Dan Harris interviews Sam Harris for Dan’s podcast, 10% Happier. They discuss how meditation helped Sam after evacuating his home... more

Sam Harris speaks with Jon Favreau about the state of American politics. They discuss the Trump administration’s wrongful deportation of... more

Sam Harris speaks with Tom Holland about his book, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World. They discuss the... more

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Sam Harris speaks with his wife, Annaka Harris, about LIGHTS ON, her ten-part audio documentary exploring the perplexities of consciousness... more

Sam Harris speaks with Jonah Goldberg about the damage Trump is doing domestically and abroad. They discuss Trump’s tariffs, Curtis... more

Sam Harris speaks with Niall Ferguson about the current geopolitical situation. They discuss how Trump is handling the war in... more

Sam Harris speaks with Katherine Stewart about her new book, Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American... more

Sam Harris speaks with Helen Lewis about the culture wars. They discuss the role of journalists, DEI, political polarization, feminism,... more

Sam Harris speaks with Rick Caruso about the Los Angeles fires. They discuss how mismanagement may have contributed to the... more

Sam provides an update about his experience of the LA fires and shares a few selections from the Waking Up... more

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Sam Harris speaks with Matthew Yglesias about the future of Democratic politics. They discuss where the Democrats went wrong, the... more

Sam Harris discusses the breakdown of trust in institutions, the nature of intellectual authority, the danger of bad incentives, the... more

Sam Harris speaks with Ben Lamm about his work at Colossal Biosciences. They discuss his efforts to de-extinct the woolly... more

Sam Harris speaks with Simon Sebag Montefiore about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the history of the Jews,... more

Sam Harris speaks with Christine Rosen about how technology is changing our culture. They discuss the courage of Ayaan Hirsi... more

Sam Harris discusses the result of the 2024 presidential election, the lessons that the Democratic Party should draw from it,... more

Sam Harris speaks with Mark Cuban about the 2024 presidential election. They discuss Trump’s ethics, his apparent political indestructibility, election... more

Sam Harris speaks with Nate Silver about cultural attitudes toward risk and the state of American politics. They discuss the... more

Sam Harris speaks with Sara Imari Walker about a scientific understanding of life. They discuss the contributions of physics to... more

Sam Harris speaks with Ambassador Rahm Emanuel about the state of world order and American politics. They discuss the mystery... more

Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book, Nexus, and its application to current crises. They discuss... more

Sam Harris speaks with Nick Bostrom about ongoing progress in artificial intelligence. They discuss the twin concerns about the failure... more

Sam Harris speaks with Barton Gellman about election integrity and the safeguarding of American democracy. They discuss the war games... more

Sam Harris talks about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the cesspool of X, Tucker Carlson’s conversation with Darryl... more

Sam Harris speaks with Richard Dawkins about his new book The Genetic Book of the Dead, the genome as a... more

Sam Harris speaks with “Destiny” (Steven Bonnell) about politics and public debate. They discuss how he approaches debate, “Trump derangement... more

Sam Harris speaks with Amishi Jha about attention and the brain. They discuss how attention is studied, the failure of... more

Sam Harris speaks with Yoshua Bengio and Scott Wiener about AI risk and the new bill introduced in California intended... more

Sam Harris speaks with Renée DiResta about the state of our information landscape. They discuss the difference between influence and... more

Sam Harris speaks with Dr. Jennifer Mitchell and Dr. Sarah Abedi about recent developments in research on psychedelics. They discuss... more

Sam Harris and Anne Applebaum discuss the nature of modern autocracies and how democracies fail. They discuss the power of... more

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Sam Harris speaks with Christof Koch about the nature of consciousness. They discuss Christof’s development as a neuroscientist, his collaboration... more

Sam Harris speaks with Michal Cotler-Wunsh about the global rise of antisemitism. They discuss the bias against Israel at the... more

Sam Harris speaks with George Saunders about his creative process. They discuss George’s involvement with Buddhism, the importance of kindness,... more

Sam Harris speaks to Bill Maher about the state of the world. They discuss the aftermath of October 7th, the... more

In today’s housekeeping, Sam explains his digital business model. He and Yasmine Mohammed (co-host) then speak with Masih Alinejad about... more

Sam Harris speaks with Sebastian Junger about danger and death. They discuss Sebastian's career as a journalist in war zones,... more

Sam Harris speaks with Greg Lukianoff about free speech and cancel culture. They discuss the origins of political correctness, free... more

Sam Harris discusses the recent protests on college campuses, why focusing narrowly on the problem of "antisemitism" will be counterproductive,... more

Sam Harris speaks with John Spencer about the reality of urban warfare and Israel's conduct in the war in Gaza.... more

Sam Harris begins by remembering his friendship with Dan Dennett. He then speaks with David Wallace-Wells about the shattering of... more

Sam Harris revisits the central argument he made in his book, The Moral Landscape, about the reality of moral truth.... more

Sam Harris speaks with Cal Newport about our use of information technology and the cult of productivity. They discuss the... more

Sam Harris and Josh Szeps (episode co-host) speak with Douglas Murray about the ongoing war in Gaza. They discuss public... more

Sam Harris speaks with William MacAskill about the implosion of FTX and the effect that it has had on the... more

Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about the widespread belief in free will. They discuss the limits of intuition, the... more

Sam Harris speaks with Cass Sunstein about habituation and its consequences. They discuss habituation to positive and negative experiences, marriage,... more

Sam Harris speaks with Yaroslav Trofimov about the War in Ukraine. They discuss the widespread false assumptions that Russia would... more

Sam Harris speaks with Bret Stephens about America’s place in the world. They discuss the waning Pax Americana, American isolationism,... more

Sam Harris and Rory Stewart debate whether Islam poses a unique threat to open societies. If the Making Sense podcast... more

Sam Harris speaks with Peter Zeihan about the unraveling world order. They discuss the Bretton Woods system, America’s role in... more

Sam Harris speaks with John Gray about the possibility of moral and political progress. They discuss historical and current threats... more

Sam Harris speaks with Coleman Hughes about race, racism, and social justice. They discuss the ideal of "color blindness," race... more

Sam Harris speaks with Rory Stewart about the fraying world order. They discuss the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the... more

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Sam Harris speaks with Jonathan Rauch and Josh Szeps about the foundations of knowledge and the fragmentation of society. They... more

Sam Harris speaks with Chris Anderson about generosity in the age of the Internet. They talk about the new spirit... more

Sam Harris speaks with Rabbi David Wolpe about the global response to the atrocities of October 7th, 2023. They discuss... more

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Sam Harris speaks with Brian Muraresku about ancient mystery religions and the possible psychedelic roots of Christianity. They discuss the... more

Sam Harris speaks with Amanda Knox about her experience of having been falsely convicted and imprisoned for murder in Italy.... more

Sam Harris comments on the recent testimony of university presidents before Congress, along with Elon Musk's reinstating of Alex Jones... more

Sam Harris discusses the social and political consequences of a weaponized term. A transcript of this podcast is available on Sam’s... more

Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about the events of October 7th and the resulting war in Gaza. They... more

Sam Harris speaks about the ongoing war in Gaza, the global rise of antisemitism, and the enduring problem of jihadism.... more

Sam Harris speaks with Graeme Wood about the October 7th atrocities in Israel, the unfolding war in Gaza, and the... more