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Season 3, Ep. 5
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Peter Singer is the world's most influential living philosopher. Glen had the amazing opportunity to chat with him about what we can all be doing to help alleviate extreme poverty. Check out Peter's organisation, The Life You Can Save: https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org.au/. Also check out Peter's Ted Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diuv3XZQXyc
You can download Peter's book, The Life You Can Save, for free here: https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org.au/the-book/
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