podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Chapters 217-220 – Raw-ass thoughts… or raw ass-thoughts? James Acaster’s Banana Revenge Fantasy The Bayesian Conspiracy episode 162 For next week — 221-223 221. Targets of Opportunity 222. Clerical Errors 223. A Lost Friend Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything… Continue reading

Chapters 213-216 – The Good Kind of Cult 500 Million, But Not a Single One More For next week — 217-220 217. A Dragon’s Roost 218. A Grueling Calm 219. Homecoming, Part I 220. Doecent Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions –… Continue reading

Chapters 209-212 – The Dragon In The Stories Tim Curry goes to SPACE! Hyperrealism Learn To Read, Kid, But Don’t Fall In Love For next week — 213-216 213. The Endless Toil 214. Glass Houses 215. Post 216. Bureaucratic Melees Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar… Continue reading

Chapters 206-208 – Hitting The Slopes BTS Is That Your True Rejection? Folding Ideas on Ludonarrative Dissonance Three Worlds Collide – the story with the Super Happy aliens (also in audio form) The Bayesian Conspiracy episode on The “Do This” Directives For next week — 209-212 209. Orison 210. Push… Continue reading

Chapters 203-205 – I Got 99 Problems, and I’m All Of Them Porcupine Tree – A Smart Kid (song) Why You Should Trust Trust and Distrust Distrust For next week — 206-208 206. Parallel Lines 207. An Elevated Monologue 208. On the Merits of Eternal Suffering Worth the Candle on… Continue reading

Chapters 200-202 – Think Like a Dinosaur The Prestige spoilers end at 1:18:11 The Bayesian Conspiracy episode 158 – Can Monarchy Save Us From Fascism? For next week — 200-202 203. Where the Streets Run Red 204. Open Veins 205. A Bloody Mess Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and… Continue reading

Chapters 196-199 – Let’s Call Them… Sneezes For next week — 200-202 200. Feeling Blue 201. The Aviary 202. Star Pupil Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this… Continue reading

Chapters 192-195 – We choose to try to sympathize with, and humanize, the Fucking Penndraigs not because it is easy, but because it is hard! Podcasts spawned from the Discord: 2 Rash 2 Unadvised – read through of Ada Palmer’s Terra Ignota series Shaping Exercises 101 – read through of… Continue reading

This is a decrackled version of the previous episode. Content is identical, but the audio has been filtered to remove the crackle. It still isn’t easy to listen to, and we apologize for that. When time permits, a fully remastered version will be released. Thanks to David Gruwier for providing… Continue reading

Chapters 188-191 – Totally Legal and Awesome My Dick, by Mickey Avalon (extremely bad taste, and offensive, you’ve been warned) For next week — 192-195 192. Cooldown 193. Coda I 194. Coda II 195. Family Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions –… Continue reading

Chapters 185-187 – Hallelujah, It’s Raining Men Eneasz’s latest story – We Shall Not All Sleep But We Shall All Be Changed is in Dark Matter Magazine Issue 008 I See Dead Kids Seeing Like a State Mu For next week — 188-191 188. Common Law 189. B-Side 190. To… Continue reading

Chapters 181-184 – Seeing The Sausage (…being made) Unsong For next week — 185-187 185. Mirror Room 186. Paladin 187. Penndraig’s Rules of Order Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad.… Continue reading

Chapters 177-180: Total failure to wait until the point when the expected costs of maintaining diplomacy rise too high as compared to the expected benefits of moving first in conflict. Reacher Trailer Fast-Talking High-Trousers For next week — 181-184 181. To Sleep, Perchance to Dream 182. Painless 183. Transgressions 184.… Continue reading

Chapters 174-176: A Chill Week At The Pod The Lost City of Potyr For next week — 177-180 177. The Erstwhile Manor 178. The White Room 179. Hilbert’s Paradox 180. Dumbest Entad Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad.… Continue reading

Chapters 170-173: Inflating D’s Nerd Sniping For next week — 174-176 174. The Blade of the Self 175. High Concept 176. Warrens Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this podcast at our Patreon. Alexander Wales can… Continue reading

Chapters 167-169: Fractal Therapy David S Pumpkins Aella on trauma narratives. Also, Aella’s survey regarding your opinions as to what counts as rape For next week — 170-173 170. On Treating With Dragons 171. Blood is Thicker Than Water 172. Respec 173. Passions Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions –… Continue reading

Chapters 163-166: Betrayal The Death of Stalin Troma Studios For next week — 167-169 167. Beached 168. Hollow 169. The No Sleep Club Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this podcast at our Patreon. Alexander Wales… Continue reading

Chapters 160-162: C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER! SSC – Book Review: The Secret Of Our Success Matrix Resurrections is mid-life crisis perfection For next week — 163-166 163. Level Heads 164. In the House of God 165. Politics, blah, blah, blah 166. Brownian Motion Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is… Continue reading

Chapters 156-159: The Newer Cooler Hotter Younger Jesus Eneasz’s award-winning short story I See Dead Kids Tropic Thunder I Have The Power of God and Anime On My Side For next week — 160-162 160. On the Merits of Oblivion 161. Reimer 162. Deus Ex Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s… Continue reading

Chapters 153-155: Wrath of the Student Council Missing Persons by Alexander Wales Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter Fat Man For next week — 156-159 156. Mome Rath II 157. The Bird on the Fence 158. OP 159. The Dome Away From Home Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is… Continue reading

Chapters 150-152: Nerd Names The TBC episode mentioned – 7 – Kill All Humans? For next week — 153-155 153. The Temple 154. Above From Below 155. Mome Rath Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this… Continue reading

Chapters 147-149: Handjobs Are My Headcanon Palisade Peaches Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me For next week — 150-152 150. Than One Innocent Suffer 151. The Mind’s Eye 152. The Time to Talk Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can… Continue reading

Chapters 144-146: Everything Is A Boob David Pumpkins The O’Reilly Factor – satire or serious? SSC Post: Living By The Sword For next week — 147-149 147. Good Vibrations 148. Sing For Your Supper 149. I Have to Hand it to You Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything… Continue reading

Chapters 140-143: We have writer-crushes on Alexander Wales in this Wholesome episode The Church of The Dude Robin Hanson on his “Age of Em” For next week — 144-146 144. Skewered 145. Freshman 146. Terrors of the Black Age Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue… Continue reading

Chapters 137-139: And you thought this would be a shorter episode Ted Lasso Honest Trailer Zombie Movies That Refuse to Say “Zombie” For next week — 140-143 140. Commingling 141. Monty Haul 142. Sound and Silence 143. Manifold Paths Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue… Continue reading

Chapters 133-136: Turn off this podcast if it’s convincing! Covid Booster? For next week — 137-139 137. Darili Irid 138. Stats for Nerds II 139. Piece of Mind Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this podcast… Continue reading

Chapters 129-132: Is that an infohazard in your underwear, or are you just happy to see me? The Magnus Archives Shaping Exercises, the Mother of Learning podcast Waluigi is a pun MIRI The Nazi nuclear program stopped by sinking a ferry Undertale The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August For… Continue reading

Chapters 125-128: Can God Ctrl+Z? LHC Concerns? Welcome to Corneria! Classic Touch Him On The Penis For next week — 129-132 129. Schemata 130. The Abject Despair of an Uncaring World 131. A Cypress Waits 132. Uskine Nervedah Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth… Continue reading

Chapters 121-124: Who Wore It Best, Nihilism Edition — Fight Club Guy, Joon, or Lebowski Nihilists? Esther Povitsky on how 18-Year-Old Girls Are Disgusting Link to Roots of Progress episode Don’t watch the Buffy Remastered Edition, here’s why For next week — 125-128 125. The Remnants of the Past 126.… Continue reading

Chapters 117-120: Fenn :( Key & Peele sketch Rules for Rulers For next week — 121-124 121. Maddie 122. Raven 123. Medieval Stasis 124. Fight Club Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this podcast at our… Continue reading

Chapters 113-116: Does Fallatehr Look Like A Bitch For next week — 117-120 117. Beast of Burden 118. Breaking Loose 119. Depths 120. Deceptions Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this podcast at our Patreon. Alexander… Continue reading

Chapters 105-109: We Never Wear Pants When We Podcast For next week — 113-116 113. A Hell of a Time 114. The Meeting of Minds 115. Communicative 116. Therapy Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this… Continue reading

Chapters 105-109: Eneasz has brain failure Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf Shia’s TED talk The Catagories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Catagories For next week — 109-112 109. The Veil of the World 110. Bubblegum 111. Peer Pressure 112. Egress Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything… Continue reading

We look back on books 1-5 with Gorky (formerly Coy) and Griffin of Shaping Exercises 101 For next week — 105-108 105. Notes 106. The One-Hand Warder 107. Name of the Beast 108. The Dream That Skewers Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle… Continue reading

Chapters 101-104: The Men in Black take an interest in our murderhobos, and Ninjas take over the podcast For next week — Our First Retrospective! With Griffin and Coy/Gorky from the Discord & Shaping Exercises 101 Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle… Continue reading

Chapters 97-100: Unmoored From Realtime For next week — 101-104 101. PPROM 102. The Adventures of Valencia the Red 103. Contract 104. Consolation Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this podcast at our Patreon. Alexander Wales… Continue reading

Chapters 93-96: Murder-Ghandi Rides Again! Shaping Exercises podcast (or direct RSS) The Legend of Murder-Ghandi How The West Was Won The Bechdel Test origin comic For next week — 97-100 97. Rapping at my Chamber Door 98. Letter 15 99. Enough Rope to Hang Yourself 100. Immanentizing the Eschaton Cakoluchiam’s… Continue reading

Chapters 89-92: Seriously Competative Professional Readers For next week — 93-96 93. Bottle Episode 94. Grayscale 95. Time Enough 96. A Portrait of the King as a Young Man Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this… Continue reading

Chapters 84-88: Descent Thomas Eliot’s translations of The Enchiridion of Epictetus Ron’s Not Dumb video Sword of Good (and audio in two parts) MythBusters kick down doors Worldbuilding is Important blog post For next week — 89-92 89. The Face of a Place 90. Head of House 91. An Open… Continue reading

Chapters 80-83: This Episode Really Could Have Been Shorter For next week — 84-88 84. The Party Line 85. The Great Train Robbery 86. Headwater 87. Down And Out 88. The House of Solitude Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be… Continue reading

Chapters 77-79: Is Joon the DM? Is Batgirl Catwoman?? Are insects videogame characters??? Moonstruck Bound Playing Roy from Rick and Morty The Time Loop RatFic is “Mother of Learning” An early TBC episode we touched on Batgirl: Catwoman: For next week — 80-83 80. The Princess and the Pea 81.… Continue reading

Chapters 72-76: Pitch Meeting References Are Tight! Zombie Movies that can’t say Zombie Utopia, LOL? by Jamie Wahls For next week — 77-79 77. Lies and Damned Lies 78. The Sacrifice 79. Rule Zero Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be… Continue reading

Chapters 68-71: Making a Compelling Case for Non-Infanticide Scott Alexander’s post about how much the world could accomplish by giving 10% to effective charities Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog John Mullany on killing Hitler Good Is Dumb (warning: TVTropes) For next week — 72-76 72. Tripartite Talks 73. Amaryllis 74. The… Continue reading

Chapters 64-67: What Are The Rules? The Rational Fiction episode of The Bayesian Conspiracy For next week — 68-71 68. Seeing Red 69. In Mutual Congress 70. Moral Agency 71. The Soul of Discretion Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad.… Continue reading

Chapters 60-63: Prison Break The Rational Fiction episode of The Bayesian Conspiracy For next week — 64-67 64. In Which Juniper Stares At His Character Sheet, Again 65. A Kindred Soul 66. The Long Night 67. A Helping Hand Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue… Continue reading

Chapters 56-59: Steven is Super Bummed For next week — 60-63 60. Aggressive Negotiations 61. Animus 62. Drift 63. The Chemical History of a Candle Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this podcast at our Patreon.… Continue reading

Chapters 53-55: Escaping God For next week — 56-59 56. Vacation Vocations 57. Place Your Figs 58. Panopticon 59. All the Myriad Ways Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this podcast at our Patreon. Alexander Wales… Continue reading

Chapters 49-52: Gaming God For next week — Chapters 53-55 & The Council of Arches 53. A Tiptoe Through the Tulips 54. Looper 55. Bond Girl The Council of Arches Samson + Jawbone VS 1,000 Dudes Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle… Continue reading

Chapters 45-48: The Dude Abides For next week — Chapters 49-52 49. Math.random() 50. Copse and Robbers 51. Blood in the Water 52. Culmination Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at AO3 or RoyalRoad. You can support this podcast at our Patreon. Alexander… Continue reading