Making Sense with Sam Harris

Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral philosophy, religion, and rationality—with an overarching focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam’s decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophical and contemplative traditions, and a commitment to a secular, scientific worldview, Waking Up is a resource for anyone interested in living a more examined, fulfilling life—and a new operating system for the mind. Waking Up offers free subscriptions to anyone who can’t afford one, and donates a minimum of 10% of profits to the most effective charities around the world. To learn more, please go to WakingUp.com. Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.

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#59 — Friend & Foe

Episode Date: January 5, 2017

Sam Harris speaks with Maajid Nawaz about the Southern Poverty Law Center, Robert Spencer, Keith Ellison, moderate Muslims, Shadi Hamid’s notion of “I...

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#58 — The Putin Question

Episode Date: December 27, 2016

Sam Harris speaks with Garry Kasparov about the problem of waning American power, the rise of Putin, the coming presidency of Donald Trump, computer c...

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#56 — Abusing Dolores

Episode Date: December 12, 2016

Sam Harris speaks with Paul Bloom about empathy, meditation studies, morality, AI, Westworld, Donald Trump, free will, rationality, conspiracy thinkin...

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#54 — Trumping The World

Episode Date: December 1, 2016

Sam Harris speaks with journalist James Kirchick about the coming Trump presidency, liberalism vs illiberalism, fake news, Russia, Syria, Iran, and th...

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#49 — The Lesser Evil

Episode Date: October 26, 2016

Sam Harris speaks with Andrew Sullivan about the 2016 presidential election. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRI...

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#45 — Ask Me Anything 5

Episode Date: September 13, 2016

Sam Harris answers questions from listeners about how 9/11 changed his life, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, free will, why he podcasts, Milo and the alt-Right,...

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#41 — Faith in Reason

Episode Date: August 1, 2016

Sam Harris speaks with Eric Weinstein about the relationship between faith and reason and about some of the factors that make conversations on importa...