common things a vegan hears is, "I could never be vegan because I can't give up cheese." This resistance is understandable, given that dairy products are everywhere—in

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7:34

[Linkpost] “Rethinking the Impact of Advocating...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/13

This is a link post. Hello, EA community! There's likely nothing new here that most of you aren’t already aware of. I wrote this on my blog in the hopes of reaching more people who like me, might be persuaded to take impact more seriously and don't fixate on dairy (or dogma). If you know someone like that please share. One of the most common things a vegan hears is, "I could never be vegan because I can't give up cheese." This resistance is understandable, given that dairy products are everywhere—in

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4:57

“You get to go home” by Michelle_Hutchinson

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/13

A friend of mine who worked as a social worker in a hospital told me a story that stuck with me. She had a conversation with an in-patient having a very difficult time. It was helpful, but as she was leaving, they told her wistfully 'You get to go home'. She found it hard to hear—it felt like an admonition. It was hard not to feel guilt over indeed getting to leave the facility and try to stop thinking about it, when others didn't have that luxury. The story really stuck with me. I resonate with

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7:02

“Funding needed to preserve critical malaria vaccine...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/13

TL;DR: Sanaria Inc., developer of the PfSPZ malaria vaccine—a candidate demonstrating ~90% efficacy that could interrupt malaria transmission and be used for targeted geogrpahic malaria elimination—is at risk of shutting down due to NIH funding freezes. Immediate philanthropic support has the potential to significantly reduce annual malaria deaths by preserving critical vaccine R&D. Disclosure: I am the son of Sanaria's CEO, Dr. Stephen Hoffman, but have no financial or research affiliations

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1:21

“Help RP - Fill Out Our Animal Impact Survey!” by...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/12

We at Rethink Priorities’ Animal Welfare Department want to ensure our work contributes to the animal advocacy movement to its full potential, so we’re seeking your feedback! 📊 To ensure we're bringing impact for animals and the broad animal-focused movement, we kindly ask you to fill out this short survey by Sunday, June 29, EOD. It's especially important if you previously engaged with our work. Your feedback, no matter if negative, positive, candid, short, or long, is crucial to understanding

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4:49

“A UK residential retreat space for EAs” by Kestrel🔸

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/06/12

TL;DR I'm going to be setting up an initiative where I offer free stays in a 25-ish person hostel to EA groups for community-building / burnout-recovery purposes. Hostel is Pardshaw Quaker Centre in the northern Lake District, UK. Lots of nice views and lakes. Should hopefully happen by next year. Come along in August to check it out. -- I've noticed a lot of yearning for community in EA recently. Makes sense: if you're working on a world-shattering, life-destroyingly important problem, you'd best

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