Everytime Barack Obama was mentioned in Making Sense with Sam Harris
Everytime Barack Obama was mentioned in Making Sense with Sam Harris
#58 — The Putin Question
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Garry Kasparov about the problem of waning American power, the rise of Putin, the coming presidency of Donald Trump, computer chess, the future of artificial intelligence, and ot
Dec 27, 2016·0h 41m·0(-)
#49 — The Lesser Evil
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Andrew Sullivan about the 2016 presidential election. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at sa
Oct 26, 2016·1h 4m·0(-)
#186 — The Bomb
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Fred Kaplan about the ever-present threat of nuclear war. They discuss the history of nuclear deterrence, U.S. first-strike policy, preventive war, limited nuclear war, tactical
Feb 18, 2020·1h 19m·0(-)#225 — Republic of Lies
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris discusses President Trump's failure to concede the 2020 presidential election. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length e
Nov 18, 2020·0h 31m·0(-)#24 — Ask Me Anything 2
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris answers questions from listeners about Islamism, free will, honesty, vegetarianism, why he doesn’t publish more in academic journals, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in
Jan 4, 2016·0h 45m·0(-)
#54 — Trumping The World
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with journalist James Kirchick about the coming Trump presidency, liberalism vs illiberalism, fake news, Russia, Syria, Iran, and the future of American power. If the Making Sense pod
Dec 1, 2016·0h 36m·0(-)#189 — Wealth & Happiness
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Scott Galloway about the connection between wealth and happiness. They discuss the problem of wealth inequality, the transfer of wealth from the young to the old, class warfare i
Mar 2, 2020·1h 11m·0(-)
#36 — What Makes Us Safer?
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Juliette Kayyem, a leading expert on homeland security, about the war on terror, profiling, Islamism, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK,
May 2, 2016·0h 37m·0(-)#180 — Sex & Power
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Meghan Daum about her book “The Problem with Everything.” They discuss contemporary feminism, violence against women, campus sexual assault, moral panics, new norms of conver
Dec 30, 2019·0h 48m·0(-)
# 118 — The View from Trumpistan
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Preet Bharara about President Trump and the Russia investigation. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length ep
Feb 27, 2018·0h 28m·0(-)
#16 — The Dark Side
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris and Paul Bloom talk about Donald Trump, torture, trophy hunting, and other terrors. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-len
Aug 26, 2015·0h 41m·0(-)#207 — Can We Pull Back From The Brink?
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam discusses the recent social protests and civil unrest, in light of what we know about racism and police violence in America. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCR
Jun 13, 2020·1h 52m·0(-)#27 — Ask Me Anything 3
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris answers questions from listeners about free will, meditation, Noam Chomsky, the illusion of the self, Clinton vs. Sanders, the de-platforming of Richard Dawkins, wealth inequality, and other
Feb 13, 2016·0h 29m·0(-)
#59 — Friend & Foe
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Maajid Nawaz about the Southern Poverty Law Center, Robert Spencer, Keith Ellison, moderate Muslims, Shadi Hamid’s notion of “Islamic exceptionalism," the migrant crisis in E
Jan 5, 2017·0h 49m·0(-)
#30 — Inside the Crucible
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris briefly revisits the Apple-FBI controversy and then speaks with Michael Weiss about ISIS and the ongoing civil war in Syria. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can
Mar 6, 2016·0h 42m·0(-)
#76 — The Path to Impeachment
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Anne Applebaum and Juliette Kayyem about the unfolding Russia scandal in the White House. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain acce
May 18, 2017·0h 39m·0(-)
#21 — On the Maintenance of Civilization
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with author Douglas Murray about Islamism, liberalism, civil society, and the migrant crisis in Europe. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to
Nov 22, 2015·0h 57m·0(-)
#112 — The Intellectual Dark Web
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Eric Weinstein and Ben Shapiro about the breakdown of shared values, the problem with identity politics, religion, free will, the primacy of reason, and many other topics. If the
Jan 2, 2018·0h 55m·0(-)
#120 — What Is and What Matters
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Rebecca Goldstein and Max Tegmark about the foundations of human knowledge and morality. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain acces
Mar 19, 2018·0h 50m·0(-)
Making Sense of Existential Threat and Nuclear War | Episode 7 of The Essential Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIn this episode, we examine the topic of existential threat, focusing in particular on the subject of nuclear war. Sam opens the discussion by emphasizing the gravity of our ability to destroy life as
Apr 12, 2023·0h 49m·0(-)#230 — An Insurrection of Lies
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris discusses two dangerous misconceptions about the siege of the Capitol. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes
Jan 11, 2021·0h 41m·0(-)#222 — A Pandemic of Incompetence
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about the Covid-19 pandemic. They discuss the breakdown of trust in institutions and experts, the corruption of science by politics, the ineptitude of the Tru
Oct 28, 2020·1h 5m·0(-)#274 — The Future of American Democracy
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Anne Applebaum, David Frum, Barton Gellman, and George Packer about the ongoing threat to American democracy posed by Republican misinformation and disinformation regarding the 2
Feb 11, 2022·2h 20m·0(-)
#69 — The Russia Connection
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Anne Applebaum about Russia's meddling in the U.S. Presidential election and Trump's troubling affinity for Vladimir Putin. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLA
Mar 24, 2017·0h 37m·0(-)
#65 — We're All Cucks Now
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with David Frum about the presidency of Donald Trump. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharr
Feb 20, 2017·0h 25m·0(-)#223 — A Conversation with Andrew Sullivan
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris and Andrew Sullivan sing the praises of President Trump. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.o
Oct 30, 2020·1h 35m·0(-)
#97 — The Impossible War
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about their latest film, The Vietnam War. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length
Sep 15, 2017·0h 26m·0(-)#210 — The Logic of Doomsday
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with William J. Perry and Lisa Perry about the ever-present threat of nuclear war. They discuss the history of nuclear weapons, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Cuban Missil
Jul 9, 2020·1h 46m·0(-)
#114 — Politics and Sanity
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with David Frum and Andrew Sullivan about the Trump presidency, hyper-partisanship, how democracies fail, immigration, the lowering life expectancy in the U.S., racism, social media,
Jan 22, 2018·0h 50m·0(-)
#42 — Racism and Violence in America
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris talks to economist Glenn C. Loury about racism, police violence, the Black Lives Matter movement, and related topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCR
Aug 9, 2016·0h 55m·0(-)#330 — The Doomsday Machine
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Carl Robichaud about the ongoing threat of nuclear war. They discuss the film "Oppenheimer," the ethics of dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the false lessons of t
Aug 16, 2023·1h 35m·0(-)#275 — The Russian War in Ukraine
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Garry Kasparov about Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine. They discuss Putin’s larger objectives, the perception of the war inside Russia, whether US and EU foreign policy i
Mar 10, 2022·0h 37m·0(-)#258 — The Fall of Afghanistan
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Peter Bergen about the US exit from Afghanistan, the resurgence of the Taliban, and his new book, “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden.” They discuss the Neo-isolationist co
Aug 23, 2021·0h 46m·0(-)
The "After On" Interview
Making Sense with Sam HarrisThis episode of the Making Sense podcast features an interview that Sam Harris did with Rob Reid on the After On podcast. They speak about publishing, psychedelics, terrorism, meditation, free speech a
Oct 6, 2017·1h 47m·0(-)#296 — Repairing Our Country
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Jonah Goldberg about the state of American politics and civil society. They discuss the hyperpartisanship of the Left and Right, what Trump has done to the Republican party, the
Sep 13, 2022·0h 42m·0(-)
#80 — The Unraveling
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with David Frum about political partisanship, recent security leaks, Trump's foreign policy, the Russia investigation, Kathy Griffin's joke, and other topics. If the Making Sense podc
Jun 4, 2017·0h 25m·0(-)
#101 — Defending the Republic
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Cass Sunstein about the polarization and fragmentation of American society, “choice architecture,” the importance of face-to-face interactions for problem solving, group pola
Oct 17, 2017·0h 33m·0(-)#139 — Sacred & Profane
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris gets together with Bill Maher and Larry Charles to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their film "Religulous." They discuss religion, politics, comedy, and other dangerous topics. If the Maki
Oct 3, 2018·0h 42m·0(-)
#50 — The Borders of Tolerance
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Ayaan Hirsi Ali about Islamism, the migrant crisis in Europe, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all
Nov 2, 2016·0h 24m·0(-)
#78 — Persuasion and Control
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Zeynep Tufekci about "surveillance capitalism," the Trump campaign's use of Facebook, AI-enabled marketing, the health of the press, Wikileaks, ransomware attacks, and other topi
May 26, 2017·0h 40m·0(-)#289 — Time Management for Mortals
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris presents an unconventional perspective on time management from Oliver Burkeman. Rather than focusing on rote efficiency or productivity, Burkeman calls on us to embrace our finitude and surr
Jul 18, 2022·0h 38m·0(-)#215 — A Conversation with David Miliband
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with David Miliband about his work with the International Rescue Committee. They discuss the crisis of internally displaced peoples and refugees, the problem with open borders, the ve
Aug 21, 2020·0h 49m·0(-)#141— Is #MeToo Going Too Far?
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Rebecca Traister about her new book "Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger." If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain
Nov 5, 2018·0h 39m·0(-)
#83 — The Politics of Emergency
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Fareed Zakaria about his career as a journalist, Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations," political partisanship, Trump, the health of the news media, the connection between
Jun 23, 2017·0h 38m·0(-)
#103 — American Fantasies
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Kurt Andersen about the American aptitude for unfounded belief, the religious lunacy of the Puritans, populist mistrust of authority, the link between postmodernism and religious
Nov 9, 2017·0h 25m·0(-)#145 — The Information War
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Renee Diresta about Russia's "Internet Research Agency" and its efforts to amplify conspiracy thinking and partisan conflict in the United States. If the Making Sense podcast log
Jan 2, 2019·0h 31m·0(-)#329 — What Happened to the Republican Party?
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Bret Stephens about the current state of the Republican Party. They discuss the strange change in Republican attitudes toward Putin, the character of Tucker Carlson, the war in U
Aug 12, 2023·1h 0m·0(-)#336 — The Roots of Identity Politics
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Yascha Mounk about identity politics. They discuss Yascha’s concept of the “identity synthesis,” skepticism about “cancel culture,” racial segregation in schools, the i
Sep 27, 2023·1h 2m·0(-)
#108 — Defending the Experts
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Tom Nichols about his book The Death of Expertise . They discuss the “Dunning-Kruger Effect,” the growth of knowledge and reliance on authority, when experts fail, the repudi
Dec 14, 2017·0h 43m·0(-)