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A podcast by Martin Skadal about environmentalism, animal rights and human rights. We're going to talk with individuals that care about solving world issues and learn from them. Topics will vary a lot and the guests will have different backgrounds. We'll also do some solo episodes and Q&As.

05/11/2023

Kristina Mering: Animal Advocacy in Estonia, Good Political Relations ++ | Martin Skadal Podcast #22

Thank you Kristina and to everyone listening and watching! - Timestamps - 00:00 - Start and Intro of Kristina 03:49 - From Past to Present: Kristina's Journey 06:54 - How Effective Altruism Shaped Kristina and Her Journey 09:03 - How Nähtamatud Loomad Started 12:19 - Animal Rights in Estonia 15:30 - Ending Tail Docking in Piglets 17:09 - How Animal Advocacy Thrives in a Small Country 19:14 - The Process of Putting an End to Fur Farming in Estonia 21:09 - On Ending the Practice of Keeping Animals in Cages 25:19 - On Keeping a Pragmatic Approach While Maintaining Good Relations With Politicians 32:58 - Kristina’s Future Plans: Bringing the Most Effective Change in the Industry 34:50 - Effective Altruism’s Impact on Farmed Animal Welfare 39:31 - Book Recommendations by Kristina 43:31 - Outro Relevant Links - https://nahtamatudloomad.ee/ - ‘Obstacle is the Way’ by Ryan Holiday - https://a.co/6ZGrieM - ‘Change of Heart’ by Nick Cooney - https://bit.ly/2DxG4zX Who is Kristina Mering? Kristina Mering is the founder and president of the Estonian branch of Anima International, Nähtamatud Loomad. She is also a sociologist focusing on human-animal relations. She has been advocating for animal rights for 15 years, starting her involvement in the movement as a teenager and playing a key role in its development in Estonia. Her organization was awarded the title of the best NGO in the country in 2019, and she herself received the best volunteer coordinator award from the president of Estonia the year before. In addition to her animal welfare work, Kristina has conducted sociological research on slaughterhouse workers and fur industry representatives, and is currently working on a project investigating social norms surrounding meat eating. As I want to run this podcast ad-free, the best way to support me is through Patreon: https://www. patreon.com/martinskadal If you live in Norway, you can consider becoming a support member in the two organizations I run. It costs NOK 50 a year. The more members we have, the more influence we have and the more funding we get as well. Right now we have around 500 members of World Saving Hustle (WSH) and 300 members of Altruism for Youth (AY). • Become a support member of WSH:https://forms.gle/ogwYPF1c62a59TsRA • Become a support member of AY: https://forms.gle/LSa4P1gyyyUmDsuP7 If you want to become a volunteer for World Saving Hustle or Altruism for Youth, send me an email and I'll forward it to our team. It might take some time before you'll get an answer as we're currently run by volunteers, but you'll get an answer eventually! Do you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for either topics/guests, let me know in the comment section. If you want to get in touch, the best way is through email: martin@worldsavinghustle.com Thanks to everyone in World Saving Hustle backing up this project and thanks to my creative partner Candace for editing this podcast! Thanks everyone and have an amazing day as always!! • instagram https://www.instagram.com/skadal/ • linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinska . . . • facebook https://www.facebook.com/martinsskadal/ • twitter https://twitter.com/martinskadal • Norwegian YT https://www.youtube.com/@martinskadal353 • Patreon https://www.patreon . com/martinskadal

44 min
05/02/2023

Ryuji Chua: Fish intelligence, documentary-making, effective advocacy ++ | Martin Skadal podcast #21

Thank you Ryuji and to everyone listening and watching! - Timestamps - 00:00 - Start Of The Episode 00:30 - Ryuji’s Intro And Journey To Where He Is Now 06:56 - Documentary-Making Tips 11:40 - What Ryuji Is Up To Right Now 14:15 - Understanding Why We Should Care About Fish 17:47 - The Underrated Intelligence of Fish 22:55 - How Complex Are Salmons 26:13 - What Matters Most To Ryuji Right Now? 31:32 - The Impact of Effective Communication in Animal Welfare 34:39 - How Can You Make The World A Better Place 35:53 - Outro Relevant Links - Documentaries by Ryuji: ‘How Conscious Can A Fish Be?’ on https://youtu.be/QevWGsd96xQ ‘Run To Death: The Rise & Fall of Greyhound Racing’ on https://youtu.be/L4UONXusMeA - https://www.ryujichua.com/ Who is Ryuji Chua? Ryuji Chua is a filmmaker and animal advocate focused on challenging how we think about and treat animals through education. He’s been a guest speaker at schools like the University of Warwick and the University of Chicago, produced videos for leading animal rights organizations like Surge, Sentient Media and Faunalytics, and was featured on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to talk about animal ethics and his independent documentary “How Conscious Can a Fish Be?” He currently serves as an advisor for Vegan Hacktivists. As I want to run this podcast ad-free, the best way to support me is through Patreon: https://www. patreon.com/martinskadal :-) If you live in Norway, you can consider becoming a support member in the two organizations I run. It costs NOK 50 a year. The more members we have, the more influence we have and the more funding we get as well. Right now we have around 500 members of World Saving Hustle (WSH) and 300 members of Altruism for Youth (AY). • Become a support member of WSH:https://forms.gle/ogwYPF1c62a59TsRA • Become a support member of AY: https://forms.gle/LSa4P1gyyyUmDsuP7 If you want to become a volunteer for World Saving Hustle or Altruism for Youth, send me an email and I'll forward it to our team. It might take some time before you'll get an answer as we're currently run by volunteers, but you'll get an answer eventually! Do you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for either topics/guests, let me know in the comment section. If you want to get in touch, the best way is through email: martin@worldsavinghustle.com Thanks to everyone in World Saving Hustle backing up this project and thanks to my creative partner Candace for editing this podcast! Thanks everyone and have an amazing day as always!! • instagram https://www.instagram.com/skadal/ • linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinska . . . • facebook https://www.facebook.com/martinsskadal/ • twitter https://twitter.com/martinskadal • Norwegian YT https://www.youtube.com/@martinskadal353 • Patreon https://www.patreon . com/martinskadal

36 min
04/09/2023

David Coman-Hidy: How External Management Make Impactful Organizations | Martin Skadal podcast #20

Thank you David and to everyone listening and watching! - Timestamps - 00:00 - Start and Intro of David 01:42 - David’s Journey to Today 04:11 - What David Does 06:19 - On Making A Better Organization Structure 08:52 - How Delegation Can Make or Break Organizations 11:45 - Dealing with the Change of Leadership Roles 15:12 - The Process of Passing Roles to Successors 20:08 - The Difference Between Board and Advisory Board 22:40 - Managing Stakeholders 23:31 - Donors and Memberships 27:55 - On Gaining More Members 39:12 - Source Recommendations 44:20 - Pros and Cons of Effective Altruism 48:56 - David’s Favorite Bands 50:36 - Last Thoughts and Outro Links: The Engagement by Sasha Issenberg - https://bit.ly/3KpnNWx Engines of Liberty by Davide Cole - https://bit.ly/41eDPck The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement -https://bit.ly/3ZN5iko Management in a Changing World - https://www.managementcenter.org/our-book/ Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-Based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity - https://bit.ly/3MwBhSO Who is David Coman-Hidy? David Coman-Hidy, former Executive Director of The Humane League. Under his leadership, The Humane League has grown into a national presence with offices spanning from coast to coast—winning campaigns against some of the largest foodservice and retail corporations in the world and reaching millions of young people each year with a message of compassion for farmed animals. David has spoken on factory farming and effective advocacy at conferences and on campuses across America. He has advised dozens of successful campaigns and his thoughts on activism have been published in Uncaged: Top Activists Share Their Wisdom on Effective Farm Animal Advocacy alongside experts Peter Singer, Bruce Friedrich, and Matt Ball. David graduated Summa Cum Laude from Emerson College’s honors program in only three years after winning the communication college’s Forensics Award and entrance into the Gold Key Honours society. As I want to run this podcast ad-free, the best way to support me is through Patreon: https://www. patreon.com/martinskadal If you live in Norway, you can consider becoming a support member in the two organizations I run. It costs NOK 50 a year. The more members we have, the more influence we have and the more funding we get as well. Right now we have around 500 members of World Saving Hustle (WSH) and 300 members of Altruism for Youth (AY). • Become a support member of WSH:https://forms.gle/ogwYPF1c62a59TsRA • Become a support member of AY: https://forms.gle/LSa4P1gyyyUmDsuP7 If you want to become a volunteer for World Saving Hustle or Altruism for Youth, send me an email and I'll forward it to our team. It might take some time before you'll get an answer as we're currently run by volunteers, but you'll get an answer eventually! Do you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for either topics/guests, let me know in the comment section. If you want to get in touch, the best way is through email: martin@worldsavinghustle.com Thanks to everyone in World Saving Hustle backing up this project and thanks to my creative partner Candace for editing this podcast! Thanks everyone and have an amazing day as always!! • instagram https://www.instagram.com/skadal/ • linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinska . . . • facebook https://www.facebook.com/martinsskadal/ • twitter https://twitter.com/martinskadal • Norwegian YT https://www.youtube.com/@martinskadal353 • Patreon https://www.patreon . com/martinskadal

51 min
04/02/2023

Carolina Galvani: Culture Pillars and Its Importance To Organizations | Martin Skadal podcast #19

Thank you Carolina and to everyone listening and watching! - Timestamps - 00:00 - Start and Carolina’s Intro 01:23 - The Need To Train And Develop Leaders To Run Fast-Growing Organizations 04:38 - Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion 07:56 - Cultural-Sensitivity In Organizations 09:18 - Meditation Retreat And Its Importance To Leaders 13:51 - Self-Care Tips For Organizations 17:20 - On-boarding Process for New Members 19:18 - How Culture Pillars Help Organizations 22:40 - Working In Global South Countries 27:26 - The Challenges of Taking Leadership Roles 29:32 - How to Delegate Better and Task Management 34:20 - On Building Strong Teams 36:11 - Source Recommendations 37:02 - Outro Links: -https://www.sinergiaanimalinternational.org/ -https://self-compassion.org/self-compassion-kristin-neff/ Who is Carolina Galvani? Carolina is Brazilian and has 20 years of experience in research, investigation, strategic planning, mobilization, communication, and movement building. She has worked in over 30 different countries as an investigative journalist for several leading NGOs and her work has been covered by some of the world’s most prominent media. Between 2013 and 2018, she worked at different organizations in Brazil and was responsible for negotiations and campaigns that led some of the largest food companies in the world—such as Cargill, Bunge, JBS and McDonald’s, —to announce animal welfare policies in Latin America. Carolina is a graduate of Unicamp in Brazil (in economics) and has a master’s degree in International Journalism from City University, London. In September 2017, Carolina founded Sinergia Animal. As I want to run this podcast ad-free, the best way to support me is through Patreon: https://www. patreon.com/martinskadal If you live in Norway, you can consider becoming a support member in the two organizations I run. It costs NOK 50 a year. The more members we have, the more influence we have and the more funding we get as well. Right now we have around 500 members of World Saving Hustle (WSH) and 300 members of Altruism for Youth (AY). • Become a support member of WSH:https://forms.gle/ogwYPF1c62a59TsRA • Become a support member of AY: https://forms.gle/LSa4P1gyyyUmDsuP7 If you want to become a volunteer for World Saving Hustle or Altruism for Youth, send me an email and I'll forward it to our team. It might take some time before you'll get an answer as we're currently run by volunteers, but you'll get an answer eventually! Do you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for either topics/guests, let me know in the comment section. If you want to get in touch, the best way is through email: martin@worldsavinghustle.com Thanks to everyone in World Saving Hustle backing up this project and thanks to my creative partner Candace for editing this podcast! Thanks everyone and have an amazing day as always!! • instagram https://www.instagram.com/skadal/ • linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinska . . . • facebook https://www.facebook.com/martinsskadal/ • twitter https://twitter.com/martinskadal • Norwegian YT https://www.youtube.com/@martinskadal353 • Patreon https://www.patreon . com/martinskadal

37 min
03/26/2023

Andrea Gunn: Sharpen Strategy and Leadership Development | Martin Skadal podcast #18

Thank you Andrea and to everyone listening and watching! - Timestamps - 00:00 - Start and Introduction of Andrea 01:48 - Andrea’s Current Work and Journey 10:10 - Challenges In Managing Organizations 20:21 - On Volunteer Retention 23:44 - What It Means To Take Ownership In Your Tasks 26:59 - Leadership And Time Management 30:41 - Practices For An Effective Organization 34:38 - Successful Leadership Development 36:48 - How Sharpen Strategy Works 38:37 - Sources Recommendations 40:08 - Last Thoughts and Outro Links: https://www.managementcenter.org/ https://www.managementcenter.org/our-book/ https://www.ccl.org/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249918.The_First_Time_Manager https://openwingalliance.org/ Who is Andrea Gunn? Andrea Gunn is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sharpen Strategy, where she supports farmed animal protection organizations to become more impactful and sustainable. Andrea was Executive Vice President of The Humane League for 9 years, and currently Board Member of Animal Charity Evaluators and Advisor to Vegan Hacktivists. Andrea has a degree in Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science from the University of Michigan and an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. As I want to run this podcast ad-free, the best way to support me is through Patreon: https:/ /www. patreon.com/martinskadal If you live in Norway, you can consider becoming a support member in the two organizations I run. It costs NOK 50 a year. The more members we have, the more influence we have and the more funding we get as well. Right now we have around 500 members of World Saving Hustle (WSH) and 300 members of Altruism for Youth (AY). • Become a support member of WSH:https://forms.gle/ogwYPF1c62a59TsRA • Become a support member of AY: https://forms.gle/LSa4P1gyyyUmDsuP7 If you want to become a volunteer for World Saving Hustle or Altruism for Youth, send me an email and I'll forward it to our team. It might take some time before you'll get an answer as we're currently run by volunteers, but you'll get an answer eventually! Do you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for either topics/guests, let me know in the comment section. If you want to get in touch, the best way is through email: martin@worldsavinghustle.com Thanks to everyone in World Saving Hustle backing up this project and thanks to my creative partner Candace for editing this podcast! Thanks everyone and have an amazing day as always!! • instagram https://www.instagram.com/skadal/ • linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinska. . . • facebook https://www.facebook.com/martinsskadal/ • twitter https://twitter.com/martinskadal • Norwegian YT https://www.youtube.com/@martinskadal353 • Patreon https://www.patreon . com/martinskadal

43 min
03/19/2023

Haven King-Nobles: Why Care More About Fish and How To Help | Martin Skadal podcast #17

Thank you Haven and to everyone listening and watching! - Timestamps - 00:00 - Start 00:29 - What is Charity Entrepreneurship 01:12 - Haven’s Journey To Today 04:33 - Fish Welfare Initiative 07:06 - What Haven Does Now 09:38 - The Importance of Contextualizing Campaigns 13:41 - Why Should We Care About Fish 16:32 - Actions To Do For Fish Welfare 19:28 - Right Interventions For Fish Welfare Around The Globe 23:09 - Different Approaches For Fish Welfare In Various Countries 25:46 - How To Bring More People Into The Movement 27:33 - Innovating Approaches To Animal Rights’ Movement 29:19 - Important Source Recommendations 31:41 - How Animal Rights and Effective Altruism Movements Are Connected 34:02 - Areas That The EA Community Needs Improvement 38:43 - Ways To Help The EA Community Now 40:34 - Last thoughts and Outro Relevant Links: Fish Welfare Initiative - https://www.fishwelfareinitiative.org/ Ethics Into Action by Peter Singer - https://bit.ly/3JP7sel Grilled by Leah Garcés - https://bit.ly/3LzHtsW Engines of Liberty by David Cole - https://bit.ly/40jK7Ha The Fight in the Fields by Cesar Chávez - https://bit.ly/3yPqACS Who is Haven King-Nobles? Haven King-Nobles is the Cofounder and Executive Director of Fish Welfare Initiative. He has been involved in animal advocacy and effective altruism for several years, during which time he founded Effective Altruism Oberlin, was president of Oberlin Animal Rights, and was a Research Intern at Mercy For Animals. He graduated from Oberlin College with degrees in computer science and philosophy. Outside of working for better fish welfare, Haven enjoys getting cheap drinks with great people. As I want to run this podcast ad-free, the best way to support me is through Patreon: https:/ /www. patreon.com/martinskadal If you live in Norway, you can consider becoming a support member in the two organizations I run. It costs NOK 50 a year. The more members we have, the more influence we have and the more funding we get as well. Right now we have around 500 members of World Saving Hustle (WSH) and 300 members of Altruism for Youth (AY). • Become a support member of WSH:https://forms.gle/ogwYPF1c62a59TsRA • Become a support member of AY: https://forms.gle/LSa4P1gyyyUmDsuP7 If you want to become a volunteer for World Saving Hustle or Altruism for Youth, send me an email and I'll forward it to our team. It might take some time before you'll get an answer as we're currently run by volunteers, but you'll get an answer eventually! Do you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for either topics/guests, let me know in the comment section. If you want to get in touch, the best way is through email: martin@worldsavinghustle.com Thanks to everyone in World Saving Hustle backing up this project and thanks to my creative partner Candace for editing this podcast! Thanks everyone and have an amazing day as always!! • instagram https://www.instagram.com/skadal/ • linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinska. . . • facebook https://www.facebook.com/martinsskadal/ • twitter https://twitter.com/martinskadal • Norwegian YT https://www.youtube.com/@martinskadal353 • Patreon https://www.patreon . com/martinskadal

43 min
03/12/2023

Michelle Hutchinson: Making Impact Through Careers With 80,000 Hours | Martin Skadal podcast #16

Thank you Michelle and to everyone listening and watching! - Timestamps - 00:00 - Start and Intro of Michelle 01:10 - What 80,000 Hours Does 02:39 - One-to-one Coaching By 80,000 Hours 05:46 - Application Criteria: Who Can Apply 07:59 - How 80,000 Hours Curate Its Job Board 11:38 - Michelle’s Journey To The Effective Altruism Movement 18:47 - Current and Future Work of Michelle 20:58 - Career Advice By Michelle 26:50 - Global Priorities 31:55 - Existential Risks Of Today 36:27 - The Benefits Specializing and Being A Jack Of All Trades 40:20 - Biggest Misconception About Career Advising 40:57 - Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid To Ask For Help 44:18 - Tips On Applying For Grants 47:36 - One Thing Michelle Learned From Entire Career 49:30 - Outro Relevant Links: - https://80000hours.org/ Who is Michelle Hutchinson? Michelle is the current director of the One-on-one Programme of 80,000 Hours. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oxford, where her thesis was on global priorities research. While completing that, she did the operational set-up of the Centre for Effective Altruism and then became Executive Director of Giving What We Can. She came to 80,000 Hours fresh from setting up the Global Priorities Institute at Oxford. As I want to run this podcast ad-free, the best way to support me is through Patreon: https:/ /www. patreon.com/martinskadal If you live in Norway, you can consider becoming a support member in the two organizations I run. It costs NOK 50 a year. The more members we have, the more influence we have and the more funding we get as well. Right now we have around 500 members of World Saving Hustle (WSH) and 300 members of Altruism for Youth (AY). • Become a support member of WSH:https://forms.gle/ogwYPF1c62a59TsRA • Become a support member of AY: https://forms.gle/LSa4P1gyyyUmDsuP7 If you want to become a volunteer for World Saving Hustle or Altruism for Youth, send me an email and I'll forward it to our team. It might take some time before you'll get an answer as we're currently run by volunteers, but you'll get an answer eventually! Do you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for either topics/guests, let me know in the comment section. If you want to get in touch, the best way is through email: martin@worldsavinghustle.com Thanks to everyone in World Saving Hustle backing up this project and thanks to my creative partner Candace for editing this podcast! Thanks everyone and have an amazing day as always!! • instagram https://www.instagram.com/skadal/ • linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinska. . . • facebook https://www.facebook.com/martinsskadal/ • twitter https://twitter.com/martinskadal • Norwegian YT https://www.youtube.com/@martinskadal353 • Patreon https://www.patreon . com/martinskadal

50 min
03/05/2023

Ingvild Syntropia: Ecojustice, Art & Altruism, Social Media Algorithm++ | Martin Skadal podcast #15

Thank you Ingvild and to everyone listening and watching! - Timestamps - 00:00 - Start and Intro of Ingvild 01:38 - How Ingvild Describes Herself and Her Work 02:59 - What is Ecojustice 04:14 - What Inspires Ingvild 07:31 - Tips on Handling Activists’ Burnout 11:30 - Ingvild’s Focus Areas 13:23 - Permaculture 15:29 - Role of Art in Altruism 17:59 - Storytelling Tips 20:07 - What Lead Ingvild To Where She Is Today 24:43 - On Dealing The Fear Of Not Doing Enough 28:05 - Sources/Films Recommendation 32:09 - Ingvild As An Actress 33:09 - How Ingvild Got Into The Acting Work And The Journey So Far 38:31 - The Hard Pill Of Social Media Algorithm 47:34 - On Communicating Effective Altruism 49:29 - The Beauty of Change 55:51 - How To Do The Most Good 57:23 - The Meaning of Life for Ingvild 59:14 - Last Thoughts and Outro Relevant Links: - https://philpapers.org/s/William%20MacAskill - https://philpapers.org/s/Peter%20Singer - https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens-2/ - https://www.ynharari.com/book/homo-deus/ - https://bit.ly/3YnstRm - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7322224/ - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0889513/ As I want to run this podcast ad-free, the best way to support me is through Patreon: https:/ /www. patreon.com/martinskadal If you live in Norway, you can consider becoming a support member in the two organizations I run. It costs NOK 50 a year. The more members we have, the more influence we have and the more funding we get as well. Right now we have around 500 members of World Saving Hustle (WSH) and 300 members of Altruism for Youth (AY). • Become a support member of WSH:https://forms.gle/ogwYPF1c62a59TsRA • Become a support member of AY: https://forms.gle/LSa4P1gyyyUmDsuP7 If you want to become a volunteer for World Saving Hustle or Altruism for Youth, send me an email and I'll forward it to our team. It might take some time before you'll get an answer as we're currently run by volunteers, but you'll get an answer eventually! Do you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for either topics/guests, let me know in the comment section. If you want to get in touch, the best way is through email: martin@worldsavinghustle.com Thanks to everyone in World Saving Hustle backing up this project and thanks to my creative partner Candace for editing this podcast! Thanks everyone and have an amazing day as always!! • instagram https://www.instagram.com/skadal/ • linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinska. . . • facebook https://www.facebook.com/martinsskadal/ • twitter https://twitter.com/martinskadal • Norwegian YT https://www.youtube.com/@martinskadal353 • Patreon https://www.patreon . com/martinskadal

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Martin Skadal
Years Active

2022 - 2023
Episodes

21
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Clean
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Martin Skadal podcast

Martin Skadal podcast

Episodes

Kristina Mering: Animal Advocacy in Estonia, Good Political Relations ++ | Martin Skadal Podcast #22

Ryuji Chua: Fish intelligence, documentary-making, effective advocacy ++ | Martin Skadal podcast #21

David Coman-Hidy: How External Management Make Impactful Organizations | Martin Skadal podcast #20

Carolina Galvani: Culture Pillars and Its Importance To Organizations | Martin Skadal podcast #19

Andrea Gunn: Sharpen Strategy and Leadership Development | Martin Skadal podcast #18

Haven King-Nobles: Why Care More About Fish and How To Help | Martin Skadal podcast #17

Michelle Hutchinson: Making Impact Through Careers With 80,000 Hours | Martin Skadal podcast #16

Ingvild Syntropia: Ecojustice, Art & Altruism, Social Media Algorithm++ | Martin Skadal podcast #15

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