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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

#124 — In Search of Reality

2018/4/21

Sam Harris speaks with Sean Carroll about our understanding of reality. They discuss consciousness,

#123 — Identity & Honesty

2018/4/9

Sam Harris speaks with Ezra Klein, Editor-at-Large for Vox Media, about racism, identity politics, i

#122 — Extreme Housekeeping Edition

2018/4/3

Sam Harris responds to the ongoing controversy over his interview with Charles Murray and discusses

#121 — White Power

2018/3/25

Sam Harris speaks with Christian Picciolini about his experience as a neo-Nazi skinhead. They discus

#120 — What Is and What Matters

2018/3/19

Sam Harris speaks with Rebecca Goldstein and Max Tegmark about the foundations of human knowledge an

#119 — Hidden Motives

2018/3/12

Sam Harris speaks with Robin Hanson about our hidden motives in everyday life. They discuss selfishn

# 118 — The View from Trumpistan

2018/2/27

Sam Harris speaks with Preet Bharara about President Trump and the Russia investigation. If the Mak

#117 — Networks, Power, and Chaos

2018/2/19

Sam Harris speaks with Niall Ferguson about his new book "The Square and the Tower." They discuss hi

The Russell Brand Interview

2018/2/9

This episode of the Making Sense podcast features an interview that Sam did with Russell Brand on th

#116 — AI: Racing Toward the Brink

2018/2/6

Sam Harris speaks with Eliezer Yudkowsky about the nature of intelligence, different types of AI, th

#115 — Sam Harris, Lawrence Krauss, and Matt Dillahunty (1)

2018/1/29

Sam Harris speaks with Lawrence Krauss and Matt Dillahunty about the threat of nuclear war, Christia

#114 — Politics and Sanity

2018/1/22

Sam Harris speaks with David Frum and Andrew Sullivan about the Trump presidency, hyper-partisanship

#113 — Consciousness and the Self

2018/1/9

Sam Harris speaks with Anil Seth about the scientific study of consciousness, where consciousness em

#112 — The Intellectual Dark Web

2018/1/2

Sam Harris speaks with Eric Weinstein and Ben Shapiro about the breakdown of shared values, the prob

#111 — The Science of Meditation

2017/12/28

Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson about the current scientific understan

#110 — The Change Artist

2017/12/23

Sam Harris speaks with AJ Jacobs about religion, gossip, polyamory, health advice, our past and futu

#109— Biology and Culture

2017/12/19

Sam Harris speaks with Bret Weinstein about the moral panic at Evergreen State College, the concept

#108 — Defending the Experts

2017/12/14

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Sam Harris speaks with Tom Nichols about his book The Death of Expertise. They discuss the “Dunning-

#107 — Is Life Actually Worth Living?

2017/12/6

Sam Harris speaks with David Benatar about his philosophy of “anti-natalism." They discuss the asymm

#106 — Humanity 2.0

2017/11/29

Sam Harris speaks with Jennifer Doudna about the gene-editing technology CRISPR/cas9. They talk abou