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The Sentience Institute Podcast

Sentience Institute

Interviews with activists, social scientists, entrepreneurs and change-makers about the most effective strategies to expand humanity’s moral circle, with an emphasis on expanding the circle to farmed animals. Host Jamie Harris, a researcher at moral expansion think tank Sentience Institute, takes a deep dive with guests into advocacy strategies from political initiatives to corporate campaigns to technological innovation to consumer interventions, and discusses advocacy lessons from history, sociology, and psychology.
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Eric Schwitzgebel on user perception of the moral status of AIFebruary 14, 2024
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Raphaël Millière on large language modelsJuly 03, 2023
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Matti Wilks on human-animal interaction and moral circle expansionJanuary 19, 2023
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David Gunkel on robot rightsDecember 05, 2022
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Kurt Gray on human-robot interaction and mind perceptionOctober 30, 2022
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Thomas Metzinger on a moratorium on artificial sentience developmentAugust 10, 2022
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Tobias Baumann of the Center for Reducing Suffering on global priorities research and effective strategies to reduce sufferingJuly 28, 2021
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Tobias Baumann of the Center for Reducing Suffering on moral circle expansion, cause prioritization, and reducing risks of astronomical suffering in the long-term futureJune 23, 2021
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Jo Anderson of Faunalytics and Saulius Šimčikas of Rethink Priorities on research for effective animal advocacyFebruary 24, 2021
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Ajay Dahiya of The Pollination Project on funding grassroots animal advocacy and inner transformationJanuary 21, 2021
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Oscar Horta of the University of Santiago de Compostela on how we can best help wild animalsDecember 18, 2020
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Oscar Horta of the University of Santiago de Compostela on why we should help wild animalsOctober 29, 2020
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Leah Garcés of Mercy For Animals on factory farm investigations, long-term strategy, and animal advocacy during COVID-19August 31, 2020
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Frank Baumgartner of UNC-Chapel Hill on policy dynamics, lobbying, and issue framingJuly 22, 2020
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Elliot Swartz of the Good Food Institute on the bottlenecks to the scale-up of cultured meat and plant-based meatJune 17, 2020
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Laila Kassam of Animal Think Tank on popular protest movements, mass arrests, and publicity stuntsMay 12, 2020
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Jayasimha Nuggehalli on capacity building and animal welfare in AsiaApril 07, 2020
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Lisa Feria of Stray Dog Capital on impact investing and animal-free food tech entrepreneurshipMarch 09, 2020
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Christie Lagally of Rebellyous Foods on scaling up high-quality plant-based foodsFebruary 07, 2020
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Kristof Dhont of University of Kent on intergroup contact research and research careersJanuary 07, 2020
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Pei Su of ACTAsia on humane education in ChinaDecember 03, 2019
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Ria Rehberg of Veganuary on driving institutional change through online campaignsDecember 03, 2019
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Kevin Schneider of the Nonhuman Rights Project on using litigation to expand the moral circleDecember 03, 2019
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