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Future of Life Institute Podcast

Conversations with far-sighted thinkers.

Our namesake podcast series features the FLI team in conversation with prominent researchers, policy experts, philosophers, and a range of other influential thinkers.
Available on all major podcast platforms.
140+ episodes

Great podcast on initiatives that are critical for our future.

Lucas/FLI do an excellent job of conducting in-depth interviews with incredible people whose work stands to radically impact humanity’s future. It’s a badly missing and needed resource in today’s world, is always high-quality, and I'm able to learn something new/unique/valuable each time. Great job to Lucas and team!
jingalli89, 05/21/2020

Amazing Podcast !

People need to know about this excellent podcast (and the Future of Life Institute) focusing on the most important issues facing the world. The topics are big, current, and supremely important; the guests are luminaries in their fields; and the Interviewer, Lucas Perry, brings it all forth in such a compelling way [...]
Peterpaul1925, 06/11/2020

Great show!

Lucas, host of the Future of Life podcast, highlights all aspects of tech and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!
malfoxley, 06/11/2021

Science-smart interviewer asks very good questions!

Great, in depth interviews.
457/26777633, 01/29/2023

Amazing listening...

What a wonderfully informative podcast. The most important issues for life's future are addressed here with great lucidity.
philosophy_cat, 12/21/2018

Sequences

Limited-series podcasts on pressing issues

Throughout the running history of our podcast we have produced a couple of special 'sequences', series of episodes focused on tackling a pressing issue in more detail. Below you can find the sequences we have produced so far:
29 episodes

AI Alignment Podcast

This podcast series covers and explores the AI alignment problem across a large variety of domains, reflecting the fundamentally interdisciplinary nature of AI alignment.
Features 29 episodes, running from 2018-2020.
27 episodes

Not Cool

Hear directly from scientists and experts on the causes and impacts of climate change and the action that's needed going forward.
Features 26 episodes, running from September - November 2019.
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