Rufus Griscum: I grew up in a religious household. By age 11, he decided that his religious education didn't square with my emerging understanding of science. At 12, he called himself an agnostic, and at 13 and atheists. He found Sam Harris's calm assessment of the world from the inside out "fascinating and reassuring"
Neuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster, author, meditation guru, and unabashed atheist Sam Harris is one of our best-known — and most controversial — public intellectuals. In this bonus episode, he and Rufus talk about consciousness, free will, morality, and people’s stubborn insistence on being irrational.