Everytime Sam Harris was mentioned in Making Sense with Sam Harris
Everytime Sam Harris was mentioned in Making Sense with Sam Harris
The Russell Brand Interview
Making Sense with Sam HarrisThis episode of the Making Sense podcast features an interview that Sam did with Russell Brand on the Under the Skin podcast. They speak about religion, terrorism, politics, meditation, psychedelics, a
Feb 9, 2018·2h 1m·0(-)
#246 — Police Training & Police Misconduct
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Rener Gracie about police procedure and about the special relevance of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for safely controlling resisting suspects. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your pla
Apr 16, 2021·1h 41m·0(-)The TED Interview
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam talks to the head of TED, Chris Anderson, about using reason to build our morality. Sam makes the case that reason can indeed answer moral questions, and then explores the many controversies that e
Oct 30, 2018·1h 7m·0(-)
Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence | Episode 1 of The Essential Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam HarrisFilmmaker Jay Shapiro has produced a new series of audio documentaries, exploring the major topics that Sam has focused on over the course of his career. Each episode weaves together original analysis,
Nov 22, 2022·1h 7m·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(-)
#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(-)
#32 — The Best Podcast Ever
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris talks to Omer Aziz about Islam, Islamism, free speech, and related topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episo
Mar 12, 2016·1h 36m·0(-)#298 — Leaving the Faith (Rebroadcast)
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Yasmine Mohammed about her book Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam . They discuss her family background and indoctrination into conservative Islam, the double s
Sep 29, 2022·1h 20m·0(-)#310 — Social Media & Public Trust
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Bari Weiss, Michael Shellenberger, and Renee DiResta about the release of “the Twitter files” and the loss of trust in the institutions of media and government. They discuss
Feb 1, 2023·1h 8m·0(-)Special Episode: Recipes for Future Plagues
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIn this episode of the podcast, Rob Reid and Kevin Esvelt discuss USAID’s new “Deep VZN” program, which aims to discover new pandemic-grade viruses and publish their genomes to the world. Esvelt
Feb 28, 2022·1h 57m·0(-)#196 — The Science of Happiness
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Laurie Santos about the scientific study of happiness. They discuss people’s expectations about happiness, the experiencing self vs the remembered self, framing effects, the im
Apr 10, 2020·0h 59m·0(-)#311 — Did SARS-CoV-2 Escape from a Lab?
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of
Feb 20, 2023·0h 58m·0(-)#155 — Mental Models
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Shane Parrish about some of the mental models that should guide our thinking and behavior. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain acc
Apr 29, 2019·0h 49m·0(-)
#31 — Evolving Minds
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris responds to Omer Aziz and Salon magazine, and then speaks with Jonathan Haidt about the scientific study of morality, the problem of political correctness, and other topics. If the Making Se
Mar 9, 2016·0h 42m·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(-)
#9 — Final Thoughts On Chomsky
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris reflects on his failure to have a productive conversation with Noam Chomsky. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length epi
May 15, 2015·0h 10m·0(-)#326 — AI & Information Integrity
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Nina Schick about generative AI and information integrity. They discuss the challenges of regulating AI, authentication vs detection, fake video, hyper-personalization of informa
Jul 6, 2023·0h 49m·0(-)#159 — Conscious
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with his wife, Annaka Harris, about her new book, "Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind." If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can
Jun 6, 2019·0h 31m·0(-)#328 — Health & Longevity
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Peter Attia about his book, “ Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity .” They discuss "healthspan," centenarians, diet and nutrition, sugar, macronutrients, alcohol, fastin
Aug 2, 2023·1h 3m·0(-)
Making Sense of Foundations of Morality | Episode 3 of The Essential Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIn this episode, we try to trace morality to its elusive foundations. Throughout the compilation we take a look at Sam’s “Moral Landscape” and his effort to defend an objective path towards moral
Jan 5, 2023·0h 44m·0(-)
#109— Biology and Culture
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Bret Weinstein about the moral panic at Evergreen State College, the concept of race, genetic differences between human populations, intersectionality, sex and gender, “metapho
Dec 19, 2017·0h 56m·0(-)
Making Sense of Free Will | Episode 5 of The Essential Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIn this episode, we examine the timeless question of “free will”: what constitutes it, what is meant by it, what ought to be meant by it, and, of course, whether we have it at all. We start with th
Feb 14, 2023·0h 44m·0(-)#279 — The Rules of the Stage
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris and Ricky Gervais discuss the infamous Oscar slap. We’re excited to announce the launch of the Absolutely Mental app for iOS users. All three seasons of Absolutely Mental are available for
Apr 18, 2022·0h 35m·0(-)
Making Sense of Encounters With Violence | Episode 4 of The Essential Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam HarrisThis episode centers around the specter of violence and surfaces some of Sam’s most controversial positions and difficult conversations. We begin with author and former FBI hostage negotiator Chris V
Jan 26, 2023·0h 36m·0(-)
Making Sense of Death | Episode 9 of The Essential Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIn this episode, we explore Sam’s conversations about the phenomenon of death. We begin with an introduction from Sam as he urges us to use our awareness of death to become more present in our day-to
May 26, 2023·0h 41m·0(-)#315 — The Great Derangement
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Tim Urban about his new book, “ What’s Our Problem: A Self-Help Book for Societies .” They discuss Tim’s unusual career, the finitude of life, existential risk, exponenti
Apr 7, 2023·0h 59m·0(-)#321 — Reckoning with Parfit
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with David Edmonds about the life and philosophy of Derek Parfit. They discuss Parfit’s work on identity, time bias, the “non-identity problem,” population ethics and “the Rep
Jun 5, 2023·0h 52m·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(-)
#60 — An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (2)
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Richard Dawkins at a live event in Los Angeles (second of two). They discuss Richard’s experience of having a stroke, the genetic future of humanity, the analogy between genes
Jan 10, 2017·0h 36m·0(-)
Making Sense of Consciousness | Episode 2 of The Essential Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam HarrisFilmmaker Jay Shapiro has produced a new series of audio documentaries , exploring the major topics that Sam has focused on over the course of his career. Each episode weaves together original analysis
Dec 15, 2022·0h 34m·0(-)
#19 — The Riddle Of The Gun (Revisited)
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris discusses his views about guns and gun control in light of a recent mass shooting. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-leng
Oct 8, 2015·0h 38m·0(-)
#11 — Shouldering the Burden of History
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris and Dan Carlin (host of the Hardcore History and Common Sense podcasts) discuss American interventionism, the war on terror, and related topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your play
Jun 27, 2015·0h 58m·0(-)
Making Sense of Social Media and the Information Landscape | Episode 8 of The Essential Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIn this episode, we examine a series of Sam’s conversations centered around social media’s impact on the information landscape. We begin with Sam’s second conversation with Tristan Harris , which
May 5, 2023·0h 44m·0(-)
Making Sense of Belief and Unbelief | Episode 6 of The Essential Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIn this episode, we examine a series of Sam’s conversations centered around religion, atheism, and the power of belief. First, we hear the stories of three guests who have fled their respective oppre
Mar 15, 2023·1h 3m·0(-)#313 — Apocalypse
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Bart D. Ehrman about the prophecies contained in the book of Revelation. They discuss his latest book, " Armageddon ," and widespread Christian beliefs about the coming end of th
Mar 25, 2023·0h 35m·0(-)#150 — The Map of Misunderstanding
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Daniel Kahneman at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. They discuss the replication crisis in science, System 1 and System 2, where intuitions reliably fail, expert intuitions, the power
Mar 12, 2019·0h 49m·0(-)
#47 — The Frontiers of Political Correctness
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Gad Saad about political correctness, academic taboos, Islam, immigration, Donald Trump, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSC
Oct 6, 2016·0h 48m·0(-)
#71 — What Is Technology Doing to Us?
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Tristan Harris about the arms race for human attention, the ethics of persuasion, the consequences of having an ad-based economy, the dynamics of regret, and other topics. If the
Apr 14, 2017·0h 46m·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(-)#8 — Ask Me Anything 1
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris talks about atheism, artificial intelligence, rape, public speaking, meditation, consciousness, free will, intellectual honesty, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your pl
Apr 24, 2015·0h 38m·0(-)#335 — A Postmortem on My Response to Covid
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIf the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe .
Sep 22, 2023·1h 10m·0(-)#161 — Rise & Fall
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Jared Diamond about the rise and fall of civilizations. They discuss political polarization, disparities in civilizational progress, the prospect that there may be biological dif
Jun 24, 2019·0h 43m·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(-)#152 — The Trouble with Facebook
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Roger McNamee about his book Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe . If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all ful
Mar 27, 2019·0h 50m·0(-)
Making Sense of Meditation | Episode 10 of The Essential Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIn this episode, we traverse a decade of Sam’s conversations on the topic of meditation. We start with the very first recorded episode from the archives: a conversation with Sam’s meditation teache
Jun 18, 2023·0h 39m·0(-)#218 — Welcome to the Cult Factory
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIn this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Tristan Harris about the ways in which social media is fracturing society. They discuss the rise in teen depression and suicide, political polariz
Sep 24, 2020·0h 47m·0(-)#327 — Transformative Experiences
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with L.A. Paul about the nature of transformative experiences. They discuss how certain experiences change the self, the nature of regret, changing belief systems, conspiracy thinking
Jul 21, 2023·0h 49m·0(-)#307 — Twitter, Elon, & Free Speech
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris discusses Elon Musk's behavior on Twitter and the illusion of "free-speech absolutism." If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full
Dec 30, 2022·0h 27m·0(-)#305 — Moral Knowledge
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Erik Hoel about the nature of moral truth. They discuss the connection between consequentialism and Effective Altruism, the problems with implementing academic moral philosophy,
Dec 8, 2022·1h 7m·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(-)
#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(-)#324 — Debating the Future of AI
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Marc Andreessen about the future of artificial intelligence (AI). They discuss the primary importance of intelligence, possible good outcomes for AI, the problem of alienation, t
Jun 28, 2023·0h 54m·0(-)#178 — The Reality Illusion
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam and Annaka Harris speak with Donald Hoffman about his book “The Case Against Reality.” They discuss how evolution has failed to select for true perceptions of the world, his “interface theory
Dec 11, 2019·1h 7m·0(-)#340 — The Bright Line Between Good and Evil
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks about the ongoing war in Gaza, the global rise of antisemitism, and the enduring problem of jihadism. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to ga
Nov 7, 2023·0h 59m·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(-)#306 — Psychedelics & Mortality
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Roland Griffiths about psychedelics and mortality. They discuss the current state of psychedelic research, the timeline for FDA approvals, the risks to mental health posed by psy
Dec 13, 2022·1h 45m·0(-)
#63 — Why Meditate?
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris and Joseph Goldstein answer questions about the practice of mindfulness. They discuss the nature negative emotions, the importance of ethics, the concept of enlightenment, and other topics.
Jan 31, 2017·0h 48m·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(-)
#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(-)
#135 — Navigating Sex and Gender
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Martie Haselton about sex and gender, the role of hormones in human psychology, “Darwinian feminism,” the unique hormonal experience of women, transgenderism, the Google Memo
Aug 20, 2018·0h 37m·0(-)#325 — A Few Thoughts About RFK Jr.
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris discusses Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent appearances on other podcasts. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes
Jul 3, 2023·0h 26m·0(-)
#137 — Safe Space
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Jonathan Haidt about his new book "The Coddling of the American Mind." They discuss the hostility to free speech that has grown more common among young adults, recent moral panic
Sep 10, 2018·0h 40m·0(-)#250 — Broken Conversations
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Jesse Singal about a variety of controversial topics. They discuss fragmentation in the media, bad incentives in journalism, Jesse’s encounters with cancel culture, transgender
May 21, 2021·0h 45m·0(-)#211 — The Nature of Human Nature
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Robert Plomin about the role that DNA plays in determining who we are. They discuss the birth of behavioral genetics, the taboo around studying the influence of genes on human ps
Jul 17, 2020·1h 12m·0(-)#334 — The Low-Trust Society
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with David Brooks about the state of American democracy and the liberal world order. They discuss the weakness of moral individualism, the loss of social trust, the dangers of identit
Sep 18, 2023·0h 49m·0(-)#271 — Earning to Give
Making Sense with Sam HarrisIn this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Sam Bankman-Fried about effective altruism. They discuss how he became the wealthiest self-made billionaire under 30, what might go wrong with cry
Dec 24, 2021·1h 15m·0(-)#304 — Why I Left Twitter
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris explains why he deleted his Twitter account. He then speaks with Cal Newport about the fragmentation of modern life. They discuss the history of computer science, how information technology
Nov 28, 2022·1h 9m·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(-)#333 — Sanity Check on Climate Change
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Chris Field about climate change and its consequences. They discuss skepticism about climate change, the accuracy of climate models, the magnitude of temperature increases, how g
Sep 5, 2023·1h 7m·0(-)
#121 — White Power
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Christian Picciolini about his experience as a neo-Nazi skinhead. They discuss how Christian got out of the movement, the limits of shame and forgiveness, the cult-like dynamics
Mar 25, 2018·1h 0m·0(-)#345 — Resilience
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Amanda Knox about her experience of having been falsely convicted and imprisoned for murder in Italy. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE
Dec 18, 2023·2h 4m·0(-)
#107 — Is Life Actually Worth Living?
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with David Benatar about his philosophy of “anti-natalism." They discuss the asymmetry between the good and bad things in life, the ethics of existential risk, the moral landscape,
Dec 6, 2017·0h 48m·0(-)
#70 — Beauty and Terror
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with physicist Lawrence Krauss about the utility of public debates, the progress of science, confusion about the role of consciousness in quantum mechanics, the present danger of nucl
Apr 10, 2017·0h 50m·0(-)#314 — The Cancellation of J.K. Rowling
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Megan Phelps-Roper about the new podcast series she hosts and produced, “ The Witch Trials of J. K. Rowling .” The series is also produced by Andy Mills and Matt Boll for The
Mar 31, 2023·0h 54m·0(-)#163 — Ricky Gervais
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Ricky Gervais. They discuss fame, the effect of social media, the changing state of comedy, offensive jokes, Louis CK, political hypocrisy, Brexit and Trump, the state of journal
Jul 12, 2019·0h 55m·0(-)#273 — Joe Rogan and the Ethics of Apology
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam responds to the controversy over his friend Joe Rogan's use of the N-word and his subsequent public apology. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain acce
Feb 7, 2022·0h 20m·0(-)
#29 — Throw Open the Gates
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris responds to criticism of his views on the Apple-FBI controversy and then speaks with Maryam Namazie about friendly fire among secularists, profiling, the immigration crisis in Europe, and ot
Feb 24, 2016·0h 51m·0(-)Absolutely Mental Season Two
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam shares a clip from the second season of Absolutely Mental, his audio series with Ricky Gervais. All 10 episodes have been released today (Friday September 24th, 2021) and are available for purchase
Sep 24, 2021·0h 16m·0(-)#170 — The Great Uncoupling
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Andrew McAfee about the history of human progress and the modern uncoupling of our prosperity from resource consumption. They discuss the pitfalls and hidden virtues of capitalis
Oct 2, 2019·0h 48m·0(-)#312 — The Trouble with AI
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Stuart Russell and Gary Marcus about recent developments in artificial intelligence and the long-term risks of producing artificial general intelligence (AGI). They discuss the l
Mar 7, 2023·1h 26m·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(-)#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(-)#224 — The Key to Trump's Appeal
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris describes his new understanding of why people support President Trump. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes
Nov 3, 2020·0h 8m·0(-)#303 — The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris discusses the recent Sam Bankman-Fried fiasco, the collapse of FTX, and the future of Effective Altruism. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain
Nov 15, 2022·0h 20m·0(-)#342 — Animal Minds & Moral Truths
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Peter Singer about important problems in ethics. They discuss his career as a philosopher, the moral status of non-human animals, the ethics of moral hierarchies, speciesism, the
Nov 27, 2023·1h 2m·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(-)#344 — The War in Gaza
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris comments on the recent testimony of university presidents before Congress, along with Elon Musk's reinstating of Alex Jones on X. He then introduces a recent episode of the Call Me Back podc
Dec 12, 2023·0h 58m·0(-)#256 — A Contagion of Bad Ideas
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Eric Topol about vaccine hesitancy and related misinformation. They discuss the problem of political and social siloing, concerns about mRNA vaccines, the Emergency Use Authoriza
Jul 23, 2021·1h 26m·0(-)#270 — What Have We Learned from the Pandemic?
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about the lessons of the COVID pandemic. They discuss our failures to coordinate an effective response, the politics surrounding vaccination, vaccine efficacy
Dec 14, 2021·2h 51m·0(-)#234 — The Divided Mind
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Iain McGilchrist about the differences between the right and left hemispheres of the human brain. They discuss the evolutionary history of the divided brain, research on surgical
Feb 5, 2021·0h 54m·0(-)#185 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris and Paul Bloom speak about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," inequality, the relationship between wealth and happiness, the downside of fame, psychological impediments to noticing progress, and
Feb 7, 2020·0h 30m·0(-)#290 — What Went Wrong?
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Marc Andreessen about the current state of Internet technology and culture. They discuss Marc's background in tech, the birth of the Internet, how advertising became the business
Jul 21, 2022·0h 48m·0(-)#297 — Preparing for the End
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger about preparing for death. They discuss the difference between palliative care and hospice, the tension between getting the most out of life and not
Sep 23, 2022·1h 4m·0(-)
#41 — Faith in Reason
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Eric Weinstein about the relationship between faith and reason and about some of the factors that make conversations on important topics so difficult. If the Making Sense podcast
Aug 1, 2016·1h 3m·0(-)Vaccine Mandates, transgender athletes, billionaires… (AMA #19)
Making Sense with Sam HarrisQuestions: What is your position on vaccine mandates, school closures, etc.? Do you think painful memories remain painful because there is something left unresolved? How can you forgive a consequential
Jan 31, 2022·0h 28m·0(-)#153 — Possible Minds
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris introduces John Brockman's new anthology, " Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI ," in conversation with three of its authors: George Dyson, Alison Gopnik, and Stuart Russell. If the Mak
Apr 15, 2019·1h 38m·0(-)#158 — Understanding Humans in the Wild
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Adam Grant about the social science of the workplace. They discuss how teams work effectively, the nature of power, personality types and fundamental styles of interaction, the c
May 30, 2019·0h 58m·0(-)The Drive Interview with Peter Attia
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Peter Attia about meditation and the nature of mind. They discuss types of meditation, the difference between pain and suffering, the difference between joy and wellbeing, the ha
Dec 20, 2018·2h 54m·0(-)#257 — The State of the World
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with Dambisa Moyo about the state of the world. They discuss public goods, economic growth, capitalism, American economic history, bad public-policy choices, inequality, tax avoidance
Aug 13, 2021·1h 1m·0(-)#242 — Psychedelics and the Self
Making Sense with Sam HarrisSam Harris speaks with James Fadiman about the psychedelic experience. They discuss who should and shouldn’t take psychedelics, set and setting, the role of a guide, the effects of microdosing, the d
Mar 23, 2021·1h 3m·0(-)