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Chris Anderson on Infectious Generosity

    The Michael Shermer Show | 23 January 2024 | 1h 18m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
    Interview with Chris Anderson about his book Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading. Discusses what makes things infectious, generosity, the role of genes, environment and luck in his life, what makes TED Talks successful, power laws and giving, charging versus giving away, altruism, being good without God, billionaires, how average people can participate, public versus private solutions to social problems, and donor fatigue.

    Rory Stewart on Politics, Ambition, and Making a Difference

      The Next Big Idea | 21 December 2023 | 1h 05m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
      Interview with Rory Stewart about his book How Not to Be a Politician: A Memoir. Discusses his life and work: running a non-profit in Afghanistan, walking alone across Afghanistan in the months after 9/11, serving as a deputy governor in Iraq, professor at Harvard, his ambitions on being elected to the British Parliament, his reflections on politics, and heading the Give Directly charity.

      Is Cash the Best Way to Help the Poor? (Michael Faye)

        Rationally Speaking | 23 December 2021 | 0h 52m | Listen Later | iTunes | Spotify
        Interview with Michael Faye about the philosophy and operation of GiveDirectly, which gives poor people cash, with no strings attached. Discusses why this is unappealing to most donors; the evidence about cash transfers as an anti-poverty intervention; how long the effects last; whether it makes recipients less likely to work; and whether it drives inflation.

        Russ Roberts on Whether it’s More Effective to Help Strangers, or People You Know

        80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin | 3 November 2020 | 1h 49m | Listen Later | iTunes
        Interview with Russ Roberts about charity, the reliability of data to inform decision-making, and utilitarianism. Discusses effective altruism in light of the limited data and uncertainties.

        Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real?

          Freakonomics Radio | 6 July 2018 | 0h 40m | Listen Later  | iTunes
          In the early 20th century, Max Weber argued that Protestantism created wealth. Finally, there are data to appraise whether he was right. All it took were some missionary experiments in the Philippines and a clever map-matching trick that goes back to 16th-century Germany.

          How to Save a Stranger’s Life

            Future Perfect | 15 October 2018 | 0h 21m | Listen Later  | iTunes
            An introduction to Effective Altruism, the movement to make charitable giving more effective, illustrated with a story of donating a kidney to a stranger.

            Effective Altruism – the Science of Doing Good

              The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish | 11 July 2018 | 1h 05m | Listen Later  | iTunes
              Interview with William MacAskill, co-founder and President of the Centre for Effective Altruism, Associate Professor in Philosophy at Oxford University, and author of Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference. Makes the case that we should use reason and evidence to find the best possible ways to use our resources to make the biggest possible impact in the world.