podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast
podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast
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Dec 31, 2025 • 12min
A Harried Meeting (audio)
A short story by Ben Pace. Original can be found here. Donate to the fundraiser here!
Harry sings karaoke here. Happy New Year. :)
Dec 29, 2025 • 1h 15min
Unum 9: Carol’s Got a Nuke!
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about the season one finale of Pluribus. Rest assured that we can’t harm you without your consent (though we can look for loopholes to force you to join our club). Remember, your choices are your own.
Thanks for listening, everyone. Brian and I plan to do more stuff between now and season 2 so stay tuned. :)
Dec 25, 2025 • 5min
House elves are crystalized cosmic power
A short story by Prerat. Original can be found here. Merry Xmas!
Dec 22, 2025 • 1h 25min
Unum 8: Cuddle Puddle
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 8 of Pluribus. You’re welcome to join us in our giant cuddle puddle. Don’t worry, it’s way less sexy than it sounds. Remember, your choices are your own.
Dec 15, 2025 • 50min
Unum 7: Chekhov’s Spiky Palm Tree
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 7 of Pluribus. Please don’t walk through 100 kilometers of deadly jungle – we’re happy to give you a ride. Remember, your choices are your own.
This episode had some scheduling issues around recording and a nicely timed tech problem. It’s not our best work. If somehow this happens to be your first episode, I encourage you to try another one. ;)
Dec 11, 2025 • 1h 4min
Unum 06: John Cena Said We Don’t Have to Eat People
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 6 of Pluribus. You’re welcome to consume human-derived protein, but we don’t think that’s likely. Remember, your choices are your own.
Dec 8, 2025 • 1h 3min
Unum 05: It’s Not You, It’s We
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 5 of Pluribus. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the complexities of handling the unassimilated. Remember, your choices are your own.
Dec 4, 2025 • 1h 10min
Unum 04: Can I Get My Heroin To Go?
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 4 of Pluribus. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the complexities of handling the unassimilated. Remember, your choices are your own.
Dec 1, 2025 • 1h 1min
Unum 03: Would You Like a Cup of Coffee With Your Nuke?
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 3 of Pluribus. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the complexities of handling the unassimilated. Remember, your choices are your own.
Nov 26, 2025 • 1h 5min
Unum 02: A Meeting of the Minds
Welcome back to Unum! Steven and Brian discuss the second episode, gush about their favorite parts, and have fun speculating wildly about what “reasonable” people might do in this situation.
The format of this show will be full spoilers for the episode we’re covering and we’ll do an accelerated release schedule to catch up with the show. We hope you have fun!
