A list of some of my favourite podcasts and books. If you have any similar recommendations please e-mail me!
Podcasts
80,000 Hours
- Tom Kalil on how to do the most good in government
- Kelsey Piper on the room for important advocacy in journalism
- Lutter & Winter on founding charter cities with outstanding governance to end poverty
- Brian Christian on better living through the wisdom of computer science
- Spencer Greenberg - Speeding up social science 10-fold, how to do research that’s actually useful, & why plenty of startups cause harm
- Dr Eva Vivalt’s research suggests social science findings don’t generalize. So evidence-based development – what is it good for?
- Tyler Cowen’s case for maximising econ growth, stabilising civilization & thinking long-term
- Tara Mac Aulay on the audacity to fix the world without asking permission
- Ben Todd on the key ideas of 80,000 Hours
Econtalk
- Paul Pfleiderer on the Misuse of Economic Models
- Leamer on the State of Econometrics
- Leamer on Macroeconomic Patterns and Stories
- Alain Bertaud on Cities, Planning, and Order Without Design
- Paul Romer on Growth, Cities, and the State of Economics
- Andrew Gelman on Social Science, Small Samples, and the Garden of the Forking Paths
- John Ioannidis on Statistical Significance, Economics, and Replication
Rationally Speaking Podcast
- Thibault Le Texier on "Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment"
- Dylan Matthews on “Global poverty has fallen, but what should we conclude from that?”
Naval Podcast
Y Combinator Podcast
- Sam Altman on Choosing Projects, Creating Value, and Finding Purpose
- Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros – OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman