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Welcome to rationally speaking, the podcast where we explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense.

I'm your host, Julia Galef, and my guest today is Dylan Matthews.

Dylan is senior correspondent for Vox and the head writer for Future Perfect, which is a subsection of Vox devoted to ways to do the most good and looking at the news through an effective altruist lens.

And Dylan is, as of recently, the host of the Future Perfect podcast about philanthropy and ways people try to do good.

It's now in its just beginning its second season.

Dylan, welcome to rationally speaking, or welcome back, I should say.

You were on our show a few years ago.

Many years ago, but yes, no, I'm grateful to be back.

Yeah, that earlier episode was about your experience donating a kidney and the science and sort of ethical philosophy around that choice.

It was great.

We should link to that for any guests who missed it.

Yeah, it was a fun time.

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