The Antinatalist Advocacy Podcast

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The Antinatalist Advocacy Podcast presents interviews with interesting and knowledgeable people about how best to protect sentient beings from the harms of coming into existence. We speak with anti

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February 29, 2024AAP Bonus Episode: The Importance of Animal Rights | Seb Alex (AAC23)
Welcome back to AAP! We're delighted to bring you the second talk from December's Antinatalist Advocacy conference: AAC23 Antinatalism at a Crossroads. As we mentioned last month, we'll be releasing the audio of our five talks and one panel discussion over the next few months to help share the ideas discussed a little wider.

This episode includes Seb Alex's presentation on the importance of animal rights. Why are animal rights and/or veganism important? How do they relate to antinatalism? And should we be wary of leaving the wild animals to eat each other indefinitely? Let us know your thoughts below!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:58 Intro to Seb Alex
03:07 Seb's talk begins
36:35 Q&A
59:07 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY
Newsletter: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/newsletter
Website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntinatalistAdvocacy
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/AN_advocacy
Instagram: https://instagram.com/an_advocacy

SEB ALEX
Website: https://www.sebalex.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seb.alex/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SebAlex
Middle East Vegan Society: https://middleeastvegansociety.org/
Check out the links below!
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBM2lFzx_go
Presentation: https://youtu.be/aBM2lFzx_go?feature=shared
AAC23 website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/projects/aac
Day 1 of AAC23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFU9Cu48WNM
Day 2 of AAC23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxcR1pLFPFU
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1h 1min
February 15, 2024AAP Ep. 8 - Why We Should Not Eat Animals with Ash Wickety
For our second episode of 2024, we're diving deep into another one of our cause areas at Antinatalist Advocacy - animal agriculture. What does eating animals have to do with antinatalism? Do antinatalists have an obligation to be vegan? And should we keep veganism and antinatalism separate in our activism? Let us know your thoughts!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
05:35 How and when Ash became an antinatalist
10:18 Why Ash went vegan
14:00 Strongest arguments for going vegan
16:44 Best arguments against veganism
20:01 Arguments for keeping veganism and antinatalism separate
32:52 Do antinatalists have an obligation to be vegan?
34:59 Do vegans have an obligation to be antinatalist?
37:48 Should we target AN activism towards vegans?
42:41 Should we keep AN activism separate from vegan activism?
53:00 Experiences talking to antinatalists about veganism
54:21 Vegans refusing to become antinatalists
1:07:04 Final comments & a positive note to end on
1:13:41 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY
Newsletter: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/newsletter
Website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntinatalistAdvocacy
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/AN_advocacy
Instagram: https://instagram.com/an_advocacy

Check out the links below!
Ash Wickety Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashwickety/
Stop Having Kids: https://www.stophavingkids.org/
AAC23: Building a Healthy Antinatalist Community Panel: Panel: Building a Healthy Antinatalist Community
Antinatalist Advocacy Animal Agriculture page: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/animal-agriculture
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1h 15min
January 31, 2024AAP Bonus Episode: The Case for Genome Reform and a Bio-happiness Revolution | David Pearce (AAC23)
It's our first bonus episode of 2023, and we're pleased to bring you the first talk from last month's Antinatalist Advocacy conference: AAC23 Antinatalism at a Crossroads. We'll be releasing the audio of our five talks and one panel discussion over the next few months to help share the ideas discussed a little wider.

First up is David Pearce's case for a 'bio-happiness revolution'. Should we advocate against procreation, or should we instead focus on engineering suffering out of sentient existence? What would it take to do this, and how realistic is this goal? Let us know your thoughts!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:41 Intro to David Pearce
04:23 David's talk begins
22:06 Q&A
56:32 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY
Newsletter: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/newsletter
Website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntinatalistAdvocacy
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/AN_advocacy
Instagram: https://instagram.com/an_advocacy

DAVID PEARCE
Twitter: https://twitter.com/webmasterdave
Website: https://www.antinatalism.com/
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearce_(philosopher)
The Hedonistic Imperative: https://www.hedweb.com/
Check out the links below!
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqbU2ZF81dM
Presentation: https://www.antinatalism.com/hard/antinatalism-selectionpressure.pedf
AAC23 website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/projects/aac
Day 1 of AAC23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFU9Cu48WNM
Day 2 of AAC23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxcR1pLFPFU
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58min
January 15, 2024AAP Ep. 7 - Why we should not have children with BenedictineTheTruth
We're beginning the new year by diving deep into the reasons for not having children with YouTuber BenedictineTheTruth. So what are the strongest (and weakest) arguments for antinatalism? Is humanity a virus on this planet? And how should we talk to natalists about the harms of having children? Listen to find out!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:22 Welcome Benedictine
19:30 How Benedictine became an antinatalist
34:33 Best arguments against having children
43:06 Weakest arguments for antinatalism (is humanity a virus?)
59:00 Best counter arguments to antinatalism
1:04:56 Opportunities and challenges for antinatalist activism
1:24:02 Final thoughts on the topic of not having children
1:28:32 A positive note to end on
1:31:56 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY
Newsletter: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/newsletter
Website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntinatalistAdvocacy
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/AN_advocacy
Instagram: https://instagram.com/an_advocacy

Check out the links below!
Benedictine's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@benedictinethetruth
Discussing antinatalism at Speaker's Corner: https://youtu.be/2kO-enPxK0c?si=WN45PgPY1J8sF8qv
Discussing antinatalism with Extinction Rebellion: https://youtu.be/cyvpm-wHl_k?si=tYp4iUPI7y7pDj32
Best Speech You Will Ever Hear: https://youtu.be/es6U00LMmC4?si=vVj7F88tpk2zakRZ
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1h 34min
December 31, 2023AAP Bonus Episode - Pronatalist vs Antinatalist debate with Simone & Malcolm Collins
It's NYE 2023, and we're finishing the year with a debate! Should we be having babies? Can you sometimes be justified in creating new sentient beings? And are antinatalists simply projecting their own misery onto others? Let us know your thoughts below!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:02 Conversation begins
2:18:17 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY
Newsletter: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/newsletter
Website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntinatalistAdvocacy
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/AN_advocacy
Instagram: https://instagram.com/an_advocacy

Simone & Malcolm Collins:
YouTube: Based Camp with Simone & Malcolm Collins - YouTube
Twitter: twitter.com/SimoneHCollins
Books: amazon.com/gp/product/B08FMWMFTG
School: collinsinstitute.org
Projects: pragmatistfoundation.com
Facebook: facebook.com/basedcamppodcast
Simone on HubPages: simonesmith.hubpages.com
Original video on Lawrence Anton's channel: ANTINATALISM DEBATE | NATALISTS VS ANTINATALISTS (In-Person Debate)
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2h 20min
December 15, 2023AAP Ep. 6 - Crossover episode with @Voidcast
It's our first ever AAP crossover episode! Carlos and Lenny - the guys behind the excellent Voidcast - join us for a discussion on all things antinatalist activism and advice for fellow antinatalists looking to have a positive impact on the world. Enjoy!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:47 Welcome Carlos and Lenny
12:47 Intro to Voidcast
25:21 General thoughts on antinatalist activism
29:31 Thoughts on converting people to antinatalism
41:01 Whether or not the antinatalist community is suitable to build a social movement on
56:58 The antinatalist end goal
1:03:50 Antinatalism as an end goal vs a means to an end
1:08:10 Advice for an antinatalist looking to have a positive impact
1:19:02 Projects Carlos and Lenny are working on
1:24:07 A positive note to end on
1:27:40 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY
Newsletter: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/newsletter
Website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntinatalistAdvocacy
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/AN_advocacy
Instagram: https://instagram.com/an_advocacy

Antinatalist Advocacy Conference 2023
AAC23 Day 1: https://bit.ly/41nHXYN
AAC23 Day 2: https://bit.ly/3TrmoES
Voidcast links:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/veganvoidcast
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@veganvoidcast
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/veganvoidcast
Lawrence's interview with Voidcast: https://bit.ly/48hTn2z
Check out the further links below!
Lenny's Kurnig post: https://www.reddit.com/r/antinatalism/comments/wd268d/the_holy_grail_of_modern_antinatalism_unearthed/
"Judeo-Christian Antinatalism?" – guest lecture and discussion with Dr. Karim Akerma [+ subtitles]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs9S0qc3WzQ
A Comprehensive Bibliography of Academic Papers on Antinatalism: https://tinyurl.com/AcademicAntinatalism
German language classes for philosophical pessimists: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pessimism/comments/17vxdjw/german_language_classes_for_philosophical/
Andrew McIntosh – "Ineffectual Whinging" playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJCMvTRbCfZ7_5C331Jw0s2xJab4PdVgg
Conundrum's Pessimism server: https://discord.com/invite/z9NQTuxPD6
Mark J. Maharaj / Question Mark: https://www.youtube.com/@QuestionMarkPhilosophy
Émile P. Torres's writings on effective altruism: https://www.xriskology.com/popularmedia
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1h 29min
November 30, 2023AAP Bonus Episode: Effective Antinatalism on Trial
This bonus episode sees John and Lawrence respond to concerns from their fellow antinatalists about applying an Effective Altruist lens to antinatalism. Are we trying to take antinatalism down the wrong path? Let us know your thoughts!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:20 Intro to the livestream
10:40 Recap of the previous video ('How ANTINATALISTS Can Do the MOST GOOD')
13:37 Lawrence and John start responding to written feedback
24:41 Alex joins the stream
1:05:20 Rob joins the stream and Alex leaves
1:35:20 Alex leaves and Lawrence and John respond to more written feedback
1:57:45 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY
Newsletter: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/newsletter
Website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntinatalistAdvocacy
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/AN_advocacy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/an_advocacy

Check out the links below!
Original video on Lawrence Anton's channel: https://youtu.be/4GEUrDNpGfE?si=arL6tkA6nWLALYyC
How ANTINATALISTS Can Do the MOST GOOD: https://youtu.be/MWd0Q1SN9jY?si=qWcnivpbOH5DtcE_
Effective Altruism: https://www.effectivealtruism.org
Give Well: https://www.givewell.org
80,000 Hours: https://80000hours.org
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1h 60min
November 15, 2023 AAP Ep. 5 - Responding to Will MacAskill on Antinatalism with @LawrenceAnton
In this episode, John and Lawrence respond to philosopher Will MacAskill, for many the leading figure of Effective Altruism, on the subject of antinatalism. Is antinatalism worth taking seriously? Would human extinction be bad? And are antinatalists welcome in the EA community? Listen to find out!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:04 Purpose of this episode
05:29 Our thoughts on Will MacAskill
13:04 "Too nihilistic and divorced from humane values" comment
32:03 "Positively glad that the world exists" comment
38:09 Question 1: Does MacAskill take human extinction seriously enough?
56:01 Question 2: Are antinatalists welcome in the EA community?
1:10:36 A positive note to end on
1:18:05 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY
Newsletter: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/newsletter
Website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntinatalistAdvocacy
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/AN_advocacy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/an_advocacy

Check out the links below!
- What We Owe The Future: https://amzn.eu/d/bO5Wqpo
- Doing Good Better: https://amzn.eu/d/cyPlhZY
- Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/the-reluctant-prophet-of-effective-altruism
- The dismal dismissal of suffering-focused views: https://magnusvinding.com/2022/06/17/dismal-dismissal/
- Utilitarianism.net: https://www.utilitarianism.net/population-ethics/#person-affecting-views-and-the-procreative-asymmetry
- The Problem with Antinatalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxuohL8Lx1o
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1h 20min
October 31, 2023 AAP Bonus Episode: Update on AA & our conference in December!
In this bonus episode of AAP, John speaks with Lawrence about our progress since launching Antinatalist Advocacy in July. We also preview the Antinatalist Advocacy Conference 2023 (AAC23), held for free on YouTube on the 2nd and 3rd December 2023. Enjoy!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro to the episode
02:42 Quick intro to Antinatalist Advocacy
05:32 Update on AA's progress
18:01 AAC23
24:20 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY
Newsletter: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/newsletter
Website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntinatalistAdvocacy
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/AN_advocacy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/an_advocacy

Check out the links below!
- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWwllIcYrvw
- Conference page: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/projects/aac-2023
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26min
October 15, 2023AAP Ep. 4 - Responding to Peter Singer on Antinatalism with @LawrenceAnton
In this episode, John and Lawrence respond to philosopher Peter Singer, for many the father of Effective Altruism, on the subject of antinatalism. In particular, they discuss if it is a harm to create sentient beings who will die prematurely (in this case, 'happy' chickens), and whether vegans and others looking to do good in the world should have children. Enjoy!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:34 Welcome Lawrence
08:45 Purpose of this episode
14:30 Our views on Effective Altruism
25:42 Our views on Peter Singer specifically
34:46 Question 1: Is it a harm to create sentient beings who will die prematurely?
57:33 Question 2: Should vegans (and others looking to do good in the world) have children?
1:22:25 Final thoughts on Peter Singer and antinatalism
1:24:15 A positive note to end on
1:30:29 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY
Newsletter: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/newsletter
Website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntinatalistAdvocacy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AN_advocacy
Instagram: https://instagram.com/an_advocacy

Check out the links below!
The Life You Can Save (Book): https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/the-book/
Why We Should Go Vegan (Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-We-Should-Go-Vegan/dp/1496069919
Effective Altruism: https://www.effectivealtruism.org
Give Well: https://www.givewell.org
80,000 Hours: https://80000hours.org
Animal Charity Evaluators: https://animalcharityevaluators.org
Lawrence's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LawrenceAnton
Antinatalism in Somalia: Antinatalism in Somalia | Namus - YouTube
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1h 32min

FAQs about The Antinatalist Advocacy Podcast:

How many episodes does The Antinatalist Advocacy Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.