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Lightbulb Moment

Harvard Effective Altruism presents interviews with leading academics and other distinguished guests on doing good better, and striving to make the biggest difference in the world.

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Season 2, Episode 1: Max Bazerman

Season 2, Episode 1: Max Bazerman

We welcome Max Bazerman as our first guest of the second season! Professor Bazerman is the Jesse Isidor Straus Professo... Read more

5 Jan 2020

54mins

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Season 1, Episode 9: Lant Pritchett

Season 1, Episode 9: Lant Pritchett

In this episode, we interview Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Kennedy Scho... Read more

5 Jan 2020

1hr 15mins

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Season 1, Episode 8: Spencer Greenberg

Season 1, Episode 8: Spencer Greenberg

How to introduce Spencer Greenberg? He’s a man who wears many hats– entrepreneur, doctorate in applied math from New Yor... Read more

5 Jan 2020

1hr 14mins

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Season 1, Episode 7: Bryan Caplan

Season 1, Episode 7: Bryan Caplan

Bryan Caplan is an economist and professor of economics at George Mason University, research fellow at the Mercatus Cent... Read more

5 Jan 2020

1hr 46mins

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Season 1, Episode 6: Scott Weathers

Season 1, Episode 6: Scott Weathers

Scott is a student at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and the Associate Project Director of Charity Science: He... Read more

5 Jan 2020

51mins

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Season 1, Episode 5: Brian Tomasik

Season 1, Episode 5: Brian Tomasik

Brian Tomasik writes about ethics, animal welfare, and far-future scenarios from a suffering-focused perspective, all of... Read more

23 May 2018

1hr 22mins

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Season 1, Episode 4: Josh Greene

Season 1, Episode 4: Josh Greene

Joshua Greene is a professor in the Harvard Department of Psychology where he runs the Moral Cognition Lab. He received ... Read more

23 May 2018

1hr 4mins

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Season 1, Episode 3: Adam Marblestone

Season 1, Episode 3: Adam Marblestone

Adam Marblestone is Chief Strategy Officer of Kernel, and a part-time research scientist with the Synthetic Neurobiology... Read more

23 May 2018

1hr 36mins

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Season 1, Episode 2: Irene Pepperberg

Season 1, Episode 2: Irene Pepperberg

In episode 2, we test Irene Pepperberg on animal cognition and symbolic communication. Dr. Pepperberg worked with Alex t... Read more

23 May 2018

47mins

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Season 1, Episode 1: Larry Summers

Season 1, Episode 1: Larry Summers

We kickoff our series with an exclusive interview with Larry Summers, President Emeritus of Harvard University and forme... Read more

20 May 2018

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