#272 — On Disappointing My Audience
In this episode, Sam discusses some of the topics he has and hasn’t covered, to the disappointment of many Making Sense listeners....
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#271 — Earning to Give
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Sam Bankman-Fried about effective altruism. They discuss how he became the...
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#270 — What Have We Learned from the Pandemic?
In this episode, Sam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about the lessons of the COVID pandemic. They discuss our failures to...
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#269 — Deep Time
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Oliver Burkeman about our relationship to time. They discuss the perils of...
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#268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Stephen Fleming about the neuroscience of self-awareness. They discuss the nature...
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#267 — The Kingdom of Sleep
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Matthew Walker about the nature and importance of sleep. They discuss sleep and...
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#266 — The Limits of Pleasure
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Paul Bloom about the role that pain and suffering play in living a good life. They...
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#265 — The Religion of Anti-Racism
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with John McWhorter about his new book “Woke Racism: How a New Religion has Betrayed...
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#264 — Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast)
In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Anil Seth about the scientific study of consciousness, where...
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#263 — The Paradox of Death
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris reflects on the subjective continuity of consciousness, the nature of identity, and the...
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#262 — The Future of American Democracy
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Andrew Yang about the state of American democracy. They discuss Andrew’s run for...
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#261 — Belief & Identity
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Jonas Kaplan about the neuroscience of belief change. They discuss the illusory...
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Absolutely Mental Season Two
In this episode, Sam shares a clip from the second season of Absolutely Mental, his audio series with Ricky Gervais. All 10 episodes have...
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Ask Me Anything #18
Questions answered: Why won’t you discuss COVID vaccines and Ivermectin with Bret Weinstein on the podcast? What do you think about the...
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#260 — The Second Plane
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris recalls his experience of September 11th, 2001, and considers the future of American foreign...
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#259 — The Reckoning to Come
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Balaji Srinivasan about several civilizational challenges and possible paths...
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#258 — The Fall of Afghanistan
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Peter Bergen about the US exit from Afghanistan, the resurgence of the Taliban, and...
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#257 — The State of the World
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Dambisa Moyo about the state of the world. They discuss public goods, economic...
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Ask Me Anything #17
In this episode of the podcast, Sam takes your questions. He begins by addressing the blowback that followed his previous podcast on...
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#256 — A Contagion of Bad Ideas
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Eric Topol about vaccine hesitancy and related misinformation. They discuss the...
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