The Giving What We Can Podcast

#3 – Joshua Greene (Pt. 1): Multiplying the impact of your donations with Giving Multiplier

We recently spoke with Joshua Green, a renowned psychologist and author of the book Moral Tribes. He recently co-founded Giving Multiplier along with a Giving What We Can member Lucius Caviola.
Giving Multiplier aims to make it easy to introduce people to effective giving by adding bonus money onto their donations if they include highly effective charities alongside their favourite ones. Giving What We Can members get a special higher matching rate to share with their friends and family.
Full transcript and links are available at our blog:https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/post/2021/08/giving-multiplier-interview-with-joshua-greene/ 
 
00:00 - Hopes for Giving Multiplier00:23 - Introduction00:56 - How Giving Multiplier works02:16 - Research that led to Giving Multiplier06:09 - Results to date06:09 - Results to date08:20 - How people are discovering Giving Multiplier08:50 - Special GWWC offer10:16 - Plans for the future11:20 - Closing thoughts

Lesson: Three BIG problems that need your support

By supporting these three cause you could do an astonishing amount of good. Which one do Bill Gates, Grimes, and Stephen Hawking all support? Stay tuned to find out.
00:00 - Introduction01:20 - 1. Global health and development01:40 - 1a. Scale02:00 - 1b. Neglectedness02:30 - 1c. Tractability04:19 - 2. Animal welfare04:52 - 2a. Scale05:23 - 2b. Neglectedness05:37 - 2c. Tractability06:16 - 3. Safeguarding the long-term future07:50 - 3a. Scale08:19 - 3b. Neglectedness09:50 - 3c. Tractability10:50 - Matching your values to causes

Member Story: Ollie Base

Member Ollie Base who shares why he joined Giving What We Can.
Read Ollie's story here: https://givingwhatwecan.org/post/2021/09/member-profile-ollie-base 

Lesson: Can money buy happiness? A review of new data.

We look at three studies on money and happiness to find out when money can buy happiness and when it doesn't.Find the graphs mentioned in the full article by Michael Plant & Julian Hazell: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/post/2021/06/can-money-buy-happiness-a-review-of-new-data/
Watch the video on our YouTube channel:https://youtu.be/JLfKZCzkBDs 
00:00 - Introduction00:48 - Kahneman and Deaton study01:18 - Killingsworth study03:00 - Killingsworth reformatted04:40 - Are you spending money right?05:38 - Spending money on others06:30 - ConclusionSTUDIES MENTIONED:- Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton (2010): https://www.princeton.edu/~deaton/downloads/deaton_kahneman_high_income_improves_evaluation_August2010.pdf- Matthew A. Killingsworth (2021): https://www.pnas.org/content/118/4/e2016976118- Elizabeth W. Dunn, Daniel T. Gilbert, Timothy D. Wilson (2010): https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/danielgilbert/files/if-money-doesnt-make-you-happy.nov-12-20101.pdf- Elizabeth W. Dunn, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton (2008): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18356530/

#2 – Luke Freeman & Josh Ross: Maximising charitable impact

Luke Freeman is the Executive Director of Giving What We Can, a community of people seeking to maximise their charitable impact. Luke is interviewed by Josh Ross, the CEO of Humanitix, a ticketing platform that is set up as a charity so it can turn its profits into good.
This episode covers how Luke discovered effective giving and effective altruism, common objections to charity, giving and happiness, and some great examples of charities doing good.
 
Full transcript and show notes:
https://givingwhatwecan.org/post/2021/09/podcast-luke-freeman-with-josh-ross
 
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Origins of an altruist
04:30 - Objections to charity
08:45 - Our opportunity to help others
11:08 - Addressing moral demandingness
13:03 - Giving effectively
15:16 - Differences in impact
17:50 - Discovering what we value
20:08 - Costs of improving animal welfare
21:40 - Upcoming plans for Giving What We Can
22:50 - National differences in generosity
25:40 - Money and happiness
28:45 - Conclusion

#1 – Lucia Coulter: Eliminating lead poisoning

Lucia Colter is a doctor turned charity founder who recently co-founded the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP). 
LEEP works to eliminate lead poisoning worldwide by advocating for the regulation of lead paint.
Lucia is also a member of the Giving What We Can community, where she used to be the co-president of our Cambridge chapter.
## SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/post/2021/09/podcast-lucia-coulter/ 
## Links Mentioned
https://leadelimination.org
https://givingwhatwecan.org 
https://givingwhatwecan.org/get-involved/videos-books-and-essays/famine-affluence-and-morality-peter-singer/