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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

#161 — Rise & Fall
2019/6/24

Sam Harris speaks with Jared Diamond about the rise and fall of civilizations. They discuss politica

#160 — The Revenge of History
2019/6/17

Sam Harris speaks with Michael Weiss and Yascha Mounk about the state of global politics. They discu

#159 — Conscious
2019/6/6

Sam Harris speaks with his wife, Annaka Harris, about her new book, "Conscious: A Brief Guide to the

#158 — Understanding Humans in the Wild
2019/5/30

Sam Harris speaks with Adam Grant about the social science of the workplace. They discuss how teams

#157 — What Does the Mueller Report Really Say?
2019/5/20

Sam Harris speaks with Benjamin Wittes about both volumes of the Mueller Report. If the Making Sense

#156 — The Evolution of Culture
2019/5/13

Sam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about his new book, "Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins

#155 — Mental Models
2019/4/29

Sam Harris speaks with Shane Parrish about some of the mental models that should guide our thinking

#154 — What Do Jihadists Really Want? (2019)
2019/4/25

Sam Harris reads from an issue of Dabiq, the magazine of ISIS, and discusses the beliefs and goals o

#153 — Possible Minds
2019/4/15

Sam Harris introduces John Brockman's new anthology, "Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI," in

#152 — The Trouble with Facebook
2019/3/27

Sam Harris speaks with Roger McNamee about his book Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. I

#151 — Will We Destroy the Future?
2019/3/18

Sam Harris speaks with Nick Bostrom about the problem of existential risk. They discuss public goods

#150 — The Map of Misunderstanding
2019/3/12

Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Kahneman at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. They discuss the replication cr

#149 — The Problem of Addiction
2019/3/4

Sam Harris speaks with Sally Satel about addiction. They discuss whether addiction should be conside

#148 — Jack Dorsey
2019/2/5

Sam Harris speaks with Jack Dorsey about how he manages his dual CEO roles at Square and Twitter, th

#147 — Stephen Fry
2019/1/28

Sam Harris speaks with Stephen Fry about comedy, atheism, political correctness, meditation, ambitio

#146 — Digital Capitalism
2019/1/16

Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Rushkoff about the state of the digital economy. If the Making Sense

#145 — The Information War
2019/1/2

Sam Harris speaks with Renee Diresta about Russia's "Internet Research Agency" and its efforts to am

The Drive Interview with Peter Attia
2018/12/20

Sam Harris speaks with Peter Attia about meditation and the nature of mind. They discuss types of me

#144 — Conquering Hate
2018/12/7

Sam Harris speaks with Deeyah Khan about her groundbreaking films "Jihad" and "White Right." They di

#143 — The Keys to the Mind
2018/11/21

Sam Harris speaks with Derren Brown about his work as a "psychological illusionist." They discuss th