PitchCentric
Consistently Candid podcast artwork

technology

Consistently Candid

Hosted by Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse · technology · EN

Apple PodcastsWebsite

About this Podcast:

AI safety, philosophy and other things.

Pitch Analysis

Required Pod Score for this podcast. PitchCentric checks your profile against host openness, topical fit, and audience signals before you generate a pitch.

Contact path

Verified email

Booking probability

44%

Guest openness

Selective

Verified email on file
80/100
Required Score

Sign up to generate a grounded pitch for Consistently Candid.

Signup to Generate a Pitch

Questions about Consistently Candid

Who hosts Consistently Candid?

Consistently Candid is hosted by Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse. The show has published 19 episodes to date.

What has Consistently Candid covered recently?

Recent episodes include "#20 Frances Lorenz on the emotional side of AI x-risk, being a woman in a male-dominated online space & more" (14 May 2025, 52 minutes), "#19 Gabe Alfour on why AI alignment is hard, what it would mean to solve it & what ordinary people can do about existential risk" (13 April 2025, 97 minutes), and "#18 Nathan Labenz on reinforcement learning, reasoning models, emergent misalignment & more" (2 March 2025, 106 minutes).

How often does Consistently Candid publish?

Consistently Candid publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 78 minutes across 19 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Consistently Candid?

Booking probability for Consistently Candid is 44%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Consistently Candid requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Consistently Candid's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Consistently Candid?

The strongest fits for Consistently Candid are IT Services & Software Development and Scientific Research & Development. Consistently Candid has a technology audience.

About the host

Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse hosts Consistently Candid, a technology podcast with 19 episodes published.

Verified host email: ████████@████.comSign in to unlock →

Recent episodes

Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.

  • Consistently Candid

    #20 Frances Lorenz on the emotional side of AI x-risk, being a woman in a male-dominated online space & more

    May 14, 202552 minS0

    <p>In this episode, I chatted with Frances Lorenz, events associate at the Centre for Effective Altruism. We covered our respective paths into AI safety, the emotional impact of learning about x-risk, what it's like to...

  • Consistently Candid

    #19 Gabe Alfour on why AI alignment is hard, what it would mean to solve it & what ordinary people can do about existential risk

    Apr 13, 20251h 37mS0

    <p>Gabe Alfour is a co-founder of Conjecture and an advisor to Control AI, both organisations working to reduce risks from advanced AI. </p><p>We discussed why AI poses an existential risk to humanity, what makes this...

  • Consistently Candid

    #18 Nathan Labenz on reinforcement learning, reasoning models, emergent misalignment & more

    Mar 2, 20251h 46mS0

    <p>A lot has happened in AI since the last time I spoke to Nathan Labenz of The Cognitive Revolution, so I invited him back on for a whistlestop tour of the most important developments we've seen over the last...

  • Consistently Candid

    #17 Fun Theory with Noah Topper

    Nov 8, 20241h 26mS0

    <p>The Fun Theory Sequence is one of Eliezer Yudkowsky's cheerier works, and considers questions such as 'how much fun is there in the universe?', 'are we having fun yet' and 'could we be having more fun?'. It tries to...

  • Consistently Candid

    #16 John Sherman on the psychological experience of learning about x-risk and AI safety messaging strategies

    Oct 30, 202453 minS0

    <p>John Sherman is the host of the For Humanity Podcast, which (much like this one!) aims to explain AI safety to a non-expert audience. In this episode, we compared our experiences of encountering AI safety arguments...

View More
  • Consistently Candid

    #15 Should we be engaging in civil disobedience to protest AGI development?

    Oct 20, 20241h 18mS0

    <p>StopAI are a non-profit aiming to achieve a permanent ban on the development of AGI through peaceful protest. In this episode, I chatted with three of founders of StopAI – Remmelt Ellen, Sam Kirchner and Guido...

  • Consistently Candid

    #14 Buck Shlegeris on AI control

    Oct 16, 202449 minS0

    <p>Buck Shlegeris is the CEO of Redwood Research, a non-profit working to reduce risks from powerful AI. We discussed Redwood's research into AI control, why we shouldn't feel confident that witnessing an AI escape...

  • Consistently Candid

    #13 Aaron Bergman and Max Alexander debate the Very Repugnant Conclusion

    Sep 8, 20241h 54mS0

    <p>In this episode, Aaron Bergman and Max Alexander are back to battle it out for the philosophy crown, while I (attempt to) moderate. They discuss the Very Repugnant Conclusion, which, in the words of Claude, "posits...

  • Consistently Candid

    #12 Deger Turan on all things forecasting

    Aug 21, 202454 minS0

    <p>Deger Turan is the CEO of forecasting platform Metaculus and president of the AI Objectives Institute. <br/><br/>In this episode, we discuss how forecasting can be used to help humanity coordinate around reducing...

  • Consistently Candid

    #11 Katja Grace on the AI Impacts survey, the case for slowing down AI & arguments for and against x-risk

    Jun 20, 20241h 17mS0

    <p>Katja Grace is the co-founder of AI Impacts, a non-profit focused on answering key questions about the future trajectory of AI development, which is best known for conducting the world's largest survey of machine...

  • Consistently Candid

    #10 Nathan Labenz on the current AI state-of-the-art, the Red Team in Public project, reasons for hope on AI x-risk & more

    Jun 9, 20241h 54mS0

    Nathan Labenz is the founder of AI content-generation platform Waymark and host of The Cognitive Revolution Podcast, who now works full-time on tracking and analysing developments in AI. <br/><br/>We chatted about where...

  • Consistently Candid

    #9 Sneha Revanur on founding Encode Justice, California's SB-1047, and youth advocacy for safe AI development

    May 15, 202450 minS0

    <p>Sheha Revanur is a the founder of Encode Justice, an international, youth-led network campaigning for the responsible development of AI, which was among the sponsors of California's proposed AI bill SB-1047...

  • Consistently Candid

    #8 Nathan Young on forecasting, AI risk & regulation, and how not to lose your mind on Twitter

    Apr 21, 20241h 28mS0

    Nathan Young is a forecaster, software developer and tentative AI optimist. In this episode, we discussed how Nathan approaches forecasting, why his p(doom) is 2-9%, whether we should pause AGI research, and...

  • Consistently Candid

    #7 Noah Topper helps me understand Eliezer Yudkowsky

    Apr 10, 20241h 29mS0

    <p>A while back, my self-confessed inability to fully comprehend the writings of Eliezer Yudkowsky elicited the sympathy of the author himself. In an attempt to more completely understand why AI is going to kill us all...

  • Consistently Candid

    #6 Holly Elmore on pausing AI, protesting, warning shots & more

    Mar 27, 20241h 48mS0

    <p>Holly Elmore is an AI pause advocate and Executive Director of PauseAI US. We chatted about the case for pausing AI, her experience of organising protests against frontier AGI research, the danger of relying on...

  • Consistently Candid

    #5 Joep Meindertsma on founding PauseAI and strategies for communicating AI risk

    Feb 22, 202447 minS0

    In this episode, I talked with Joep Meindertsma, founder of PauseAI, about how he discovered AI safety, the emotional experience of internalising existential risks, strategies for communicating AI risk, his assessment...

  • Consistently Candid

    #4 Émile P. Torres and I discuss where we agree and disagree on AI safety

    Feb 20, 20241h 47mS0

    <p>Émile P. Torres is a philosopher and historian known for their research on the history and ethical implications of human extinction. They are also an outspoken critic of Effective Altruism, longtermism and the AI...

  • Consistently Candid

    #3 Darren McKee on explaining AI risk to the public & navigating the AI safety debate

    Jan 29, 202452 minS0

    <p>Darren McKee is an author, speaker and policy advisor who has recently penned a beginner-friendly introduction to AI Safety named Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the...

  • Consistently Candid

    #2 Akash Wasil on transitioning into AI policy & promising proposals for national security

    Jan 5, 20241h 11mS0

    <p>Akash is an AI policy researcher working on ways to reduce global security risks from advanced AI. He has worked at the Center for AI Safety, Center for AI Policy, and Control AI. Before getting involved in AI...

  • Consistently Candid

    #1 Aaron Bergman and Max Alexander argue about moral realism while I smile and nod

    Dec 22, 20231h 8mS0

    <p>In this inaugural episode of Consistently Candid, Aaron Bergman and Max Alexander each try to convince me of their position on moral realism, and I settle the issue once and for all. Featuring occasional...

Recent guests

Recent guests on Consistently Candid. Study who booked and why before you pitch.

Best industries to pitch Consistently Candid for

PitchCentric classifies Consistently Candid under these industries. Guests from them are the closest fit, and each links to the best podcasts in that industry.

Similar Podcasts

Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.

Podcasts like Consistently Candid

Is this podcast yours and you'd like to remove or correct details? Request removal or email privacy@pitchcentric.com.

Questions about the free trial? See the pricing FAQ