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#23 - National Security and Surviving Disinformation with Ryan McBeth

Become a Patron on Patreon and support the show! Check out Ryan McBeth's channel if you enjoyed the conversation! Ryan McBeth, a software engineer and cybersecurity ex...

#22 - Superintelligence, AI, and Extinction with Darren McKee

On this episode of the podcast, coleman sits down with Darren McKee to discuss his book Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save...

#20 - Animal Ethics and the Moral Weight Project with Bob Fischer

Support 21st Talks on Our Patreon!  Coleman spoke with Bob Fischer, a researcher at Rethink Priorities who recently worked on the Moral Weights project. In the disc...

#19 - Tobias Baumann on S-Risks and Avoiding the Worst for Humanity

To stay up to date with all things 21st Talks, follow Coleman's Twitter & Instagram.  Remember to rate this episode and, if you have the means, become a member on our...

#18 - Anders Sandberg: Longtermism, Transhumanism, and Making Sense of the Existential Risk

In this episode, Coleman interviews Anders Sandberg, a senior research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford. Dr. Sandberg and Coleman discuss living fo...

#17 - Artificial Intelligence Governance

Remember to support 21st Talks on Patreon with as little as $3 dollars a month! The first 25 patrons will receive exclusive 21st Talks sweatshirts that will only be av...

#16 - Emmanuel Daudu on Prison Reform, Freedom of Speech, and 21st Century Politics

Support us on Patreon!  This week Coleman sat down with Emmanuel Daudu, an incoming Google Legal Analyst and close friend at Cornell University where he is Pre Law....

#15 - The Heart of Effective Altruism with Dr. SJ Beard

In this episode, Coleman sat down with existential risk ethicists and researcher Dr. SJ Beard from Cambridge's Existential Risk Institute about the far future of human...

#14 - Governing Global Risks with Catherine Rhodes and Luke Kemp

In this episode, Coleman and Nathaniel speak with Luke Kemp and Catherine Rhodes, about the two researchers' views on governing existential threats within our internat...

Q&A #1 - "Why Existential Risk Work?"

Support us by becoming a Patreon! Thank you for listening to the first episode of 21st-Talks Q&A! Remember to like and rate the podcast if you enjoyed it! It really g...

#13 - History of Existential Risk With Dr. SJ Beard (1/2)

Support Us by becoming a 21st Talks Patron What role have philosophers played in existential risk? What conditions lead to the field's origin? Today Coleman Speaks wi...

#12 - Can Engineering Inspired By Nature Save Humanity? W/ Dr. Joyce Cooper

Engineering practices are fundamental to overcoming obstacles facing society in the 21st Century. Existential threats like climate change, artificial intelligence, loo...

#11 - Global Justice and Existential Risk with Dr. Ndidi Nwaneri

2Is global inequality an existential threat? How do  question social justice connect to questions of the greatest threats facing our world in the 21st century and what...

#10 - Political Violence in the 21st Century

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#9 - Creating Sustainable Change with Dickson Despommier

How do we create sustainable change going forward into the future? Where do questions of equity fit into this discussion of the long-term health of global citizens? Th...

#8 - Lessons from Cambridge's Conference on Catastrophic Risk 2020

This was recorded on Coleman's third day of Cambridge's Conference on Catastrophic Risk 2020.  Which is a conference with the world's leading experts on Global Catastr...

#7 - Trumpism, Bipartisanship, and Threat to Democracy

Click here to Follow Us on Instagram What does Trumpism tell us about the future of Democracy? Is Democracy in threat by Bipartisanship? This week Coleman spoke with ...

#5 - Correcting Quantum Mistakes With Elliot Lehrer

What are common misconceptions about Quantum Mechanics? What have been previous approaches to the field and what have past physicists, pop culture writers, and some ne...

#4 - Vertical Farming and the Future of Agriculture with Dickson Despommier

This week Coleman spoke with past Columbia University professor of Microbiology and Public Health Dr. Dickson Despommier. Despommier is a serial author, Ted talk deliv...

#3 - Communicating Existential Threats with Dr. Lara Mani

How do you communicate facts about climate change, AI, and other global risks in a way that motivates action? What role does communication play in the field of Existen...

#2 - 21st Century Story Telling with Rycon Roleplays

In episode #2 of the 21st Talks Podcast, Coleman interviews Youtuber Rycon from the channel Rycon Roleplays. Rycon tells stories fully told to the audience through his...

#1 - Lessons from Deep History, Paleontology, and Existential Risk in a Modern Pandemic — With Adrian Currie

In the first episode of 21st Talks, Coleman Snell talks with Philosopher, Paleontologist, and Existential Risk expert Adrian Currie. They talk about disasters, What pa...

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