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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 explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral philosophy, religion, and rationality—with an overarching focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live.

Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam’s decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophical and contemplative traditions, and a commitment to a secular, scientific worldview, Waking Up is a resource for anyone interested in living a more examined, fulfilling life—and a new operating system for the mind.

Waking Up offers free subscriptions to anyone who can’t afford one, and donates a minimum of 10% of profits to the most effective charities around the world. To learn more, please go to WakingUp.com.

Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.

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Latest Episodes:

#60 — An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (2) Jan 10, 2017

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Sam 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 and memes, the "extended phenotype," Islam and bigotry, the biology of race, how to find meaning without religion, and other topics.

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#59 — Friend & Foe Jan 05, 2017

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Sam 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 Europe, foreign interventions, Trump, Putin, Obama's legacy, and other topics.

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#58 — The Putin Question Dec 27, 2016

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Sam Harris speaks with Garry Kasparov about the problem of waning American power, the rise of Putin, the coming presidency of Donald Trump, computer chess, the future of artificial intelligence, and other topics.

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#57 — An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (1) Dec 19, 2016

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Sam Harris speaks with Richard Dawkins at a live event in Los Angeles (first of two). They cover religion, Jurassic Park, artificial intelligence, elitism, continuing human evolution, and other topics.

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#56 — Abusing Dolores Dec 12, 2016

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Sam Harris speaks with Paul Bloom about empathy, meditation studies, morality, AI, Westworld, Donald Trump, free will, rationality, conspiracy thinking, and other topics.

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#55 — Islamism vs Secularism Dec 06, 2016

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Sam Harris speaks with Shadi Hamid about the power of religious belief, the failure of the Left, Islamist democracy, free speech, profiling, white nationalism, Obama's foreign policy and other topics.

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#54 — Trumping The World Dec 01, 2016

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Sam 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.

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#53 — The Dawn of Artificial Intelligence Nov 24, 2016

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Sam Harris speaks with computer scientist Stuart Russell about the challenge of building artificial intelligence that is compatible with human well-being.

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#52 — Finding Our Way in the Cosmos Nov 16, 2016

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Sam Harris speaks with physicist David Deutsch about the foundations of knowledge, the moral landscape, possible futures for conscious beings, and other topics.

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#51 — The Most Powerful Clown Nov 10, 2016

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Sam Harris talks about the results of the 2016 presidential election and the prospects of a President Trump.

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