My third guest is Alexei Andreev In this 13-minute interview, we discuss: Alexei's record of donating to Existential Risk causes. The trade-offs of donating from a salary as opposed to waiting to donate from a big exit on a startup. The value of CfAR-style techniques for getting the job done; e.g. building good habit. Working with other LessWronger…

My guest is Dr. Daniel Reeves of Beeminder, a web service that helps you stick to your goals. In this 11-minute discussion, Daniel talks about: How Beeminder works to help you stay focused on your goals, Working with other LessWrongers at the startup, The value, or lack thereof, in getting a PhD; his was in Algorithmic Game Theory, which he links t…

My guest is Laurent Bossavit of Institut Agile, known on LessWrong.com as Morendil. His book on The Leprechauns of Software Engineering, mentioned in the podcast, shows some interesting cases of industry legend in software: "How folklore turns into fact and what to do about it." In this 29-minute interview, we discuss The Leprechauns book How CfAR-…

Leading Indian rationalist Sanal Edamaruku with the latest on his fight against blasphemy charges in India, filed one year ago after he debunked a supposed miracle at a Catholic Church in Mumbai.Please sign the petition calling on the Indian Prime Minister to intervene in the case: http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/drop-blasphemy-charges-agains…

In the March edition of the RA Podcast, Alom Shaha discusses Islam's problem with evolution, the new President of the BHA Jim Al-Khalili tells us why it's time for a more accommodating approach to religion, humanist chaplain Chris Stedman makes the case for inter-faith, and comedian Stewart Lee bemoans the lengths to which parents must go to get th…

It's Christmas Eve, and in the final Advent Podcast Richard Dawkins tells Robin Ince why we should celebrate Alfred Russel Wallace alongside Charles Darwin as the co-discoverer of natural selection.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the 23rd Advent Podcast, comedian Dara Ó Briain speaks to Robin Ince backstage at Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2008, and is rudely interrupted by Ricky Gervais.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

For the 22nd Advent Podcast singer-songwriter Philip Jeays very kindly provided us with the song he performed at the 2008 Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People shows, "Death Bed" (just in case your kids are around, be warned the song features some colourful language).Recorded in 2008. Additional music by Andrea Rocca.…

On 21 December, Tim Minchin talks to Robin Ince about the scientist or philosopher he would like to hold an annual celebration for.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the 20th Advent Podcast, comedian Josie Long tells Robin Ince that she would like to celebrate Kurt Vonnegut at Christmas.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the 19th Advent Podcast, science author and broadcaster Ann Druyan explains why she would like to celebrate eight scientists, each one represented by a Hanukkah candle.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

Musician and comedian Mitch Benn explains the true meaning of Christmas.Taken from the 20-track CD recording of Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2010, available for £12 from Gofasterstripe.comAv RationalistUK

Comedian Jo Neary has some handy Christmas gift ideas.Taken from the 20-track CD recording of Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2010, available for £12 from Gofasterstripe.comAv RationalistUK

Al Murray's Pub Landlord offers the audience an English myth that they can all believe in.Taken from the 20-track CD recording of Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2010, available for £12 from Gofasterstripe.comAv RationalistUK

Singer and comedian Helen Arney with a love song inspired by the habits of animals.Taken from the 20-track CD recording of Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2010, available for £12 from Gofasterstripe.comAv RationalistUK

Comedian Ed Byrne talks about hanging out with Cern physicists and how Brian Cox's Wonders of the Solar System has left him with an intense sense of planetary pride.Taken from the 20-track CD recording of Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2010, available for £12 from Gofasterstripe.comAv RationalistUK

Carter USM frontman Jim Bob performs The Impossible Dream (The Quest), accompanied by Martin White and The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra.Taken from the 20-track CD recording of Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2010, available for £12 from Gofasterstripe.comAv RationalistUK

Science writer and broadcaster Adam Rutherford was kind enough to go on the Alpha Course, so you don't have to. (He also gets a room full of 300 rationalists to chant the Lord's Prayer.)Taken from the 20-track CD recording of Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2010, available for £12 from Gofasterstripe.com…

Comedian Nick Doody's paean to the Messiah's headgear – My Big Lovely Jesus HatTaken from the 20-track CD recording of Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2010, available for £12 from Gofasterstripe.comAv RationalistUK

Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People creator Robin Ince delivers his reading from Richard Feynman, without which no Godless show would be complete.Taken from the 20-track CD recording of the 2010 shows, available for £12 from Gofasterstripe.comAv RationalistUK

In the 18 December Advent Podcast, comedian Mark Steel tells Robin Ince why the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat deserves an annual day in his honour.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the Advent Podcast for 17 December, comedian Marcus Brigstocke tells Robin Ince that we should celebrate a different scientist every year.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the 16th Advent Podcast, our very own Laurie Taylor tells us why, if he could celebrate any scientist with an annual day, it would be his own father, Stanley Douglas Taylor.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the 15th Advent Podcast, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant tell Robin Ince which thinkers should be celebrated at Christmas, and reveal their surprising decisions to convert to Christianity and creationism.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the Advent Podcast for 14 December, comedian Eddie Izzard tells Robin Ince his thoughts on the personal hygiene of scientists, and the "smelly genius" of Isaac Newton.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the 13th Advent Podcast, broadcaster Andrew Collins makes an unusual (and fictional) choice for the thinker he would like to honour with an annual day of celebration.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the Advent Podcast for 12 December, comedian and actor (and holder of a PhD in quantum physics) Ben Miller explains why Einstein deserves an annual day in his honour.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the 11th Advent Podcast, comedian and actor Chris Addison decides to nominate a well-known populariser of science for a special annual celebration. He would also like a Spinning Jenny for Christmas.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

On the tenth day of our Advent Podcasts, cartoonist Martin Rowson looks back with great sentimentality on how we lived before the dawn of civilisation, and says we should replace Christmas with a celebration of the anthropologist Christopher Boehm.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

On the ninth day of our Advent Podcasts, science writer and doctor Ben Goldacre says he would like to hold a celebration for Archie Cochrane, who he calls "the grandfather of evidence-based medicine".Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

On the eighth day of Advent, Simon Singh celebrates the genius of Galileo.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the Advent Podcast for 7 December, writer and critic Natalie Haynes tells us about why she thinks the Roman philosopher and playwright Seneca deserves to be celebrated with an annual day.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the sixth Advent Podcast, Robin Ince talks to Dave Gorman about the mathematician Paul Erdős, and how, where all actors have a "Bacon Number" to denote their degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon, all mathematicians have an Erdős Number. He would also like a Soda Stream for Christmas.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.…

On the fifth day of our Advent Podcasts, Robin Ince talks to comedian and novelist Alexei Sayle about which scientist he'd like to honour with an annual celebration. And listen out for his choice of the scientific invention he'd like to receive for Christmas.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

On the fourth day of the New Humanist Advent Podcasts, comedian and writer Christina Martin tells us why she's like to replace Christmas with a day in honour of Vasily Dokuchaev, the founder of modern soil science.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the third New Humanist Advent Podcast, comedian Robin Ince explains why the world needs an annual Carl Sagan Day.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the second of the New Humanist Advent Podcasts, PZ Myers tells us which scientist from history he'd like to honour with an annual celebration, and which scientific gift he'd most like to receive.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK

In the first of the New Humanist Advent Podcasts, Stephen Fry tells us which scientist from history he'd like to honour with an annual celebration, and which scientific gift he'd most like to receive.Recorded in 2008. Music by Andrea Rocca.Av RationalistUK