Show overview
podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast has been publishing since 2011, and across the 15 years since has built a catalogue of 520 episodes. That works out to roughly 560 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 26 min and 1h 46m — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 9 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2020, with 84 episodes published. Published by Eneasz Brodski.
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The internet's first rationalist fiction podcast
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Kindness To Kin
Kindness to Kin, by Eliezer Yudkowsky Original text here   Continue reading
A Harried Meeting (audio)
A short story by Ben Pace. Original can be found here. Donate to the fundraiser here! Harry sings karaoke here. Happy New Year. :) Continue reading
Unum 9: Carol’s Got a Nuke!
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about the season one finale of Pluribus. Rest assured that we can’t harm you without your consent (though we can look for loopholes to force you to join our club). Remember, your choices… Continue reading
House elves are crystalized cosmic power
A short story by Prerat. Original can be found here. Merry Xmas! Continue reading
Unum 8: Cuddle Puddle
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 8 of Pluribus. You’re welcome to join us in our giant cuddle puddle. Don’t worry, it’s way less sexy than it sounds. Remember, your choices are your own. Continue reading
Unum 7: Chekhov’s Spiky Palm Tree
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 7 of Pluribus. Please don’t walk through 100 kilometers of deadly jungle – we’re happy to give you a ride. Remember, your choices are your own. This episode had some scheduling… Continue reading
Unum 06: John Cena Said We Don’t Have to Eat People
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 6 of Pluribus. You’re welcome to consume human-derived protein, but we don’t think that’s likely. Remember, your choices are your own. Continue reading
Unum 05: It’s Not You, It’s We
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 5 of Pluribus. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the complexities of handling the unassimilated. Remember, your choices are your own. Continue reading
Unum 04: Can I Get My Heroin To Go?
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 4 of Pluribus. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the complexities of handling the unassimilated. Remember, your choices are your own. Continue reading
Unum 03: Would You Like a Cup of Coffee With Your Nuke?
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 3 of Pluribus. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the complexities of handling the unassimilated. Remember, your choices are your own. Continue reading
Unum 02: A Meeting of the Minds
Welcome back to Unum! Steven and Brian discuss the second episode, gush about their favorite parts, and have fun speculating wildly about what “reasonable” people might do in this situation. The format of this show will be full spoilers for the episode we’re covering and we’ll do an accelerated release… Continue reading
Unum 01: The Day The World Ended
Welcome to Unum! Steven loved Pluribus so much that he needed to talk about it and Brian was on board to join! The format of this show will be full spoilers for the episode we’re covering and we’ll do an accelerated release schedule to catch up with the show. We… Continue reading