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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:

#92 — The Limits of Persuasion Aug 16, 2017

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Sam Harris speaks with David Pizarro and Tamler Sommers about free speech on campus, the Scott Adams podcast, the failings of the mainstream media, moral persuasion, moral certainty, the ethics of abortion, Buddhism, the illusion of the self, and other topics.

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#91 — The Biology of Good and Evil Aug 09, 2017

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Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about his work with baboons, the opposition between reason and emotion, doubt, the evolution of the brain, the civilizing role of the frontal cortex, the illusion of free will, justice and vengeance, brain-machine interface, religion, drugs, and other topics.

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#90 — Living With Violence Aug 06, 2017

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Sam Harris speaks with Gavin de Becker about the primacy of human intuition in the prediction and prevention of violence.

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#89 — On Becoming a Better Person Jul 25, 2017

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Sam Harris speaks with David Brooks about his book The Road to Character, the importance of words like "sin" and "virtue," self-esteem vs. self-overcoming, the significance of keeping promises, honesty, President Trump, and other topics.

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#88 — Must We Accept a Nuclear North Korea? Jul 21, 2017

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Sam Harris speaks with Mark Bowden about the problem of a nuclear-armed North Korea.

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#87 — Triggered Jul 19, 2017

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Sam Harris and Scott Adams debate the character and competence of President Trump.

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#86 — From Cells to Cities Jul 14, 2017

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Sam Harris speaks with Geoffrey West about how biological and social systems scale, the significance of fractals, the prospects of radically extending human life, the concept of "emergence" in complex systems, the importance of cities, the necessity for continuous innovation, and other topics.

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#85 — Is this the End of Europe? Jul 07, 2017

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Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Murray about his book The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam.

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#84 — Landscapes of Mind Jul 01, 2017

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Sam Harris speaks with Kevin Kelly about why it's so hard to predict future technology, the nature of intelligence, the "singularity," artificial consciousness, and other topics.

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#83 — The Politics of Emergency Jun 23, 2017

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Sam Harris speaks with Fareed Zakaria about his career as a journalist, Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations," political partisanship, Trump, the health of the news media, the connection between Islam and intolerance, and other topics.

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