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I spoke to Pramit Bhattacharya an independent data journalist about India's statistical system. We talked about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I talked with Harry Law of the University of Cambridge and Google DeepMind about AI regulation We talked about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke with Derek Wong about the adaptive markets hypothesis, macro investing and investing in cryptocurrency markets We talk about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke to Adam Ozimek and Connor O'Brien from the Economic Innovation Group about the policy and politics of high skilled immigration in America. We talked about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke with Devashish Dhar, the author of the excellent book India's Blind Spot which talks about India's urbanisation crisis and solutions to it. We talk about and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I interviewed one of the most interesting thinkers today, Tyler Cowen. We talked about And so much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke to Rohit Krishnan the author of the blog Strange Loop Canon about why he is sceptical about the idea that AI will kill us all We talked about Why he’s sceptical of AI regulation proposals Why AI “timelines” are not as meaningful as you think AI deployment is harder than you think! The value of incrementalism in AI policy Why he thinks instrumental convergence is unlikely to happen --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke to Soham Sankaran who runs PopVax, an Indian mRNA vaccine company. Their goal is to build low-cost broadly-protective vaccines to protect against the entire sarbecovirus species. Read Soham's experience here (https://chronicles.popvax.com/p/three-meetings-and-six-million-funerals) as a complement to this episode. Also check out their jobs page (https://jobs.popvax.com/) for opportunities. This episode includes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I talked to Dwarkesh Patel of the Lunar Society Podcast about many topics. We talked about: Why do AI researchers and rationalists disagree about existential risk? What would happen if Robert Moses ran San Francisco? Is localism overrated? What does Effective Altruism get right and wrong? Which politicians would he like to interview --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I talked to Faris Abdurrachman about Indonesia and it's nickel boom. We talked specifically about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke to Kartik Akileswaran who runs Growth Teams - an initiative which helps build state capacity for economic growth in developing countries. We talked about - Why implementation is a binding constraint for economic policy - How industrial policy helps reduce information constraints for investors - Underrated growth reforms --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke to Matt Korda who works at the Federation of American Scientists on nuclear weapon policy. We have an exciting discussion about the role of nuclear weapons, their growth and the dangerous arms races that are starting Some highlights of the show: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I talked to Anupam Manur, a professor of economics about India's trade policy before 1991. We talked about: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke to Professor Richard Jones, about how science funding in the UK could improve. Some interesting questions we talked about are --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I talked to Tiago Santos, a diplomat, about his book Why Not Parliamentarism. Tiago and I explore some questions here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I talked to Amit Varma who runs one of my favourite podcasts - The Seen and the Unseen about politics, economics and public policy. We talked about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke to Jason Crawford of The Roots of Progress about the new movement of Progress Studies. We talked about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I talked with Mayank Seksaria of Liberty Mutual Investments about investing on macroeconomic views. We talked about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke to Mary Childs who is the author of the exceptional book The Bond King. We talked about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message

I spoke to Steven Hamilton professor of Economics at George Washington University about Australian economic policy, and their upcoming elections. We talk about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message