Vanessa A. Bee, Sparky Abraham, Oren Nimni, Pete Davis
41 episodes
5 months ago
On this podcast we plumb the depths of often-obscure debates that divide people along unexpected political lines, questioning fundamental assumptions about things like money, school, consent, and courts.
Your non-expert hosts will interview a series of actual experts to learn what is up for debate, and to try to come to some conclusions for ourselves.
Follow us down these rabbit holes. It won't be graceful, but you might enjoy the trip.
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On this podcast we plumb the depths of often-obscure debates that divide people along unexpected political lines, questioning fundamental assumptions about things like money, school, consent, and courts.
Your non-expert hosts will interview a series of actual experts to learn what is up for debate, and to try to come to some conclusions for ourselves.
Follow us down these rabbit holes. It won't be graceful, but you might enjoy the trip.
Is Effective Altruism Right? #7: Jonathan Ben-Menachem
RABBITHOLE
51 minutes 6 seconds
2 years ago
Is Effective Altruism Right? #7: Jonathan Ben-Menachem
On today's episode, Pete and Dan talk with Jonathan Ben-Menachem, a sociology Ph.D student at Columbia University studying the politics of American criminalization, about his November 2022 essay "Effective Altruism is a political nightmare," and his critiques of the methods and assumptions behind 'effective' charities, based on his understanding of social science research methods.
RABBITHOLE
On this podcast we plumb the depths of often-obscure debates that divide people along unexpected political lines, questioning fundamental assumptions about things like money, school, consent, and courts.
Your non-expert hosts will interview a series of actual experts to learn what is up for debate, and to try to come to some conclusions for ourselves.
Follow us down these rabbit holes. It won't be graceful, but you might enjoy the trip.
