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Hosted by Matt Reardon · society · EN-US
Every two weeks we surprise Chana with a new guest from the EA/rationalist-sphere and sometimes even the buttoned-up AI Safet– ahem– AI Security field. Chana tells us how to live and think; Matt does all the work; occasionally a joke gets cracked; complaining is unceasing.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEvery two weeks we surprise Chana with a new guest from the EA/rationalist-sphere and sometimes even the buttoned-up AI Safet, ahem, AI Security field. Chana tells us how to live and think; Matt does all the work; occasionally a joke gets cracked; complaining is unceasing.
Expected Volume is hosted by Matt Reardon. The show has published 19 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Conversational Blood Types" (15 March 2026, 60 minutes), "The Singularity Is Far Mode w/ Peter Barnett" (1 March 2026, 68 minutes), and "Internal Family Schisms" (17 February 2026, 74 minutes).
Expected Volume publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 65 minutes across 19 episodes.
Booking probability for Expected Volume is 25%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Expected Volume requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Expected Volume's contact route on record: verified email.
Matt Reardon hosts Expected Volume, a society podcast with 19 episodes published.
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Episode #19
Matt wants to find out why people like him and it turns out that Chana is even more interested in that question. On the way, we coin some new terminology and learn about triangles. We then talk around Amanda Askell’s...
Episode #19
Matt has a lousy AI & economics theory that goes nowhere, but we elegantly pivot to talking about human zoos, early internet scholarship, babies taking their first baths, and how important it is that we “take all the...
Episode #17
Chana interrogates Matt (because Matt hadn't prepared anything), so of course she still does most of the talking. Nevertheless, we learn about Matt's childhood, romantic strategies, and the ten characters he plays in...
Episode #16
We welcome Frances, some Inkhaven residents, and local crows to tell sappy EA origin stories, and aggressive political stories before quizzing ourselves on Taylor Swift and the NFL with the best rapport and worst audio...
We bring on our first set crasher as we debate whether AI safety uber alles has hollowed out EA and whether we should retvrn to that old time religion of the classic EA trinity. Matt also now knows the 12 virtues of...
We’re making a list and pledging it twice, gonna find out who’s stingy and nice. This Christmas, Matt and Chana are feeling the cringe as they reflect on their turpitude of failing to get on board with the thing...
Episode #13
Matt ponders his upcoming unemployment (circa September), lack of a system 1, and EA Holy Book concept, for which we bring in the best possible guest to discuss. Unfortunately, Taylor Swift ended up hijacking the...
Episode #12
Chana vexes about whether her newfound twitter hate is her fault which unfolds into a discussion of internet main characters and how shamelessness and forecasting are connected. Also, stick around until the end for the...
Episode #11
Matt asks for book recommendations and we end up restructuring the modern workplace, figuring out how money works, and asking whether the rationalists are happy.P.S. Chana has probably found an assistant, but I think...
Episode #10
In the first episode we actually *recorded* with a girl, Chana’s boss comes on to defy gender stereotypes by focusing on topics like fashion, dating, weddings, crying, but also moths! As always, you can email in...
We resume our popular AI in Context video review series by talking about AIC’s second video on the MechaHitler débâcle. Matt actually thought it was good! It made an argument! But we do need to sort out our relationship...
Episode #8
Matt worries he’s disqualified for being insufficiently util-simped and being too preoccupied with the ideas themselves. Julia comes on and tells cute but harrowing tales of her bright children learning about the world...
Chana discovers anti-elitism is a current theme in US politics in this already extremely dated episode from our brief foray into conflict with Iran, a conflict which, like all others so far, we can now put in the win...
Episode #6
Matt is sad and grasping at topics and thereby inevitably gets squeezed out of the conversation when two teachers come on to do what they do best: gripe about teaching... and parents and protests and workouts and...
Chana triumphs at work with the release of her AI 2027 video, but even after two million views and 85,000 subscribers, she still has to win over her biggest critic. But to get there, she’ll have to understand what the...
Episode #4
Are do gooders getting corrupted by prestige, or just nerdsniped? We explore that question, and, with no hint of irony, what would make good merch for the podcast.Plus! we finally have an email where you can write in...
Matt can't resist talking politics and religion, but everything gets better when we pivot to Disney movies (which are allegedly based on books) featuring the great Conor Barnes of 80k Job Board fame!Conor's writing...
Episode #2
Wherein we pontificate on deadlines, Kanye, market economics, and other jiggery-popery!Phil's fateful EA forum post: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cf8Dth9vpxX9ptgma/against-much-financial-risk-tolerance
Chana wasn't sure there'd be a guest three days after we decided (read: she agreed) to do this show, but there was! ...And she showed up late anyway, so much discussion of punctuality ensued. We also cover veganism, AI...
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