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October 2024

Metascience 101 - EP8: "Invention vs. Diffusion"
IN THIS EPISODE: Journalist Derek Thompson and economist Eli Dourado investigate the bottlenecks standing in the way of the invention vs.
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Tim Hwang
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38:47
Metascience 101 - EP7: “Science and Political Legitimacy"
IN THIS EPISODE: Journalist Dylan Matthews leads a conversation with Open Philanthropy CEO Alexander Berger, Professor Tyler Cowen, and IFP Co-CEO Caleb…
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Tim Hwang
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Caleb Watney
1:10:02
Metascience 101 - EP6: “Safety and Science”
IN THIS EPISODE: Journalist Dylan Matthews sits down with Professor Tyler Cowen, Matt Clancy, and Jacob Trefethen to discuss whether there are tensions…
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Tim Hwang
55:16
Metascience 101 - EP5: "How and Why to Run an Experiment"
Listen now (58 mins) | IN THIS EPISODE: Professor Heidi Williams, Professor Paul Niehaus, Emily Oehlsen, and Jim Savage dive in on a practical “how-to…
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Tim Hwang
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58:01
Metascience 101 - EP4: "ARPAs, FROs, and Fast Grants, oh my!"
IN THIS EPISODE: Stripe Press’s Tamara Winter talks through the broad range of scientific funding institutions with guests Professor Tyler Cowen, Arc…
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Tim Hwang
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1:13:48

September 2024

Metascience 101 - EP3: "The Scientific Production Function"
IN THIS EPISODE: Journalist Kelsey Piper interviews Convergent Research CEO Adam Marblestone and Professor Paul Niehaus on the inputs to scientific…
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Tim Hwang
1:01:41
Announcing the Metascience 101 Podcast Series
One of the questions we get most frequently at IFP is: “Metascience seems like a really cool area of research.
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Tim Hwang
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Caleb Watney
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Metascience 101 - EP2: “Is Science Slowing Down?”
Listen now (79 mins) | IN THIS EPISODE: OpenPhil CEO Alexander Berger interviews economist Matt Clancy and Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison to talk…
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Tim Hwang
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Matt Clancy
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Patrick Collison
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1:18:47
Metascience 101 - EP1: "Introduction"
IN THIS EPISODE: Journalist Dylan Matthews sits down with economist Heidi Williams and IFP co-founder Caleb Watney to set the scene.
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Tim Hwang
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Caleb Watney
41:26

August 2024

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