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Making Sense with Sam Harris

Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he

Episodes

Total: 447

#181 — The Illusory Self
2020/1/13

Sam Harris speaks with Richard Lang about how to experience the world beyond the illusion of the sel

#180 — Sex & Power
2019/12/30

Sam Harris speaks with Meghan Daum about her book “The Problem with Everything.” They discuss contem

#179 — The Unquiet Mind
2019/12/17

Sam Harris speaks with Judson Brewer about addiction, craving, and mindfulness. They discuss the nat

#178 — The Reality Illusion
2019/12/11

Sam and Annaka Harris speak with Donald Hoffman about his book “The Case Against Reality.” They disc

#177 — Psychedelic Science
2019/12/2

Sam Harris speaks with Roland Griffiths about the current state of research on psychedelics. They di

#176 — Knowledge & Redemption
2019/11/23

Sam Harris speaks with Lynn Novick about her four-part documentary "College Behind Bars." The film f

#175 — Leaving the Faith
2019/11/11

Sam Harris speaks with Yasmine Mohammed about her book "Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radic

#174 — Life & Mind
2019/11/4

Sam Harris speaks with Richard Dawkins. They discuss the strangeness of the “gene’s-eye view" of the

#173 — Anti-Semitism and Its Discontents
2019/10/28

Sam Harris speaks with Bari Weiss about her book “How to Fight anti-Semitism.” They discuss the thre

#172 — Among the Deplorables
2019/10/21

Sam Harris speaks with Andrew Marantz about his book “Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians

#171 — Escaping a Christian Cult
2019/10/8

Sam Harris speaks with Megan Phelps-Roper about her book "Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving t

#170 — The Great Uncoupling
2019/10/2

Sam Harris speaks with Andrew McAfee about the history of human progress and the modern uncoupling o

#169 — Omens of a Race War
2019/9/20

Sam Harris speaks with Kathleen Belew about the white power movement in the United States. They disc

#168 — Mind, Space, & Motion
2019/9/11

Sam Harris speaks with Barbara Tversky about how our senses of space and motion underlie our capacit

#167 — A Few Thoughts on White Supremacy
2019/8/26

Sam Harris addresses listener concerns that he uses a "double standard" to evaluate the relative thr

#166 — The Plague Years
2019/8/21

Sam Harris speaks with Matt McCarthy about his book "Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic." They

#165 — Journey into Wokeness
2019/8/14

Sam Harris speaks with Caitlin Flanagan about her work as a writer. They discuss controversies on so

#164 — Cause & Effect
2019/8/5

Sam Harris speaks with Judea Pearl about his work on the mathematics of causality and artificial int

#163 — Ricky Gervais
2019/7/12

Sam Harris speaks with Ricky Gervais. They discuss fame, the effect of social media, the changing st

#162 — Medical Intelligence
2019/7/3

Sam Harris speaks with Eric Topol about the way artificial intelligence can improve medicine. They t