TRC #722: Effective Giving + The Mona Lisa

About this episode

The episode discusses Effective Giving on Giving Tuesday and explores claims about the Mona Lisa.

Today, December 2nd, is Giving Tuesday. Darren gives an overview of the concept of Effective Giving, with some tips on how your charitable donations could will lead to the most good in line with your own priorities. Adam tackles a few claims about the Mona Lisa, inspired by not all that evidence based viral clips. What were the original colours of this painting, and did it only become popular after being stolen years ago?

People in this episode

Hosts: Darren, Adam

Topics covered

• Effective Giving
• charitable donations
• Mona Lisa
• art history
• Giving Tuesday

Keywords

• Effective Giving
• charitable donations
• Mona Lisa
• art history
• Giving Tuesday
• original colors
• painting popularity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mona Lisa

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