Every two weeks we surprise Chana with a new guest from the EA/rationalist-sphere and sometimes even the buttoned-up AI Safet– ahem– AI Security field. Chana tells us how to live and think; Matt does all the work; occasionally a joke gets cracked; complaining is unceasing.
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Matt Reardon and Lafayette County Audit presents Riding With The Outlaw #patriotpresstv
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The Oxford Outlaw Matt Reardon returns to Oxford, MS after nearly 5 years to investigate, document, and ultimately vindicate himself. Politically framed for a crime he didn’t nor couldn’t commit back in 2017, coerced under stress to plea out in order to see and ultimately get his daughter back into his life, he was banished from the city and county for the term of his probation (5 years). To make matters worse, had to sign a covenant to not sue the sheriffs dept, any officers involved, any c ...
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Resources on how to do good with your career — and anything else we here at 80,000 Hours feel like releasing.
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Live From Bed is your official invitation to hide from the world with me and unravel out loud. Every Wednesday, I pull my favorite people under the covers—from internet icons to actual experts—to celebrate our bad habits, vent about friendships that fizzled, plans we’re praying get canceled, and milestones we’re nowhere near. No unsolicited advice. No forced optimism. Just the thoughts we all have but wish someone else would say first—and a whole lot of commiserating.
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Welcome to The Fuel Podcast, your ultimate guide to understanding the captivating world of creative marketing and how agencies manage to drive growth. Hosted by Keith Smith, a seasoned creative agency new business leader, this podcast aims to unravel the mysteries behind the success of creative agencies worldwide. From crafting memorable brands to forming efficient teams and attracting clients, we dive deep into the art of creative marketing. We explore the essence of creativity in the realm ...
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This episode is a very important piece of LFB history. As the air gets chillier, the nights start earlier, and the holidays creep closer… there’s truly no one better to revisit than my hall pass himself, Matt Rogers, aka the undisputed King of Christmas. This replay is for all my holiday-loving, Bravo-fluent millennials who are just itching to laug…
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Matt worries he’s disqualified for being insufficiently util-simped and being too preoccupied with the ideas themselves. Julia comes on and tells cute but harrowing tales of her bright children learning about the world. Everyone tried to avoid osteoporosis. LINKS: Julia’s excellent (and excellently named) blog: https://juliawise.net/ I regret that …
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Politics, Coalitions, and Fire Drills w/ Trevor Levin
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1:06:57Chana discovers anti-elitism is a current theme in US politics in this already extremely dated episode from our brief foray into conflict with Iran, a conflict which, like all others so far, we can now put in the win column of Peter Wildeford’s forecasting record. Oh, and the fire alarm goes off. As always, you can email us with questions and comme…
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How Often Should I Be Doing It? with Shan Boodram
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41:58This week’s guest is none other than sex educator, author, and TV personality Shan Boodram and she’s here to school us on intimacy in all its forms. Together we unpack why I abbbbsolutely qualify as an “F-boy Friend," the research-backed “magic number” for how often sex should happen, and the shift long-term relationships make from rollercoasters t…
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How to Pee, Poop, Birth & Kegel with Dr.Sara Reardon
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44:52This episode should be required listening for every woman, everywhere. I actually re-listened several times after recording just to take notes because Dr. Sara Reardon (aka The Vagina Whisperer) covers it all: how to avoid vacation constipation, what nobody tells you about sex after giving birth, the right way to empty your bladder (we’re all doing…
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Alyson Stoner is in bed with us this week, and we’re teleporting straight back to the glory days. In the early 2000's you/I/we couldn’t turn on a TV without seeing Alyson. Whether it was Mike’s Super Short Show, Cheaper by the Dozen, or Camp Rock. But beyond the Disney sparkle, we’re pulling back the covers on the hidden costs of growing up in the …
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My new favorite episode. My favorite person came to my favorite place (my house) to eat my favorite snack and I don’t think I’ve ever felt bliss like it. Robby Hoffman, you’re a maniac and I adore you. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Aaron J. Reardon: Digital Weirdness
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1:00:49Mystery writer, podcaster, and indie studio head focused on immersive mysteries - Aaron J. Reardon is here to shine an eerie light on a new entertainment format that actually predates TV but is enjoying a renaissance as podcasts on digital channels. And we're not talking about a cottage industry - oh no. Audio Drama is a massive category of enterta…
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This week, professionally single and extremely funny Jared Freid climbed in bed with me! We went through the biggest crimes married people commit against their single friends, the do’s and don’ts of first dates and dating profiles, I give him a very detailed play-by-play of my short-lived dating career, and we debate why Taylor Swift’s catalog is s…
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Matt is sad and grasping at topics and thereby inevitably gets squeezed out of the conversation when two teachers come on to do what they do best: gripe about teaching... and parents and protests and workouts and forecasting. Alex's Reflection on his joke paper going viral: https://lawsen.substack.com/p/when-yo...You can email us with questions and…
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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do with Becca Moore
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37:29We all know there are few things more painful than a breakup and the courageous, infectiously relatable Becca Moore is here to commiserate and, well, celebrate her broken heart under the covers. She opens up about dating a woman for the first time, surviving a slow-motion heartbreak, and what (and who) her bright future just might include. See Priv…
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The voice of our mentally ill blind-box-loving generation Chris Klemens is Live From Bed this week!! We talked Labubu afterlife, our list of 'WORSTS', our hating Summer support group, being medicated, and why you should never tap someone. It's FUN, WILD, AND FREE. You'll love it I swear. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi…
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80k's AI 2027 Video Director's Commentary
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1:01:55Chana triumphs at work with the release of her AI 2027 video, but even after two million views and 85,000 subscribers, she still has to win over her biggest critic. But to get there, she’ll have to understand what the hell he’s saying first. Watch 80k’s AI 2027 video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KVDDfAkRgc Read Matt’s lamentations here: h…
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Matt Webster: Get Over Yourself: Sales Chemistry
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50:10This show is all about how to build rapport with your clients – from the first meeting, to the pitch and beyond. My guest for this show is self-confessed risk-taker Matt Webster, whose never-say-die approach to selling makes most people blush. Spoiler alert: It’s all about confidence and observation and in this show, Matt teaches us all how to noti…
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Fake Scenes, Infidelity, and Former Friendships with Scheana Shay
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30:14This week ~it's all happening~, our good-as-gold girl Scheana Shay is under the covers with us! I went straight for the juicy stuff, and Scheana answered with shocking honesty and zero hesitation — and as the VPR super-fan I am, I truly can’t wait for you to hear it. Is John Mayer in her new book? When’s the last time she spoke to Brandi Glanville—…
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Highlights: #218 – Hugh White on why Trump is abandoning US hegemony – and that’s probably good
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47:13For decades, US allies have slept soundly under the protection of America’s overwhelming military might. Donald Trump — with his threats to ditch NATO, seize Greenland, and abandon Taiwan — seems hell-bent on shattering that comfort. But according to Hugh White — one of the world's leading strategic thinkers, emeritus professor at the Australian Na…
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Nice Girls Don't Win with Parvati Shallow
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50:21Parvati Shallow is so much more than a Survivor legend—and this week, she joins us under the covers to prove it. We talk about everything from her cult-like childhood to the cost of being misunderstood, the pain of losing her brother, and the courage it took to leave her marriage. She opens up about the identity behind the “Black Widow”, what it re…
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Rachel Konrad: The Succession Sessions
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1:00:54The 5 Ds of Succession Planning How do you prepare your agency for life after you? If it’s built in your image, round the work that only you control, how can someone else grow it after you’ve moved (or passed) on? Talking about succession plans is like talking about making a will and like with families, if you exit - for whatever reason – and leave…
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I'm OOB (out of bed) so this week we have a sexy little rerun with none other than my fellow duvet devotee, actor, icon Owen Thiele! We bond about dating while married, being haunted by the ghost of The Huffington Post, and not responding to texts. I loveeee this episode. If it’s your first time hearing it, I’m jealous. If it’s your second—let’s be…
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Are do gooders getting corrupted by prestige, or just nerdsniped? We explore that question, and, with no hint of irony, what would make good merch for the podcast.Plus! we finally have an email where you can write in with questions: [email protected] Daniel's podcast here: https://axrp.net/Daniel other podcast here: https://thefilancabinet.com…
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Highlights: #217 – Beth Barnes on the most important graph in AI right now — and the 7-month rule that governs its progress
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40:54AI models today have a 50% chance of successfully completing a task that would take an expert human one hour. Seven months ago, that number was roughly 30 minutes — and seven months before that, 15 minutes. These are substantial, multi-step tasks requiring sustained focus: building web applications, conducting machine learning research, or solving …
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TW: SA You may know Drake Bell from Drake & Josh and The Amanda Show, but over the years, his name has come to represent much more than a childhood TV show. In this conversation, Drake opens up about what he experienced behind the scenes, the lasting impact of the abuse he endured, and the complicated reality of living in the spotlight, especially …
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'The *NEW* Questions List' with Olivia Sui
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37:54If I have to ask “how’ve you been?” one more time — and actually listen to the answer—I really might just die. Ever since I dropped the last list, you haven’t stopped asking for another (bless your impatient hearts), so here it is: my latest (and possibly greatest?) Questions List, designed to hijack soul-draining small talk and send it deliciously…
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Amy Taylor - Zevia: Creative Fizzness
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1:15:58Amy Taylor - former Red Bull CMO - in charge of one of the world’s mostmemorable brands made her own daring leap become CEO of a publicly listed Good For You drinks company Zevia which has ambitions to be verbified for all types of positive, healthy food and beverage products. We discuss her 20+ year career at Red Bull and her transition into the m…
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The Church of Shrimp Welfare w/ Conor Barnes
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59:44Matt can't resist talking politics and religion, but everything gets better when we pivot to Disney movies (which are allegedly based on books) featuring the great Conor Barnes of 80k Job Board fame!Conor's writing: https://parhelia.conorbarnes.com/ The Daily Show on Shrimp Welfare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNbIKtGMoaA…
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Hurts To Love You with Angel Carter Conrad
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37:05Today’s episode is a powerful and deeply personal one. I’m joined by Angel Carter Conrad — mother, mental health advocate, founder of The Kids Mental Health Foundation… and the twin sister of Aaron Carter, as well as Nick Carter’s sister. Between 2012 and 2023, Angel experienced unimaginable loss — losing three siblings and her father to substance …
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Whitney Port: The Girl Who Also Didn't Go To Paris
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1:00:31You know her, you love her, and now Whitney Port is under the covers with us and we got INTO IT. She made my brain explode with behind-the-scenes Hills truths: exactly which scenes were fake, what was real, and where things honestly stand with her former castmates today. She handed over her go-to gift picks and played a brutally honest round of “Do…
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Tom Salmon - Welcome to Agencyland!
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1:12:08Tom Salmon and his team at Agency by Agency are modern-day marketing Magellans, charting the contours of the communications sector in the UK. Along the way, they’ve uncovered so many useful and fascinating facts about its agencies. This indispensable show is an exclusive look at the way we all view ourselves, what helps us stand out and what hurt u…
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Wherein we pontificate on deadlines, Kanye, market economics, and other jiggery-popery!Phil's fateful EA forum post: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cf8Dth9vpxX9ptgma/against-much-financial-risk-tolerance
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Let’s rewind to one of my all-time favorite pillow talks—with Suite Life star Dylan Sprouse. This episode is juicy, wildly honest, and genuinely hilarious: from his childhood on set and being dubbed the “chubby twin,” to what he really thinks of fellow Disney alums, how he feels about wedding planning and married life with Barbara Palvin, sex and d…
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Highlights: #216 – Ian Dunt on why governments in Britain and elsewhere can’t get anything done – and how to fix it
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30:56When you have a system where ministers almost never understand their portfolios, civil servants change jobs every few months, and MPs don’t grasp parliamentary procedure even after decades in office — is the problem the people, or the structure they work in? Political journalist Ian Dunt studies the systemic reasons governments succeed and fail. An…
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Have You Seen My...? with Boman Martinez-Reid aka @Bomanizer
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43:35This week we’re in bed with Kardashian-impersonating TikTok star, Boman Martinez-Reid — aka @Bomanizer. We gossip about what really happens behind the scenes of performing for millions online, the worst questions we’ve ever been asked, the worst smells we’ve ever smelled, compare worst traits, and debate our personal Reality TV Mount Rushmore... in…
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Rob Harrison-Plastow: Sales Revelations
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1:17:23If you want to keep your agency thriving, you’d better do everything you can to understand your audience. 75% of regular, everyday buying experiences are emotion-driven and Rob Harrison-Plastow’s company SourceNine has created a tool called the Empathy Framework. This tool helps companies build customer engagement strategies that foster trust, deep…
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Eschatological Territoriality w/ Andy Masley
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50:32Chana wasn't sure there'd be a guest three days after we decided (read: she agreed) to do this show, but there was! ...And she showed up late anyway, so much discussion of punctuality ensued. We also cover veganism, AI, and not alcohol. LINKS: Rumsfeld! The Musical ChatGPT on the lives of factory farmed pigs All found on Andy's great blog, The Weir…
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Highlights: #215 – Tom Davidson on how AI-enabled coups could allow a tiny group to seize power
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37:19Throughout history, technological revolutions have fundamentally shifted the balance of power in society. The Industrial Revolution created conditions where democracies could dominate for the first time — as nations needed educated, informed, and empowered citizens to deploy advanced technologies and remain competitive. Unfortunately, there’s every…
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Ask A Veterinarian with Dr.Lisa Newell (Taco's Doctor!)
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1:03:58This week, Taco’s doctor — and veterinarian to the stars — Dr. Lisa Newell climbs under the covers with us to answer literally every dog-parent question you've ever Googled at 2AM. Dr. Lisa is a wealth of knowledge and gives it to us straight: no fluff, no guilt-tripping, no $300 vet bill. We get into it all — from the exact brand of food she recom…
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This week filmmaker, actress, producer, AUTHOR Tommy Dorfman crawls in to bed with us and helps us forgive our past selves. We talked about divorce, getting sober at 21, gaining clarity around her gender, family chaos, friendship, and every thing she thought would save her along the way. It’s soulful, silly, illuminating, and painfully relatable—an…
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When is your dream client going to hold a pitch? Richard Robinson, Executive Director of Ingenuity+ and oneof the ten most influential Leaders in Digital & Tech is here to help us understand how to navigate the incredibly complex marketing, advertising, digital and PR agency landscape. It’s a science - and science needs facts. Richard Robinson know…
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Am I The Vanderpump Villain? with Stassi Schroeder Clark
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55:21You know her, you love her, now it's time to get in bed with STASSI SCHROEDER CLARK. This week Stassi and I bond over our unrelatable way of handling friendship breakups, why we're so bad at socializing, beta blockers, motherhood vs. the child-free life, loving and hating ourselves, and our complicated relationship with birthdays. Plus, we give our…
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It's just you and me this week and we had a lot of catching up to do... In this hour-long dump of my subconcious we get into my bachelorette revolution, the "sitting through the commercials" phase of life, why FOMO is a lie, group photos, why I'm anti-era, and being called a 'lady'. Use code LIVEFROMBED at CozyEarth.com for 40% off, and let them kn…
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Hannah Springett: HLabs - What's the Story?
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1:09:05Web design using no code software. Learn how to make your digital brand campaigns sing, soar and smash by listening to the wisdom of Hannah Springett – founder and CEO of HLabs – a trailblazing no code design studio that counts some of the world’s biggest companies as its clients. No code is what it sounds like, it uses visual interfaces to replace…
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Highlights: #214 – Buck Shlegeris on controlling AI that wants to take over – so we can use it anyway
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41:26Most AI safety conversations centre on alignment: ensuring AI systems share our values and goals. But despite progress, we’re unlikely to know we’ve solved the problem before the arrival of human-level and superhuman systems in as little as three years. So some — including Buck Shlegeris, CEO of Redwood Research — are developing a backup plan to sa…
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The Survival Guide for Noligarchs: How the wheels came off at Tesla
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1:27:36Can the world’s richest man - Elon Musk, get away with treating the US government like a startup, throwing out Nazi salutes and behaving like the citizens of the world are under-performing employees in one of his companies, with no damage to the Tesla brand? How much damage can one man cause for his shareholders and does he really care? Rachel Konr…
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Creative agency procurement expert Tina Fegent explains how her process helps CMOs navigate their marketplace and get the right solution and the best value. We discuss the power of independent agencies and how they can compete against the big HoldCo agency networks. Why diversity is an agency superpower, how to increase the odds of getting on the s…
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Off the Clock #8: Leaving Las London with Matt Reardon
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1:43:21Watch this episode on YouTube! https://youtu.be/fJssGodnCQg Conor and Arden sit down with Matt in his farewell episode to discuss the law, their team retreat, his lessons learned from 80k, and the fate of the show.By The 80,000 Hours team
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Actress Eiza González is in bed with us this week to take us behind the scenes of her life and to set the record straight on some common misconceptions about her. She opens up about the one interview topic she dreads, what the media gets totally wrong about her dating life, and the personal battles she’s faced—including running from trauma, navigat…
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Highlights: #213 – Will MacAskill on AI causing a “century in a decade” — and how we’re completely unprepared
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33:35The 20th century saw unprecedented change: nuclear weapons, satellites, the rise and fall of communism, third-wave feminism, the internet, postmodernism, game theory, genetic engineering, the Big Bang theory, quantum mechanics, birth control, and more. Now imagine all of it compressed into just 10 years. That’s the future Will MacAskill — philosoph…
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Keith Smith & Ian Truscott: PRCA NewBizFest'25
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26:21Keeping the conversation going. New research – and evidence from hundreds of thousands of client and creative agency pitch processes, shows that it can take up to 21 months for a pitch to take place from the initial meeting of a prospect. So what tips can you learn to help keep the client engaged, other than sending them annoying “Just checking in”…
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Sex Therapy: Everything You Need to Know
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1:02:53This week, we're slipping between the sheets for a joint sex therapy session! Sex therapist Vanessa Marin is here to answer all the questions we’re too afraid to Google or even ask the group chat. ✨ Who lies to their friends more about sex: men or women? 🔥 How often are couples really having sex in long-term relationships? 🤯 The three tips that wil…
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Highlights: #212 – Allan Dafoe on why technology is unstoppable & how to shape AI development anyway
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29:21Technology doesn’t force us to do anything — it merely opens doors. But military and economic competition pushes us through. That’s how Allan Dafoe — director of frontier safety and governance at Google DeepMind — explains one of the deepest patterns in technological history: once a powerful new capability becomes available, societies that adopt it…
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